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The

2016

Sust

aina

bilit

y Le

ader

sIn

par

tner

ship

with

Su

stai

nabl

e Br

ands

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2Th

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ers in

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le Brands

Cont

ents

01Ab

out t

he G

lobe

Scan

/ Su

stai

nAbi

lity

Surv

ey3

02In

trod

uctio

n4

03Su

rvey

Met

hodo

logy

5

04Ke

y Fi

ndin

gs6

05In

stitu

tiona

l Lea

ders

& P

rogr

ess O

ver T

wo

Deca

des

7

06Co

rpor

ate

Lead

ers

14

07An

atom

y of

Cor

pora

te L

eade

rshi

p19

08NG

O &

Gov

ernm

ent L

eade

rs22

10Fu

rthe

r Inf

orm

atio

n30

09In

dust

ry S

ecto

r Lea

ders

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Abou

t the

Glo

beSc

an / S

usta

inAb

ility

Sur

veys

A u

niqu

e, co

llabo

rati

ve p

latf

orm

that

use

s res

earc

h-dr

iven

in

sigh

ts fr

om th

e mos

t inf

luen

tial

glo

bal t

houg

ht le

ader

s to

expl

ore t

he b

igge

st su

stai

nabi

lity

chal

leng

es.

We

publ

ish tw

o re

port

s eac

h ye

ar, a

nd

prov

ide

a re

gula

rly u

pdat

ed e

xper

t pe

rspe

ctiv

e on

a ra

nge

of ti

mel

y to

pics

.

Each

pub

licat

ion

is su

ppor

ted

by a

glo

bal

inte

ract

ive

web

inar

whe

re w

e in

vite

the

fore

mos

t thi

nker

s to

cont

ribut

e to

our

pa

nels.

We

surv

ey th

ousa

nds o

f sus

tain

able

de

velo

pmen

t exp

erts

and

pra

ctiti

oner

s fro

m th

e fo

llow

ing

sect

ors:

•Co

rpor

ate

•Go

vern

men

t (in

clud

ing

mul

ti-la

tera

l ins

titut

ions

)

•NG

Os

•In

stitu

tiona

l (e.

g., a

cade

mic

s)

•Se

rvic

e (e

.g., c

onsu

ltant

s, m

edia

)

Cros

s-se

ctor

Up-t

o-da

teYo

u ca

n do

wnl

oad

all t

he la

test

surv

eys

from

the

Glob

eSca

nor

Sus

tain

Abilit

yw

ebsit

es.Ac

cess

ible

Dow

nload

from

Glob

eSca

n

Dow

nload

from

Susta

inAbi

lity

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Intr

oduc

tion

Glo

beSc

anan

d Su

stai

nAbi

lity

have

trac

ked

expe

rt o

pini

ons

on su

stai

nabl

e dev

elop

men

t lea

ders

hip

for m

ore t

han

20 y

ears

.

For t

his s

urve

y, w

e as

ked

907

stak

ehol

ders

in

busin

ess,

gove

rnm

ent,

NGO

s and

aca

dem

ia

acro

ss 8

4 co

untr

ies t

o ev

alua

te th

e pr

ogre

ss

that

var

ious

inst

itutio

ns h

ave

mad

e sin

ce 19

92

and

refle

ct o

n th

eir e

xpec

tatio

ns fo

r the

nex

t 20

yea

rs. W

e al

so w

ante

d to

kno

w w

ho th

e ex

pert

s con

sider

to b

e su

stai

nabi

lity

lead

ers

amon

g co

rpor

atio

ns, N

GOs a

nd n

atio

nal

gove

rnm

ents

.

We

foun

d ou

t tha

t non

-sta

te a

ctor

s con

tinue

to

out

perfo

rm a

ll ot

her i

nstit

utio

ns o

n su

stai

nabl

e de

velo

pmen

t –es

peci

ally

nat

iona

l go

vern

men

ts, w

hich

rem

ain

at th

e bo

ttom

of

the

list f

or th

eir a

chie

vem

ents

.

Mea

nwhi

le, t

he la

ndsc

ape

of e

xpec

tatio

ns fo

r fu

ture

lead

ersh

ip h

as b

een

shift

ing.

The

priv

ate

sect

or h

as b

een

faci

ng g

row

ing

expe

ctat

ions

to

play

a la

rger

role

, whi

le th

e pe

rcei

ved

role

of

gove

rnm

ents

in a

dvan

cing

the

sust

aina

ble

deve

lopm

ent a

gend

a ha

s bee

n di

min

ishin

g.

