There is general consensus that a concerted effort by all individuals, governments, businesses and sectors is required if the goal of sustainable development is to be achieved. Increasing awareness and understanding of sustainable development and the associated challenges and opportunities, has therefore been a fundamental goal of policy makers and interested parties across the globe.
This in turn raises an interesting question, i.e., to what extent has sustainable development permeated and entered the general public domain?
This is a challenging question, primarily because sustainable development is a broad and multi-faceted concept, that is known by many names depending on the context (e.g., sustainability, corporate social responsibility, etc.) and which incorporates a vast number of economic, social and environmental issues.
This website has been developed to address some of these challenges. It provides an online user-friendly tool to help interested policy-makers and researchers track and understand the extent to which ‘sustainable development’ is reflected in people’s daily lives globally. Amongst other things, the tool enables depiction of the trends both on a regional basis and on an ‘issue’ basis. A detailed description of the tool’s underlying approach is provided in the methodology section.