Framework

The following key reasons have led us to adopt the United Nation's
SDG framework as the basis for our endeavors:

1. Recognition: the SDGs have been adopted by virtually all countries, as well as by institutional investors and corporations (as a reminder, over half of the world's biggest economies are corporations)

2. Deadlines: a time limit has been fixed for the implementation of each Goal

3. Holistic approach: the Goals encompass socio-economic as well as ecological factors. In this respect, the SDG reference system is aligned with the main indexes of social welfare and development (e.g. Human Development Index, Social Progress Index, Happy Planet Index, Better Life Index)

4. Specificity and measurability: each Goal is divided into hundreds of sub-goals and metrics, that are closely monitored through regular data updating in order to identify trends

5. Successful track record: the previous Millennium Development Goals (2000-2015) had a high rate of accomplishment

While recognizing its value, we believe that the SDG framework can be significantly improved. As a complement, we have conceived an advanced SDG+ framework, that contributes five key improvements:

1. A focus on the sustainability impact at the scale of each individual, conceived as the core unit of political agency. Recognizing that any given organizations (either public or private) is but the sum of its members can empower us to instigate the change that we want to see in the world

2. Additional goals, as well as additional targets and metrics to the pre-existing goals

3. An expanded framework in which we can integrate our sustainability goals and related tasks

4. A potential for unlimited (and science-based) variations and upgrades of the framework in terms of depth, width, correlation, measurability, transparency, ambition, and other parameters

5. A quarterly monitoring of the progress made on each ISDP (see template here)

Thus, the goals of the SDG+ Club are the following:

1. Foster knowledge sharing and innovation regarding ways to implement the SDGs in our professional and personal lives

2. Suggest science-based variations and upgrades of the framework in terms of depth, width, correlation, measurability, transparency, ambition, and other parameters

3. Engage and recruit new club members

4. Promote our club, including by sharing updates to the SDG+ framework

5. Develop our digital platform to further increase our impact