United Nations Sustainable Development Goals How OR works to promote them

Reykjavik Energy works to promote SDG 3’s Target 3.4, which is: By 2030, reduce by one third premature mortality from non-communicable diseases through prevention and treatment and promote mental health and well-being. This indicator is prioritized by the Icelandic government..

Reykjavik Energy works to promote SDG 3’s Target 3.9, which is: By 2030, substantially reduce the number of deaths and illnesses from hazardous chemicals and air, water and soil pollution and contamination.

Reykjavik Energy works to promote SDG 4’s Target 4.1, which is: By 2030, ensure that all girls and boys complete free, equitable and quality primary and secondary education leading to relevant and effective learning outcomes. This indicator is prioritized by the Icelandic government..

Reykjavik Energy works to promote SDG 4’s Target 4.4, which is: By 2030, substantially increase the number of youth and adults who have relevant skills, including technical and vocational skills, for employment, decent jobs and entrepreneurship. This indicator is prioritized by the Icelandic government..

Reykjavik Energy works to promote SDG 5’s Target 5.1, which is: End all forms of discrimination against all women and girls everywhere. This indicator is prioritized by the Icelandic government..

Reykjavik Energy works to promote SDG 5’s Target 5.5, which is: Ensure women’s full and effective participation and equal opportunities for leadership at all levels of decision-making in political, economic and public life. This indicator is prioritized by the Icelandic government..

Reykjavik Energy works to promote SDG 5’s Target 5.c, which is: Adopt and strengthen sound policies and enforceable legislation for the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls at all levels.

Reykjavik Energy works to promote SDG 6’s Target 6.1, which is: By 2030, achieve universal and equitable access to safe and affordable drinking water for all. This indicator is prioritized by the Icelandic government..

Reykjavik Energy works to promote SDG 6’s Target 6.3, which is: By 2030, improve water quality by reducing pollution, eliminating dumping and minimizing release of hazardous chemicals and materials, halving the proportion of untreated wastewater and substantially increasing recycling and safe reuse globally. This indicator is prioritized by the Icelandic government..

Reykjavik Energy works to promote SDG 6’s Target 6.a, which is: By 2030, expand international cooperation and capacity-building support to developing countries in water- and sanitation-related activities and programmes, including water harvesting, desalination, water efficiency, wastewater treatment, recycling and reuse technologies.

Reykjavik Energy works to promote SDG 7’s Target 7.1, which is: By 2030, ensure universal access to affordable, reliable and modern energy services.

Reykjavik Energy works to promote SDG 7’s Target 7.2, which is: By 2030, increase substantially the share of renewable energy in the global energy mix. This indicator is prioritized by the Icelandic government..

Reykjavik Energy works to promote SDG 8’s Target 8.4, which is: Improve progressively, through 2030, global resource efficiency in consumption and production and endeavour to decouple economic growth from environmental degradation, in accordance with the 10-year framework of programmes on sustainable consumption and production, with developed countries taking the lead. This indicator is prioritized by the Icelandic government..

Reykjavik Energy works to promote SDG 8’s Target 8.5, which is: By 2030, achieve full and productive employment and decent work for all women and men, including for young people and persons with disabilities, and equal pay for work of equal value. This indicator is prioritized by the Icelandic government..

Reykjavik Energy works to promote SDG 9’s Target 9.4, which is: By 2030, upgrade infrastructure and retrofit industries to make them sustainable, with increased resource-use efficiency and greater adoption of clean and environmentally sound technologies and industrial processes, with all countries taking action in accordance with their respective capabilities.

Reykjavik Energy works to promote SDG 9’s Target 9.5, which is: Enhance scientific research, upgrade the technological capabilities of industrial sectors in all countries, in particular developing countries, including, by 2030, encouraging innovation and substantially increasing the number of research and development workers per 1 million people and public and private research and development spending. This indicator is prioritized by the Icelandic government..

Reykjavik Energy works to promote SDG 10’s Target 10.1, which is: By 2030, progressively achieve and sustain income growth of the bottom 40 per cent of the population at a rate higher than the national average.

Reykjavik Energy works to promote SDG 10’s Target 10.2, which is: By 2030, empower and promote the social, economic and political inclusion of all, irrespective of age, sex, disability, race, ethnicity, origin, religion or economic or other status. This indicator is prioritized by the Icelandic government..

Reykjavik Energy works to promote SDG 10’s Target 10.5, which is: Improve the regulation and monitoring of global financial markets and institutions and strengthen the implementation of such regulations.

Reykjavik Energy works to promote SDG 11’s Target 11.6, which is: By 2030, reduce the adverse per capita environmental impact of cities, including by paying special attention to air quality and municipal and other waste management. This indicator is prioritized by the Icelandic government..

Reykjavik Energy works to promote SDG 11’s Target 11.a, which is: Support positive economic, social and environmental links between urban, per-urban and rural areas by strengthening national and regional development planning. This indicator is prioritized by the Icelandic government..

Reykjavik Energy works to promote SDG 12’s Target 12.6, which is: Encourage companies, especially large and transnational companies, to adopt sustainable practices and to integrate sustainability information into their reporting cycle.

Reykjavik Energy works to promote SDG 12’s Target 12.7, which is: Promote public procurement practices that are sustainable, in accordance with national policies and priorities. This indicator is prioritized by the Icelandic government..

Reykjavik Energy works to promote SDG 13’s Target 13.2, which is: Integrate climate change measures into national policies, strategies and planning. This indicator is prioritized by the Icelandic government..

Reykjavik Energy works to promote SDG 14’s Target 14.1, which is: By 2025, prevent and significantly reduce marine pollution of all kinds, in particular from land-based activities, including marine debris and nutrient pollution. This indicator is prioritized by the Icelandic government..

Reykjavik Energy works to promote SDG 15’s Target 15.3, which is: By 2030, combat desertification, restore degraded land and soil, including land affected by desertification, drought and floods, and strive to achieve a land degradation-neutral world. This indicator is prioritized by the Icelandic government..

Reykjavik Energy works to promote SDG 17’s Target 17.6, which is: Enhance North-South, South-South and triangular regional and international cooperation on and access to science, technology and innovation and enhance knowledge sharing on mutually agreed terms, including through improved coordination among existing mechanisms, in particular at the United Nations level, and through a global technology facilitation mechanism.