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Sustainable Development Goals

Collect, analyze, and share SDG data for planning, policy, and decision-making

Connecting society, environment, and economy with geography

Esri’s ArcGIS is an integrative technology, bringing together information about what happens in the world, where it happens, and who is affected, into a single, unified view. ArcGIS plays a fundamental role in creating and sharing SDG data, and informing policy formulation and decision-making around sustainable development programs and investments. 

The SDGs and Agenda 2030 are part of our DNA

We enable people to make a positive impact and difference in the world with GIS. We are partnering with the UN, national governments, and authoritative data producers to develop SDG data hubs, information dashboards, and other data products to support the advancement of the SDGs.

Collecting, managing, and sharing SDG data

Collect and calculate

Esri has developed tools to collect data on the SDGs, allowing local governments, local NGOs, and others, to collect data on the ground in a scalable way. These mobile data capture and field mobility applications, coupled with calculation and analytic capabilities, support indicator quality. 

Share SDG data

Facilitate the free flow of information between policymakers and other SDG partners. Esri’s collaboration capabilities allows SDG stakeholders – including local, national, and global policymakers – to freely share information. GIS information is connected and integrated across networks, so that stakeholders can organize and share content between individuals, businesses, and communities.    

Analyze and plan programs

Location is a powerful lens for examining and understanding data indicators. ArcGIS lets users visualize, quantify, analyze, and report on these indicators. Decision makers can apply these capabilities to plan sustainable development efforts and allocate resources to have the greatest possible impact.    

Monitor change and impact

By organizing data and tools around relevant targets, goals, and supporting initiatives, SDG stakeholders can provide context and purpose for resources. This gives people knowledge and awareness needed to apply the data resources to address real problems, monitor change, and identify impact.

Engage stakeholders

Esri technology ultimately serves to engage the SDG community—the children, the poor, and the marginalized—to work towards a more sustainable world. Our goal is to use the SDG indicators to capture their stories, and significantly improve their lives, and their opportunities.

Resources

Explore stories, learning lessons, and other materials to help you apply ArcGIS to your mission.

  • A circular icon sectioned in multiple colors with the words “SDG Data Alliance” aligned to the right of the icon

    Esri’s SDG Data Alliance

    Learn more about Esri’s partnership with the international community to scale GIS technology for sustainable development.
  • An infographic titled “Sustainable Development Goals” that lists and describes the 17 goals with icons enclosed in different colored squares

    Sustainable Development Report 2021

    This 2021 report presents the SDG index and dashboards to track progress on the Sustainable Development Goals.
  • A graphic for the UAE SDG Data Hub, depicting a multicolored brush stroked circle overlaid with icons for the 17 Sustainable Development Goals, all surrounding a map that depicts the United Arab Emirates

    UAE SDG Data Hub

    Explore the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) SDG Data Hub, which includes SDG initiatives, spatially referenced data, stories, and highlights.
  • A large circular icon sectioned in multiple colors with the words “Ireland’s SDG data hub” aligned to the left of the icon

    Ireland’s SDG data hub

    Explore maps, data, and other resources surrounding Ireland’s SDG initiatives.
  • Learning Lesson: Poverty

    Examine global poverty, explore ways to protect affected children, and see how GIS can be used in international efforts to alleviate challenges.
  • United Nations Sustainable Development Goals

    Learn about the 17 SDGs. All United Nations member states have come together in global partnership for this urgent call to action.
  • Open Data SDG Hub

    The Open SDG Data Hub helps advance the SDGs by making data and statistics available to decision makers everywhere.
  • Global Fundamental Geospatial Data Themes

    Get an overview of the geospatial themes that are fundamental to the understanding of mapping and how mapping supports the SDGs.
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