Association for Supporting the SDGs for the UN (ASD)
General
| Name of initiative | Association for Supporting the SDGs for the UN (ASD) |
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| LPAA initiative | No |
| NAZCA Initiative | Yes |
| Website address | http://asdun.org/?lang=en |
| Related initiatives | |
| Starting year | 2011 |
| End year | |
| Secretariat | Jung Hoon Kim, South Korea
unsdgs@gmail.com |
| Organisational structure | An international non-governmental organization in special consultative status with the ECOSOC (United Nations Economic and Social Council) since 2015. |
| Geographical coverage | Global |
| Name of lead organisation | Association for Supporting the SDGs for the UN |
| Type of lead organisation | "International Non-Governmental Organization" is not in the list of possible values (National government, Local government, Other public institution, Financial institution, Corporate, United Nations or Specialised agency, Other intergovernmental organization, Other, Academic/Research institution, NGO/Civil Society, Business, Network/Consortium/Partnership, International organisation) for this property. |
| Location/Nationality of lead organisation | Korea (South) |
Description
| Description | The Association for Supporting the SDGs for the UN (ASD) is an international nongovernmental organization that holds special consultative status to the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). ASD is the only organization that has officially been approved the use of the name “for the UN and SDGs” among all organizations in consultative status to the UN.
In addition, ASD is the Observer to the ICMA’s Green and Social Bond Principles organization. ICMA’s ESG Bond Principles must be followed in order for an entity to issue ESG bonds, and ASD evaluates the sustainability and SDGs mapping of bonds issued under these principles. Along with this, ASD has formed an Asian plastics project working group with the international ESG organization – performing R&D for ESG environmental standards in the Asia Pacific region. Currently, ASD is jointly planning more than 20 ESG-SDGs projects with 50 global companies and provides professional consulting to the government, the National Assembly, and public institutions on global ESG regulations (financial, environmental, population development, climate response, global warming, women, children, carbon and plastic reduction, urban housing, fashion, livestock industry, water, small-loan finance, infectious disease-disinfection, transportation, energy, law, migration, etc.). In particular, ASD analyzes the sustainable management models of major domestic and foreign companies, submits written statements and has them approved, and makes them global sustainability models. |
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| Objectives | Blue Olive is a global carbon reduction supporting initiative which advocates the UN SDGs and EU climate action. Being launched by the EU Climate Pact Ambassador and the Association for Supporting the SDGs for the United Nations (ASD), Blue Olive envisages campaigns and activities to ambitiously promote the importance of collective awareness and action of various groups on topics of the SDGs, especially climate issues. It is a long-term vision and believes in the power of the change of lifestyle and perspectives. Blue Olive promotes the transitions of our daily routines to be embedded with carbon free efforts. Through such transitional steps, as an initiative Blue Olive will successfully bridge these performances of the general public, private sectors and other organizations to building a green and sustainable world. |
| Activities | Blue Olive supports the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, the Paris Agreement, which brings all 196 parties of the UN into a common cause to undertake ambitious efforts to reduce carbon emissions, and also the European Green Deal, the leading environmental policy initiative of the EU.
As an organization with special consultative status to the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) and a collaborative research organization with the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD), ASD has been supporting climate-neutral efforts of the UN for the past decade. ASD annually announces the Guidelines for Reducing Plastic Waste & Sustainable Ocean and Climate Action Acceleration (GRP), which is a UN voluntary commitment as well as an international eco-friendly certification, the Global Sustainable Leaders 100 & Global Sustainable Brands 100, and the UN Sustainable Development Goals Business Index (UN SDGBI). Such certification and index have become a preliminary goal for corporations, enabling ASD to widely proliferate the need and importance of sustainability throughout the business sector. Blue Olive for Carbon Free is the most competent climate initiative that can be provided to businesses, brands, and consumers. |
| One or two success stories achieved |
Monitoring and Impacts
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Participants
| Participants | Number | Names |
|---|---|---|
| Members | 18 | |
| Companies | 0 | |
| Business organisations | 0 | |
| Research and educational organisations | 0 | |
| Non-governmental organisations | 0 | |
| National states | 0 | |
| Governmental actors | 0 | |
| Regional / state / county actors | 0 | |
| City / municipal actors | 0 | |
| Intergovernmental organisations | 0 | |
| Financial Institutions | 0 | |
| Faith based organisations | 0 | |
| Other members | 18 | The National Assembly of the Republic of Korea, KT, SK Hynix, Korea Seven, CJ Logistics Corporation, HYUNDAI DEPARTMENT STORE, UNIQUEST, HYUNDAI LIVART Corporation., Hyundai Green Food Co., Ltd., HYUNDAI HOME SHOPPING NETWORK CORPORATION, CLIO COSMETICS Co., Hansot Co. Ltd, BYN BLACKYAK Co., HANJIN TRANSPORTATION Co., HANDSOME Corporation, CJ CheilJedang Corp. CJ Olive Young Corporation, BKbros CO., LTD |
| Supporting partners | 0 | |
| Number of members in the years | | |
| Have only national states as participators | No | |
Theme
| Transport | Agriculture | Forestry | Business | Financial institutions | Buildings | Industry | Waste | Cities and subnational governments | Short Term Pollutants | International maritime transport | Energy Supply | Fluorinated gases | Energy efficiency | Renewable energy | Supply chain emission reductions | Adaptation | Other | Resilience | Innovation | Energy Access and Efficiency | Private Finance |
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| No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
Not only have national states as participators