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- Published: 07 Jun 2016


- inclusive business paying higher than average wages and seeking the advantageous for all
- equal opportunity employment for 10,000 native Ivorian and migrant Côte d'Ivoire workers, once fully operational
- socially responsible investing into assurance that all Côte d'Ivoire employees have a cell phone to: stay socially connected, and allowing the utilization of mobile payment services to decrease time for employee payment processing and maximize their ease in participating in the economy
SDGs .:. 17 Goals to Transform Our World
Goal 1: No Poverty
End poverty in all its forms everywhere
Data provided by Poverty - United Nations Sustainable Development (more)
- 836 million people still live in extreme poverty
- About one in five persons in developing regions lives on less than $1.25 per day
- The overwhelming majority of people living on less than $1.25 a day belong to two regions: Southern Asia and sub-Saharan Africa
- High poverty rates are often found in small, fragile and conflict-affected countries
- One in four children under age five in the world has inadequate height for his or her age
- Every day in 2014, 42,000 people had to abandon their homes to seek protection due to conflict
- 836 million people still live in extreme poverty
- About one in five persons in developing regions lives on less than $1.25 per day
- The overwhelming majority of people living on less than $1.25 a day belong to two regions: Southern Asia and sub-Saharan Africa
- High poverty rates are often found in small, fragile and conflict-affected countries
- One in four children under age five in the world has inadequate height for his or her age
- Every day in 2014, 42,000 people had to abandon their homes to seek protection due to conflict
Goal 2: Zero Hunger
End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture
+ Read how AgriSmart is helping end hunger in Côte d'Ivoire ➜ SDG 2
Goal 3: Good health and well-being
Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages
+ Read how AgriSmart is promoting health and well-being in Côte d'Ivoire ➜ SDG 3
Goal 4: Quality education
Ensure inclusive and quality education for all and promote lifelong learning
+ Read how AgriSmart is partnering to make education available to all in Côte d'Ivoire ➜ SDG 4
Goal 5: Gender equality
Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls
+ Read how AgriSmart is contributing to equal employment opportunities and pay for women and girls in Côte d'Ivoire ➜ SDG 5
Goal 6: Clean water and sanitation
Ensure access to water and sanitation for all
+ Read how AgriSmart is developing in-home clean water access in employee housing micro-grids ➜ SDG 6
Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy
Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all
+ Read how AgriSmart is developing free smart utilities in Côte d'Ivoire employee housing micro-grids ➜ SDG 7
Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth
Promote inclusive and sustainable economic growth, employment and decent work for all
+ Read how AgriSmart is elevating the quality of life in Côte d'Ivoire by paying higher than average wages, and helping raise the national economy through export of surplus food generated to neighbor African countries ➜ SDG 8
Goal 9: Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
Build resilient infrastructure, promote sustainable industrialization and foster innovation
+ Read how AgriSmart is building resilient infrastructure, promoting sustainable industrialization, and fostering innovation in Côte d'Ivoire through the use of modern farm technology in intensive farming, and with sustainable investments into business to raise productive capacity ➜ SDG 9
Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities
Reduce inequality within and among countries
+ Read how AgriSmart is helping reduce inequality in Côte d'Ivoire by providing free employee housing with smart, eco-friendly utilities, clean water, and climate control, plus closing the gap by paying higher than average wages ➜ SDG 10
Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities
Make cities inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable
+ Read how AgriSmart is creating community by building Côte d'Ivoire employee housing micro-grids ➜ SDG 11
Goal 12: Responsible Consumption and Production
Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns
+ Read how AgriSmart is sustainably using agriculture waste in the production of other products, also further boosting the Côte d'Ivoire economy ➜ SDG 12
Goal 13: Climate Action
Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts
+ Read how AgriSmart is utilizing smart, renewable energy sources, such as solar powered electricity, and ozone friendly refrigerant free cooling systems in Côte d'Ivoire employee housing ➜ SDG 13
Goal 14: Life Below Water
Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources
+ Read how AgriSmart is contributing to the protection of oceans through responsible utilization of organic pesticides ➜ SDG 14
Goal 15: Life on Land
Sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, halt and reverse land degradation, halt biodiversity loss
+ Read how AgriSmart is nurturing life on land through reforestation using a system, called taungya, in intercropping between trees for optimized yields ➜ SDG 15
Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
Promote just, peaceful and inclusive societies
+ Read how AgriSmart is helping further the Côte d’Ivoire democratically elected president’s campaign for tribe and religion inclusivity, together with providing employment opportunites specifically for veterans of war through partnerships with organizations such as the Agency for Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration ➜ SDG 16
Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals
Revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development
+ Read about AgriSmart partnerships for sustainable development in Côte d'Ivoire including SODEFOR, and around the world ➜ SDG 17CONTACT
Contact Person: Trey Warme Headquarters: AgriSmart, Inc. 725 Rockville Pike, 3rd Floor Rockville, MD 20852 Phone: +1.858.776.4172 Email: email Website: http://agrismartinc.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/agrismartinc Twitter: https://twitter.com/agrismartinc LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/agrismart-inc-RELATED LINKS
Poverty - United Nations Sustainable Development (more) Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development .:. Sustainable Development Knowledge Platform (more) Sustainable development goals - United Nations (more) AgriSmart, Inc. Côte d'Ivoire blog: 'sustainable development' category (more) AgriSmart, Inc. Côte d'Ivoire Do Well By Doing Good blog (more) ↑ Back to top
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Tagged #CIV, #SDGs, Côte d'Ivoire, employment, mobile payment, no poverty, socially responsible investing, Sustainable Development Goals