SDG 2: End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture.
Sustainable Development Goal 2 is about creating a world free of hunger by 2030. In 2020, between 720 million and 811 million persons worldwide were suffering from hunger, roughly 161 million more than in 2019. Also in 2020, a staggering 2.4 billion people, or above 30 per cent of the world’s population, were moderately or severely food-insecure, lacking regular access to adequate food. The figure increased by nearly 320 million people in just one year. Globally, 149.2 million children under 5 years of age, or 22.0 per cent, were suffering from stunting (low height for their age) in 2020, a decrease from 24.4 per cent in 2015.
The UN Global Compact asks companies to embrace, support and enact, within their sphere of influence, a set of core values in the areas of human rights, labour standards, the environment, and anti-corruption. These core values make up the Ten Principles of the UNGC.
Human Rights
• Principle 1: Businesses should support and respect the protection of internationally proclaimed human rights; and
• Principle 2: make sure that they are not complicit in human rights abuses. Read more…
Labour Standards
• Principle 3: Businesses should uphold the freedom of association and the effective recognition of the right to collective bargaining;
• Principle 4: the elimination of all forms of forced and compulsory labour;•
Principle 5: the effective abolition of child labour; and
• Principle 6: the elimination of discrimination in respect of employment and occupation. Read more…
Environment
• Principle 7: Businesses should support a precautionary approach to environmental challenges;
• Principle 8: undertake initiatives to promote greater environmental responsibility; and
• Principle 9: encourage the development and diffusion of environmentally friendly technologies. Read more…
Anti-Corruption
• Principle 10: Businesses should work against all forms of corruption, including extortion and bribery.
ANDRA a non-profit organisation is a global participant and signatory of UNGC and supports the SDG 2 End hunger.
Farah M Saddha. ( An Entrepreneur, activist, journalist, and Author )Her organization Baldha Group, Andra (non-profit), And thekalerjatra.com are the global participants and signatories of UNGC and WEP ( UN Women). A Bangladeshi American grew up in Dallas, TX. She did her undergrad in Electrical Engineering from Texas A and M University and her MBA from the University of Dallas. She joined Nokia inc in Dallas, TX as a system engineer. Her published books are the princess of the tide global rose, belong to the world, and journey of the spirit. Her dance album “dancing is like a poem “contains Hawaiian and Middle Eastern dance. Her passion is to travel and learn Spanish, Chinese, and Hawaii languages.
