Zero, in the context of a healthy world, is the most ambitious number of all. If the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) were about making progress to achieve a healthy planet and people, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are about getting to zero, or as close to it as possible. The Global Goals agenda is about creating a world where no one goes hungry, no family lives in extreme poverty, and no mother or child dies from preventable causes – and keeping it that way.

Private sector approaches to achieve the SDGs have been embraced with enthusiasm, passion, and innovation to get to zero within the set timeline, and will need to take many forms. From research and development for new medicines to partnerships that bring outside-of-the-box actors together, and new approaches to funding, monitoring and evaluation, the resources and resolve to reach zero are in place.

Read the full article by Michael Sneed on Council on Foundations