WHAT DO PEOPLE THINK ABOUT THE SDGS – OBJECTIVES OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT – RESEARCH RESULTS

Out of a total of 17 sustainable development objectives, the so-called SGDs, accepted by the Czech Republic and other UN member states in 2015, the Czechs consider the goal of Health and Quality of Life (SDG 3) as the most important. At the same time, this is the priority area the citizens of the Czech Republic think the Czech government should target the most, according to the Ipsos Research for the Association of Social Responsibility.

“It is obvious that people are most interested in what directly involves them the most – they want to live a good life in a healthy environment, they want a good job,” adds Tomáš Macků from Ipsos, who has devoted himself to the themes of CSR and sustainable development for a long time.

Compared to last year, the amount of people who think that one of the targets is successfully managed in the Czech Republic has increased (increase from 66% to 79%). The state and the government are still perceived as key players in the fulfillment of the SGDs, but the importance of cities and municipalities, educational institutions and well as individual citizens are growing, while the role of international organizations is weakening in the eyes of the general population. In comparison to last year, the amount of people who demanded the active involvement of the Czech government as well as the private sector (both 86%) in the fulfillment of the objectives has significantly increased.

Source: Ipsos Research for the Association of Corporate Social Responsibility (A-CSR), June 2018. A representative sample of the adult Internet population of the Czech Republic aged 18 to 65 years (representative by region, size of place of residence, sex, age, and education) n = 1,000 respondents . Research is carried out once a year since 2016. More information about Ipsos and the goals of sustainable development can be found here.