This

year

lead

ersh

ip e

xpec

tatio

ns fo

r the

two

inst

itutio

ns h

ave

leve

led

out,

send

ing

a po

wer

ful m

essa

ge to

bus

ines

s abo

ut it

s pe

rcei

ved

role

in

the

post

-CO

P21 w

orld

.

Ove

r the

se tw

o de

cade

s, w

e ha

ve se

en th

e su

stai

nabi

lity

agen

da e

volv

e an

d br

oade

n,

wat

ched

com

pani

es c

limb

to th

e to

p of

the

corp

orat

e le

ader

ship

list

and

then

com

plet

ely

disa

ppea

r fro

m it

, and

witn

esse

d m

any

wav

es

of o

ptim

ism a

nd p

essim

ism a

s wel

l as s

hift

ing

expe

ctat

ions

.

This

editi

on o

f the

Sus

tain

abili

ty L

eade

rs

Surv

ey is

the

first

sinc

e th

e ad

optio

n of

the

Paris

Agr

eem

ent.

In D

ecem

ber 2

015,

the

inte

rnat

iona

l com

mun

ity e

xpre

ssed

una

nim

ous

com

mitm

ent t

o ta

cklin

g cl

imat

e ch

ange

and

lim

iting

glo

bal w

arm

ing

to b

elow

2C.

Go

vern

men

ts, c

ompa

nies

and

oth

er

stak

ehol

ders

pol

led

for t

his y

ear’s

surv

ey n

ow

oper

ate

in a

n en

viro

nmen

t pro

foun

dly

diffe

rent

fro

m p

revi

ous y

ears

in te

rms o

f am

bitio

n,

urge

ncy

and

cons

ensu

s abo

ut th

e di

rect

ion

of

sust

aina

ble

deve

lopm

ent a

gend

a.

Also

new

in 2

016,

Glo

beSc

anan

d Su

stai

nAbi

lity

have

join

ed fo

rces

with

Sus

tain

able

Bra

nds t

o co

nduc

t and

pub

lish

the

surv

ey. T

his

part

ners

hip

has e

nabl

ed u

s to

expa

nd th

e po

ol

of su

rvey

ed e

xper

ts, e

spec

ially

in A

sia a

nd L

atin

Am

eric

a.

For t

he si

xth

year

in a

row

, Uni

leve

r rem

ains

the

mos

t rec

ogni

zed

sust

aina

bilit

y le

ader

. To

obta

in

a m

ore

nuan

ced

pict

ure

of c

orpo

rate

le

ader

ship

glo

bally

, thi

s yea

r we

also

ask

ed

expe

rts t

o na

me

com

pani

es th

at th

ey b

elie

ve

are

top

perfo

rmer

s with

in th

eir h

ome

regi

ons.

We

also

con

tinue

to tr

ack

expe

rt o

pini

ons o

n le

adin

g NG

Os a

nd

natio

nal g

over

nmen

ts.

Desp

ite m

ount

ing

expe

ctat

ions

for t

he p

rivat

e se

ctor

, exp

erts

rem

ain

criti

cal o

f its

pe

rform

ance

to

dat

e. T

he e

ffort

s of a

ll in

dust

ry se

ctor

s, ev

en

the

ones

seen

as m

ost p

rogr

essiv

e, a

re v

iew

ed

mos

tly n

egat

ivel

y. W

e be

lieve

the

adop

tion

of

Sust

aina

ble

Deve

lopm

ent G

oals

and

the

Paris

Ag

reem

ent w

ill p

rovi

de m

uch-

need

ed im

petu

s an

d in

stru

men

ts fo

r all

inst

itutio

ns to

take

thei

r pe

rform

ance

to th

e ne

xt le

vel.

We

hope

that

in

addi

tion

to g

row

ing

expe

ctat

ions

for t

he

priv

ate

sect

or, n

ext y

ear’s

surv

ey w

ill m

ark

the

begi

nnin

g of

ano

ther

tren

d –

one

of g

reat

er

impa

ct a

nd c

olla

bora

tion.

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Surv

ey M

etho

dolo

gy

* Res

pond

ents

with

few

er th

an th

ree

year

s ex

peri

ence

hav

e be

en e

xclu

ded

from

the

resu

lts

907

qual

ified

sust

aina

bilit

y ex

pert

s com

plet

ed th

e onl

ine

ques

tion

nair

e fro

m M

arch

23r

d to

Apr

il 21

st, 2

016.

