At the Seafood New Zealand Conference on 7 and 8 August Bead and Proceed's Bridget Williams presented on the 17 SDGs – the Sustainable Development Goals set by the United Nations and used by many New Zealand businesses as a standard to measure themselves against. Several of them directly relate to what we do in seafood. All UN member states have adopted these SDGs – they are the largest globally recognised framework for sustainability and set 169 targets to be met by 2030.
Throughout Conference, Bridget talked through what the goals mean and then asked everyone to effectively vote on which of the 17 was their personal highest priority. The top three for our audience were:
- SDG 14 – Life Below Water
- SDG 4 – Quality Education
- SDG 11 – Sustainable Cities and Communities
Bead and Proceed captured these ideas and kōrero and have collated the feedback into this report.
