XLRI Students' Blog on Corporate Sustainability

  ZERO HUNGER: GOVERNMENTS, BUSINESSES AND POSSIBILITIES Harshit Sejra (BJ20140) | Madhavpreet Singh Saini (BJ20147) | Ruchi Agarwal (BJ20164) | Sneha Jain (BJ20172) | Vaibhav Sharma (BJ20178) | Vikram Bansal (BJ20181)   When the world leaders met in Rio de Janeiro and discussed the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and laid the foundation for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), about 165 million children were stunted due to malnutrition [1] . Current estimates show that more than 690 million people are hungry (measured by the prevalence of undernutrition) world over [2] . This makes 8.9% of the world population. What is worse is that 135 million suffer from acute hunger because of human-made conflicts, climate change and economic downturns [3] , i.e., easily avoidable reasons. Moreover, the current Covid pandemic could double this number by the end of 2020. It is in this context that the SDG 2 Zero Hunger becomes all the more critical. Realizing the extent to which h...

  Group 6_B | SDG 5: Gender Equality   Introduction to SDG 5 Sustainable Development Goal 5 (SDG 5) is ‘Gender Equality’ and aims to ‘achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls’ by 2030. Its targets enumerate the elimination of all forms of discrimination, violence, exploitation and harmful practices. They also include full participation and opportunities in all spheres of life, healthcare and decision making. Human civilization has been male-dominated with a division of gender-based roles and responsibilities. Males are the bread earners and venture out of their homes while females tend to household work and children. As a society, perception and times changed, this division became less distinct. However, with respect to gender equality, adjustments have not kept pace with change. According to the World Economic Forum, it would take 257 years to achieve gender parity [1] . M any women face problems such as patriarchal dominance, sexual harassment, stereot...