Mor

e Th

an10

Yea

rs5

to 10

Year

s 3*

to 4

Ye

ars

60%

28%

11%

Expe

rienc

eGe

ogra

phy

Sect

ors

Resp

onde

nts h

ave

the

follo

win

g ex

perie

nce

wor

king

on

sust

aina

bilit

y iss

ues:

Expe

rts s

urve

yed

span

84

coun

trie

s in

the

follo

win

g re

gion

s:Re

spon

dent

s wer

e dr

awn

from

the

follo

win

g se

ctor

s:

55Go

vern

men

t12

1NG

O25

6Co

rpor

ate

192

Acad

emic

&

Rese

arch

240

Serv

ice

& M

edia

43 Oth

er

238

Nort

h Am

eric

a

105

Latin

Am

eric

a

39O

cean

ia

106

Asia

40 Afric

a

379

Euro

pe

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Key F

indi

ngs

Non-

stat

e ac

tors

con

tinue

the

tren

d of

sign

ifica

ntly

ou

tper

form

ing

all o

ther

org

aniz

atio

nson

thei

r sus

tain

able

de

velo

pmen

t (SD

) lea

ders

hip

reco

rd. T

he c

ontr

ibut

ion

of N

GOs

since

the

1992

Ear

th S

umm

it in

Rio

is v

iew

ed p

ositi

vely

by

57%

of

pol

led

expe

rts.

Soci

al e

ntre

pren

eurs

, aca

dem

ic in

stitu

tions

an

d ci

tizen

-led

mas

s soc

ial c

hang

e m

ovem

ents

are

also

ev

alua

ted

posit

ivel

y by

resp

onde

nts.

Mea

nwhi

le, n

atio

nal

gove

rnm

ents

rank

at

the

bott

om o

f the

list

, rat

ed p

ositi

vely

by

only

6%

of

resp

onde

nts.

Sust

aina

bilit

y ex

pert

s bel

ieve

that

nat

iona

l gov

ernm

ents

an

d th

e pr

ivat

e se

ctor

equ

ally

shar

e th

e re

spon

sibili

ty fo

r ad

vanc

ing

SD o

ver t

he n

ext t

wo

deca

des,

with

34%

of e

xper

ts

ratin

g ea

ch a

s vita

l to

prog

ress

. Mul

ti-se

ctor

al p

artn

ersh

ips a

re

also

seen

as p

layi

ng a

crit

ical

role

. Exp

ecta

tions

for

gove

rnm

ents

to le

ad h

ave

grad

ually

dec

reas

ed in

rece

nt y

ears

, w

hile

thos

e fo

r the

priv

ate

sect

or h

ave

been

risin

g.

Unile

ver c

ontin

ues t

o be

rega

rded

as t

he g

loba

l cor

pora

te

lead

er o

n su

stai

nabi

lity.

It h

as fu

rthe

r inc

reas

ed it

s lea

ders

hip

mar

gin

and

was

nam

ed a

s a le

ader

by

43%

of p

olle

d ex

pert

s. Pa

tago

nia,

Inte

rface

, IKE

A an

d Te

sla a

re a

lso a

mon

g th

e to

p-ra

ted

lead

ers.

Regi

onal

lead

ersh

ip ra

tings

are

dom

inat

ed b

y co

nsum

er-

faci

ng c

ompa

nies

, with

Uni

leve

r lea

ding

in E

urop

e, P

atag

onia

in

Nor

th A

mer

ica,

Woo

lwor

ths i

n Af

rica

and

Natu

ra in

Lat

in

Amer

ica.

In A

sia, t

he T

ata

grou

p of

com

pani

es o

ccup

ies t

he to

p po

sitio

n on

the

list.

1 2 3

Alig

ning

sus

tain

abili

ty st

rate

gy w

ith in

tern

al c

ultu

re a

nd

valu

es a

nd in

tegr

atin

g pu

rpos

e vi

a a

com

mon

bra

nd p

rom

ise

are

perc

eive

d as

two

key

driv

ers o

f cor

pora

te le

ader

ship

. In

the

case

of U

nile

ver,

voca

l sup

port

of s

usta

inab

ility

by

seni

or

lead

ersh

ip is

the

singl

e m

ost i

mpo

rtan

t fac

tor a

ccou

ntin

g fo

r its

out

sized

repu

tatio

n.

44%

of r

espo

nden

ts su

gges

t tha

t the

mos

t effe

ctiv

e w

ay fo

r co

mpa

nies

to m

ake

a po

sitiv

e co

ntrib

utio

n to

war

ds th

e Su

stai

nabl

e De

velo

pmen

t Goa

ls (S

DGs)

is th

roug

h pu

rsui

ng

part

ners

hips

and

dev

elop

ing

prod

ucts

and

serv

ices

. Exp

erts

al

so re

com

men

d th

at th

e pr

ivat

e se

ctor

shou

ld a

pply

the

SDGs

as

a le

ns in

goa

l-set

ting

and

risk

anal

ysis

proc

esse

s.

