Social transformation

Aim

The Sustainable Development Goals place people at the heart and promote an agenda that envisions a world where no one is left behind. To achieve the Goals by 2030, human rights must be respected, inequalities need to be tackled head on and the current societal structures that constrain people from living a self-determined life must be transformed.

The World Benchmarking Alliance is assessing the 2,000 largest and most influential companies – the SDG2000 – on 12 high-level societal expectations that all companies should meet in order to ensure that they leave no one behind. These include topics such as paying workers a living wage, carrying out human rights due diligence, and responsible lobbying.

What's our approach to assessing 2,000 companies on the social transformation?

Our Social Transformation Framework sets out the 12 high-level societal expectations that companies should meet in order to leave no one behind, support the SDGs and help create a future that works for everyone. It also outlines how we will incentivise companies to do so. These expectations are grouped into three categories: human rights, decent work and ethical conduct. They are signposted by 18 core social indicators that enable us to assess a wide breadth of companies.