The Sustainable Development Goals Programme

Delivering real progress against urgent societal needs

Springer Nature's Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Programme aims to connect the researchers who are tackling the world’s toughest challenges with the practitioners in policy and business who desperately need those insights to achieve their goals in improving the world, by making our publishing activities more visible to our key communities through a variety of channels.

Science for a Sustainable Future 2025

Science for a Sustainable Future 2025, held in cooperation with the UN Sustainable Development Network, focused on the question: ‘What is needed to make the SDGs happen by 2030?’

Session 1: Impacting SDG Policy: The role of science and research in driving sustainable change

Session 2: 10 years of 'A World thart Counts': Where has the data revolution taken us in global education?

Find out more: Read the summary blog, download the policy briefs and watch the recordings of the events 

Springer Nature’s sustainability reporting

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Visit the People and Planet section for our sustainability highlights.

SDG Summit for Latin America and the Caribbean

Sustainable Development in Latin America and The Caribbean Summit 2024 - Policy Document © Springer Nature
The Summit convened over 369 participants from 54 countries for a 2-day virtual event. Addressing progress, challenges, and changes needed to achieve the SDGs in the region.

Day 1: Enhancing education and reducing inequalities
Day 2: Sustainable energy futures

Blog post: Recap: Latin America and Caribbean SDG Summit

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Examining researcher attitudes to societal impact

In partnership with The Association of Universities in the Netherlands (VSNU), we surveyed researchers globally to understand how they approach funding and communicating research, as well as how they measure societal and academic impact. Here the data is shared according to each SDG focus. Learn more about the overall project here.

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