WW

F an

d Gr

eenp

eace

con

tinue

to b

e se

en a

s NGO

lead

ers

on su

stai

nabl

e de

velo

pmen

t, w

ith 3

0% a

nd 2

0% o

f exp

ert

vote

s res

pect

ivel

y. M

eanw

hile

, Sw

eden

(27%

) and

Ger

man

y (2

5%) a

re m

ost f

requ

ently

nam

ed a

s gov

ernm

ent l

eade

rs.

Expe

rts a

re c

ritic

al o

f ind

ustr

y ef

fort

s to

tran

sitio

n to

su

stai

nabl

e de

velo

pmen

t, w

ith th

e re

cord

of a

ll se

ctor

s vi

ewed

prim

arily

neg

ativ

ely.

The

fore

st p

rodu

cts s

ecto

r, bi

otec

hnol

ogy

and

ICT

com

pani

es a

re c

onsid

ered

to b

e m

anag

ing

the

tran

sitio

n th

e be

st, w

hile

the

oil &

gas

and

m

inin

g in

dust

ries a

re v

iew

ed n

egat

ivel

y by

mor

e th

an 7

5% o

f ex

pert

s.

5 6 7

4

8

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eade

rs &

Pr

ogre

ss O

ver T

wo

Deca

des

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NGOs

Vie

wed

as B

igge

st Co

ntrib

utor

s to

Pro

gres

s Sin

ce 19

92

Non

-pro

fit o

rgan

izat

ions

are

seen

as h

avin

g m

ade t

he la

rges

t con

trib

utio

n to

sust

aina

ble

deve

lopm

ent s

ince

the 1

992

Eart

h Su

mm

it in

R

io, f

ollo

wed

by

soci

al en

trep

rene

urs,

acad

emic

org

aniz

atio

ns a

nd ci

tize

n-le

d so

cial

ch

ange

mov

emen

ts.

Natio

nal g

over

nmen

ts a

re p

erce

ived

neg

ativ

ely

by a

maj

ority

of r

espo

nden

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each

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s on

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ble

deve

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ent

since

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ersh

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Reco

rd R

emai

ns Co

nsist

ent

Perc

eptio

ns o

f ins

titut

iona

l lea

ders

hav

e re

mai

ned

cons

iste

nt o

ver t

he p

ast f

our y

ears

, w

ith

NG

Os,

soci

al en

trep

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urs a

nd

acad

emic

org

aniz

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ns c

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nuin

g to

hol

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isten

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pre

viou

s yea

rs, n

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gove

rnm

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are

vie

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ext

rem

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nega

tivel

y.

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d Na

tions

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e on

ly in

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ha

s see

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repu

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ntin

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ly im

prov

e sin

ce 2

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whi

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cal g

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tion

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since

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1992

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th S

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sect

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sh

are t

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nex

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port

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enda

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our o

pini

on, w

ho sh

ould

lead

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ent a

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er

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next

twen

ty y

ears

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se se

lect

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mos

t sui

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nal g

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sect

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velo

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enda

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atio

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Sin

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fo

r Bus

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s & G

over

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hifti

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Busi

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has

seen

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in

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our

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is ye

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even

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ut, m

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sign

ifica

nt

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ston

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port

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of c

olla

bora

tions

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sust

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deve

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rogr

ess i

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win

g.

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tion

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our o

pini

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ho sh

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lopm

ent a

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er

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next

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ty y

ears

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ted

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ions

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cal g

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cial

ch

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ts

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esp

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de

nts

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rman

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nts a

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ould you rate the performance of

each of the following types of

organizations in terms of its contribution

to progress on sustainable development

since the 1992 Earth Summ

it in Rio?

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uestion: In your opinion, who should lead

the sustainable development agenda over

the next 20 years?

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Should be leading (mentions)

National governm

ents Partnerships &

collaborations

Municipal

governments

MLO

s

UN

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movem

ents

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academia

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ld N

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h P

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over

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ions

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iona

l go

vern

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d bu

sine

ss ar

e per

ceiv

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be

impo

rtan

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sust

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pini

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ho sh

ould

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lopm

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u th

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g su

stai

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All R

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ts, b

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Regi

onal

Expe

rts A

gree

on G

loba

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ders

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leve

r was

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ently

men

tion

ed

glob

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rts i

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top

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tion

Wha

t spe

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u th

ink

are

lead

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n in

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atin

g su

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% o

f Exp

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rank

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n in

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g su

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th

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ess s

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of

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% o

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goal

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se se

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top

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w

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bus

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fit

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bitio

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thre

e m

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try,

bio

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com

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