Abstract
The high-level United Nations Conference to Support the Implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 14: Conserve and sustainable use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development took place in New York in June 2017. While promising to be solutions-focused with engagement from all, it aimed at slowing down the decline in the health of the oceans, for the people, the planet and prosperity; and its outcome document “Our Ocean, Our Future: Call for Action†and the approximate 1,400 registered voluntary commitments (VCs) have been praised by the UN as a “global breakthrough on the path for the health of our oceans and seas†.
Highlights
The high-level United Nations Conference to Support the Implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 14: Conserve and sustainable use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development took place in New York in June 2017
While Sustainable Development Goal 14 (SDG) 14 focuses on actions where there seems to be a lack of willingness, capability and cooperation from governments to reach agreements [1], voluntary commitments (VCs) are a tool often used alongside official agreements and declarations in sustainable development efforts since the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development [2]
If we look at «green washing” and “blue washing» practices by companies around UN Global Compact, there is a controversy regarding their social corporate responsibilities being undermined by their own VCs
Summary
Submission: December 12, 2017; Published: February 16, 2018 *Corresponding author: Carolina Romero, Associate Professor, World Maritime University, Fishkehamnsgatan 1, 21118 Malmö, Sweden, Tel: 46-40-356359; Fax: 46-40-356310; Email: Abbreviations: SDG: Sustainable Development Goal 14; VCs: Voluntary Commitments
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