Sustainable Development Goals - 17 Goals to Transform our World

Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns

Indicator 12.6.1: Number of companies publishing sustainability reports

Number of companies publishing sustainability reports

This table provides metadata for the actual indicator available from US statistics closest to the corresponding global SDG indicator. Please note that even when the global SDG indicator is fully available from US statistics, this table should be consulted for information on national methodology and other US-specific metadata information.

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Actual indicator available - description
Date of national source publication
Method of computation
Periodicity
Scheduled update by national source
U.S. method of computation
Comments and limitations
Date metadata updated
Disaggregation geography
Unit of measurement
Disaggregation categories
International and national references
Time period
Scheduled update by SDG team

This table provides information on metadata for SDG indicators as defined by the UN Statistical Commission. Complete global metadata is provided by the UN Statistics Division.

Indicator name Number of companies publishing sustainability reports
Target name Encourage companies, especially large and transnational companies, to adopt sustainable practices and to integrate sustainability information into their reporting cycle.
Global indicator description
UN designated tier 3
UN custodial agency UNEP, UNCTAD
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Organisation
Agency Staff Name
Agency Survey Dataset
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