On the eve of the 73rd session of the UN General Assembly, Index Initiative and the United Nations Foundation announced the launch of the World Benchmarking Alliance Wba in September 2018, which provides free and open-source benchmarks to assess companies' contributions to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. The Wba's mission is to promote transparency and accountability for businesses, and to provide consumers, investors, governments, and civil society organizations with information on how they can spend their money, allocate their investments, and influence their policy and advocacy efforts.