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A blueprint for a better future - engagement on the UN SDGs

The UN's Sustainable Development Goals address global challenges such as poverty, inequality, climate change and environmental degradation. What can companies do to help advance these policy goals and build a sustainable future?

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  • Why and how we engage on the SDGs
  • Challenges to overcome
  • BP and Dexcom case studies
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The UN’s 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development sets out 17 goals and 169 underlying targets, providing a blueprint for shared prosperity in a sustainable world — one where everyone can live productive and peaceful lives. The goals call for action by all countries to promote prosperity while protecting the natural environment, and have been adopted by all UN member states.

As heads of state and government meet at the UN's headquarters in New York to review the progress towards implementing the 2030 Agenda, we reflect on our own approach to engaging with companies on the SDGs, highlighting the benefits of doing so.

Kimberley Lewis
Director of Engagement

Kimberley is a Director of Engagement based in the London office. She focuses on engagements with companies in the SDG Engagement Equity Fund, and also covers North America and Pharmaceuticals pursuant to the Hermes EOS engagement plan. Prior to joining Hermes, Kimberley was a consultant to foundations and venture capital firms on impact investing in emerging markets. Kimberley led the Global Corporate Responsibility/Social Investment team at Pfizer Inc, where she was responsible for the strategy and implementation of the company’s ex-US corporate responsibility work. She designed and led the Pfizer Foundation programme, including its work in social finance and global health. Prior to this, she led the emerging markets policy work at AstraZeneca. In addition, Kimberley has held roles in philanthropy, law and politics in both the US and UK. Kimberley is a US-qualified attorney, with a BA and JD from the University of Virginia; she also has an MA from London Business School, where she was a Sloan Fellow.

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Katie Frame
Sectors: Consumer Goods & Retail, Oil & Gas

Katie Frame mainly supports engagement in North America, with a focus on the consumer goods & retail and the oil & gas sectors. Prior to joining Hermes EOS, she was at Samsung Electronics, where she worked in both the sustainability and citizenship team, and the communications team. She also completed an internship in the responsible business team at Sky. Katie has a degree in Geography from Durham University, where her studies focused on environmental processes and change. In addition, having lived in Texas for a number of years, she has knowledge and experience of the US market and culture.

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