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Implementing the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals for the Systems Engineering of Multinational Corporations
Author(s) -
Brooks Ian,
Longhurst James,
Kossmann Mario,
Odeh Mohammed
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
incose international symposium
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2334-5837
DOI - 10.1002/j.2334-5837.2018.00556.x
Subject(s) - multinational corporation , sustainable development , sustainability , business , anticipation (artificial intelligence) , context (archaeology) , process management , environmental resource management , political science , computer science , economics , finance , ecology , paleontology , artificial intelligence , law , biology
The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were adopted in 2015 by 193 countries. They can be characterised as sustainability ‘requirements’ for the global system. This paper provides a vision of how Multinational Companies (MNCs) are likely to experience the SDGs and their implications for Systems Engineering (SE) of the Enterprise. The SDGs do not have the status of international law and may be implemented differently in different countries over the period to 2030. MNCs will face choices about how they wish to comply today in anticipation of future requirements. Thereby, they also have the opportunity to avoid systems sustainability failures later on. This paper presents an initial approach to implementing the SDGs in the form of business requirements. The research will pave the ground for the development of a systematic framework for the adoption, monitoring and assessment of the SDGs in an SE context.