Contributing to the SustainableDevelopment Goals (SDGs)

The SDGs set by the United Nations define global sustainable development priorities and aspirations for 2030, highlighting the world’s biggest social and environmental challenges.

As a multinational company, we believe we have a responsibility and a role to play to help achieve these goals. We mapped the 17 SDGs to our material topics and business strategy. We then identified the 10 goals that are most relevant to our sustainability strategy. Our performance against these SDGs is highlighted throughout this report.

We aim to ensure healthy lives and well-being for all.
We are engaged in minimizing risks of negative impact on people due to our activities.

We are committed to reducing our water consumption and recycling more.
All our wastewater is treated before being discharged into the environment.
We strive for zero waste in landfill.

We support education in all the countries where we operate.
We develop the competence of our employees through a blended approach.

We deploy programs to improve energy efficiency in all our manufacturing sites.

We promote open innovation and partner with a wide range of universities and research institutes throughout the world.

We strive for zero waste in landfill, reduce our consumption of chemicals and eliminate hazardous materials.

We aspire to achieve full gender equality.
Our Women in Leadership program prepares the next generation of women leaders.

We apply a zero tolerance approach to forced labor.
We assess and mitigate social risks in our extended supply chain.
We focus on providing a safe workplace with zero injuries and zero occupational diseases.

We promote equal opportunities for all.
Our ambition is to be a leader in cultural and disability inclusion.

We deploy programs to reduce our GHG emissions.
We actively participate in industry initiatives for action on climate change.

ST supports the SDG

SDG	Target	ST Sustainability program	Indicators page
	Good health and well-being
	3.8 Achieve universal health coverage, including financial risk protection, access to quality essential health-care services and access to safe, effective, quality and affordable essential medicines and vaccines for all	Health and Safety	People indicators
	3.9 By 2030, substantially reduce the number of deaths and illnesses from hazardous chemicals and air, water and soil pollution and contamination	Waste and Effluents Chemicals	Environmental indicators
	Ensure inclusive and quality education for all and promote lifelong learning
	4.3 By 2030, ensure equal access for all women and men to affordable and quality technical, vocational and tertiary education, including university	Development and Engagement Education and Volunteering	People indicators Education and Volunteering
	Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls
	5.5 Ensure women’s full and effective participation and equal opportunities for leadership at all levels of decision-making in political, economic and public life	Diversity and Inclusion	Diversity and Inclusion People indicators
	Clean water and sanitation
	6.3 By 2030, improve water quality by reducing pollution, eliminating dumping and minimizing release of hazardous chemicals and materials, halving the proportion of untreated wastewater and substantially increasing recycling and safe reuse globally	Waste and Effluents Chemicals	Environmental indicators
	6.4 By 2030, substantially increase water-use efficiency across all sectors and ensure sustainable withdrawals and supply of freshwater to address water scarcity and substantially reduce the number of people suffering from water scarcity	Water	Water Environmental indicators
	Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all
	7.3 By 2030, double the global rate of improvement in energy efficiency	Energy and Climate Change	Environmental indicators
	Promote inclusive and sustainable economic growth, employment and decent work for all
	8.7 Take immediate and effective measures to eradicate forced labor, end modern slavery and human trafficking and secure the prohibition and elimination of the worst forms of child labor, including recruitment and use of child soldiers, and by 2025 end child labor in all its forms	Labor and Human Rights Supply Chain Responsibility	Labor and Human Rights People indicators Partnerships indicators
	8.8 Protect labor rights and promote safe and secure working environments for all workers, including migrant workers, in particular women migrants, and those in precarious employment	Health and Safety Labor and Human Rights Supply Chain Responsibility	People indicators Partnerships indicators
	Build resilient infrastructure, promote sustainable industrialization and foster innovation
	9.5 Enhance scientific research, upgrade the technological capabilities of industrial sectors in all countries, in particular developing countries, including, by 2030, encouraging innovation and substantially increasing the number of research and development workers per 1 million people and public and private research and development spending	Innovation	Innovation
	Reduce inequality within and among countries
	10.2 By 2030, empower and promote the social, economic and political inclusion of all, irrespective of age, sex, disability, race, ethnicity, origin, religion or economic or other status	Diversity and Inclusion	People indicators
	Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns
	12.4 By 2020, achieve the environmentally sound management of chemicals and all wastes throughout their life cycle, in accordance with agreed international frameworks, and significantly reduce their release to air, water and soil in order to minimize their adverse impacts on human health and the environment	Chemicals	Environmental indicators
	Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts
	13.1 Strengthen resilience and adaptive capacity to climate-related hazards and natural disasters in all countries	Energy and Climate Change	Energy and Climate Change Environmental indicators