9th International Conference on ICT for Sustainable Development

Authors - Rita Ghial, Diksha Pundir, Rajinder Kaur, Karan Jawanda
Abstract - Sustainable development has emerged as buzzword in today’s global discourse amongst environ-mentalists, politics, corporate world, in media and elite masses. To be sustainable, development must possess both economic and ecological sustainability. It has become an imperative for businesses operating in globalized and integrated world. Business entities are gradually more recognizing the significance of social consideration and welfare into their administrative functioning as a strategic business decision. This research paper explores the contributions of business sectors to the sustainable development of the economy. Sustainable development obliges business entities to set their priorities and take initiatives in the implementations of the SDGs catering to the diversity in global markets. Further this paper examines the strategies of big business industries to achieve the goals of sustainable development with special reference to Hindustan Unilever and Samsung Electronics Ltd. The main object of the paper is to find out that whether the engagement of the SDGs and the prioritizing these goals differ across the business entities.