SDG

On September 25, 2015, the United Nations General Assembly approved the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, a comprehensive, multidimensional, and global action plan aimed at sustainable global development.

The 2030 Agenda establishes a system of 17 sustainable development goals with the purpose of addressing major global challenges, from fighting against poverty and climate change to promoting education, health, gender equality, peace, and sustainable cities. Each SDG includes different targets (169 in total) whhich contribute to achieving the goal.

The 2030 Agenda challenges everyone, and its success requires an effective multilevel governance system at international, national, regional, and local levels. Each responsible level of government must engage with other actors (from business, academia, and civil society)  through consensus, partnerships, and collaboration to promote, implement, and achieve the goals.

EUSS Strategic Plan 2021/2022-2023/2024 has defined a list of objectives to be achieved, most of which are linked to the Sustainable Development Goals.

EUSS has committed to:

Goal 4: Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all.

Goal 5: Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls.

Goal 7: Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable, and modern energy for all.

Goal 9: Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization, and foster innovation.

Goal 11: Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient, and sustainable.

- Increasing the budget for scholarships.

Goal 4: Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all.

Goal 10: Reduce inequality within and among countries.

- Approving the equality plan and conduct training for members of the harassment committee.

Goal 5: Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls.

- Installing a self-consumption PV system on the roof.

Goal 7: Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable, and modern energy for all.

Goal 13: Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts.

1. End poverty in all its forms everywhere.

2. End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition, and promote sustainable agriculture.

6. Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all.

8. Promote sustained, inclusive, and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment, and decent work for all.

12. Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns.

13. Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts.

14. Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas, and marine resources for sustainable development.

15. Protect, restore, and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss.

16. Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all, and build effective, accountable, and inclusive institutions at all levels.

17. Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development.

The Don Bosco Green Alliance is an international collective of Don Bosco’s institutions, and organizations committed to both global environmental actions and policies. Its mission is to create a safe environment which takes care of the planet's life, while simultaneously creating a generation of environmentally committed citizens and leaders.

This alliance focuses on three priority areas: beating pollution, reducing global warming, and eliminating disposable plastics. Each of these areas is associated with global campaigns promoted by the United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment).

Currently, more than 430 Salesian centres from 75 countries, including EUSS, have joined the Don Bosco Green Alliance platform. To join, it is necessary to promote awareness about sustainability among young people, as well as to commit to fulfilling three environmental actions.

EUSS, for its part, has committed to: (1) using renewable energy sources, (2) replacing standard light bulbs with low-energy bulbs, and (3) reducing the use of plastic bottles by replacing them with reusable bottles. In this context, EUSS has achieved the green energy seal, which certifies that it is supplied with 100% renewable energy. Additionally, to fulfil its third commitment, EUSS has distributed reusable bamboo bottles to all its staff.

For more information: https://donboscogreen.org/en/