Government Policy Influence on Businesses and the SDGs

Running Head: Government Policy Influence on Businesses and the SDGs1
Government Policy influence on businesses and the SDGs.
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Contents
1.0 Government Policy influence on businesses and the SDGs...................................................................3
1.1 Introduction...........................................................................................................................................3
2.0 Are there ways that the Government can use in order to succeed in the Sustainable Development
Goals?..........................................................................................................................................................3
3.0 How are government policy affecting the business in involvement toward achieving SDGs?...............4
3.1 Poverty Eradication policy on SDGs and Businesses..............................................................................5
3.2 Gender Equity and Equality...................................................................................................................7
3.3 Quality Education..................................................................................................................................8
3.4 Provision of clean water and sanitation...............................................................................................10
4.0 Conclusion...........................................................................................................................................12
References.................................................................................................................................................13

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1.0 Government Policy influence on businesses and the
SDGs.
1.1 Introduction.
The 2030 agenda which is about the sustainable development is a meant to be historical
global agreement with an aim to eliminate extreme poverty, fight inequality and injustice. It is
meant to incorporate every individual in the world. The 17 Sustainable Development Goals
(SGDs) are meant to succeed the Millennium development goals (MDGs). With the development
of the SDGs, the government is required to develop policies that will help in attaining them. The
government may the turn its attention to the business to support them and help them achieve the
SDGs. Every government will have priorities that will be used as the driving force toward the
attainment of the SDGs. In doing so, the government will want the business to align themselves
with it set priorities so as they can make an impact that helps, and does not hinder the country
from achieving its goals as by Draper, (2017).
As Storey, (2016) says businesses have to adjust their operational goals to go hand in
hand with the country's goals while also trying to help in the achievement of the Sustainable
Development Goals. The achievement of the SDGs will require that all areas in the society
including the government, NGOs and the private sectors (business) act together. The government
acts as the main player in the achievement, and the policy that it will set and implement may be a
big determinant of the achievement of the SDGs as Storey, (2016) says.
2.0 Are there ways that the Government can use in order
to succeed in the Sustainable Development Goals?
Although the international system is poorly suited to meet all the challenges, the
international community should engage the underdeveloped countries in the most complex way.

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The SDGs outline the desired destination that the world should be in the next 15-20 years and
thus the government should engage in some reforms that will enable attain this goals as by Ugoh,
& Ukpere, (2009).
The international community and the government should be able to engage those that are
fragile in a long-term strategies that integrate humanitarian and development approaches. They
should also be willing and ready to shift their attention away from centralized approach and
concentrate on empowering the local systems. The government should also be in the first lane to
integrate peace building programs and conflict reduction methods in the process of development.
Ensuring that there is a proper leverage financial services and also renovating them will ensure
that people that are living in extreme poverty are able to access proper financial services.
3.0 How are government policy affecting the business in
involvement toward achieving SDGs?
For the government to be able to deliver the Sustainable Development Goals it has to
ensure that the goals are embedded in planned activities of each government department. This is
to mean that the most effective mechanism for coordinating implementation is through the
departmental planning process. The government should, therefore, be able to engage the public
and the private sector in the departmental planning process.
The process of adopting the SDGs and setting targets at the departmental level is a
delicate political task; it will require that there is a careful and sensitive negotiation. This ensures
that there is an inclusive process that ensures that key stakeholders both within and beyond
government. The SDGs requires the government to build an effective, accountable and inclusive
institutions at all levels as stated by Brewer, Browne, Joyce, & Payne, (2011). The institutions