Measuring Sustainability & ESG Through Trade: A Wake-up Call for Policy Makers All Around the World
This scoring system is a wakeup call for world trade and policy makers all around the world. Some of the most advanced economies have the least sustainable trade accounting for some $18.5tn in value terms in negative contributions to responsible consumption and production (SDG 12). If we are to meet the ambitious targets laid out at COP 26, we cannot afford to ignore the messages here – that the majority of world trade is unsustainable, and where it is not, it is a symptom of under-development.
