The launch of the Caribbean Network advances support for Caribbean companies by offering essential resources, practical tools, and peer engagement opportunities. This initiative will help advance business objectives and contribute to the second half of Agenda 2030.

When Phyllis Ndabuki first came to live with her husband in the hills above Machakos, Kenya, the only skill the 21-year-old bride had to contribute towards her new family’s income was making skipping ropes from sisal for local children.

Steel can be endlessly recycled, yet too often it is not. Interwell, a leading Norwegian energy service provider of premium technology, has recognized the value of scrap steel, which can be recycled without its properties being damaged or degraded.

Ángeles Millét is a skilled netweaver, using her skills in new, sustainable ways. Like many women in Galicia, Spain, Ángeles Millét is skilled in the tradition of making fishing nets. Under a sustainability project called Redes Vivas launched by Abanca, a Galicia-based bank, she and other local women are applying their time-honored craft in new ways.

Food waste and hunger can be the flip sides of the same coin, and an enterprising effort in Thailand is helping address both. Volunteers and staff with the non-profit Scholars of Sustenance (SOS) run Rescue Kitchen, a programme that collects surplus food from markets, hotels and manufacturer warehouses and provides meals to low-income and needy families.

Words matter in gender equality. Language plays a powerful role in promoting inclusivity, fairness, rights and opportunities for women. The United Nations encourages the use of gender-inclusive language, which means speaking and writing in ways that do not discriminate against any particular sex, social gender or gender identity nor perpetuate gender stereotypes.

Dercilio Aristeu Pupin, an organic farmer in Piracaia, Brazil, knows firsthand just how devastating drought can be — and how collective action can respond with effective, promising results. Pupin saw his once-fertile soil grow parched and his productive pastures dry up from the worsening effects of climate change. His livelihood, that of his community and that of millions of residents of the Piracicaba, Capivari and Jundiai (PCJ) river basin were at grave risk.

At Sasini PLC, a Kenyan company that grows, produces, markets and exports tea, coffee, avocado and macadamia nuts, the Ten Principles of the United Nations Global Compact guide its commitment to sustainability.

Gender equality has been a struggle in Sri Lanka, where women and girls face structural barriers and cultural stereotypes that limit their workplace options, financial security, political participation and personal safety.