#Author:Er Arun Tamang, Eleotronices Engieering NIT Sikkim India https://nitsikkim.ac.in
The Government of Peru has aligned its General Government Policy (see p. 104-114) to the 2030 Agenda and the SDGs. CEPLAN, the specialized technical agency that acts as the governing, guiding and coordinating body of the National Strategic Planning System and the principal entity in Peru for the 2030 Agenda, annually publishes a National Report on the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. To monitor progress towards achieving the SDGs, the Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática (INEI), with the support of the UN in Peru, has developed an online platform to monitor and track the indicators based on statistical data obtained from household surveys and national censuses.
The Sustainable Development Report 2019, prepared by the Bertelsmann Stiftung and the Sustainable Development Solutions Network, shows that Peru’s performance is moderate, ranking 51 among 161 countries. While Peru scores 6.1% over the overall global average and is on track to achieve SDG 4 ‘Quality Education’ and SDG 7 ‘Affordable and Clean Energy’, the country faces significant challenges in reaching SDG 9 ‘Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure’, SDG 10 ‘Reduced Inequalities’, 16 ‘Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions’ and SDG 13 ‘Climate Action’. Government driven business engagement around the 2030 Agenda has been very limited. Basic sustainability practices are being implemented such as the Superintendencia de Mercado de Valores that requests sustainability reports from all companies trading in Peruvian Stock Exchange as a first step towards more disclosure and transparency from businesses. A study published by Programa de Inversión Responsable (PIR) and Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (PUCP) evaluates progress towards incorporating corporate sustainability criteria in the stock market during 2017/2018. Moreover, the Competitive Business Program (2016-2020) – funded by the Swiss Confederation State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) and implemented in collaboration with the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) in Colombia, Ghana, Indonesia, Peru, South Africa and Vietnam – aims to promote sustainability reporting among SMEs in the program’s target countries, helping to improve SMEs’ competitiveness and to facilitate market access. This program has shown a growing number of engages businesses from 72 in 2017 to 324 in 2018. In 2020, the program will incorporate the SDG tracker allowing SMEs to report on the GRI indicators and SDGs in one document.
