, PUB3704 Assignment 4 (COMPLETE ANSWERS) Semester
1 2025 (206112) - DUE 12 June 2025; 100% correct solutions
and explanations.
Title: The Linkage between South Africa’s National
Development Planning and the Sustainable Development
Goals (SDGs), and Institutional Contributions to SDG
Implementation
Introduction
Sustainable development is globally recognized as the
cornerstone of socio-economic progress that meets current needs
without compromising the ability of future generations to meet
theirs. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), adopted
by all United Nations Member States in 2015, form a universal
call to action to end poverty, protect the planet, and ensure
prosperity for all by 2030. South Africa’s national
development planning, particularly as outlined in the National
Development Plan (NDP) 2030, reflects strong alignment with
the SDGs. This essay explores this alignment, using practical
examples, and also analyzes the implementation of SDGs at the
institutional level by focusing on a selected case study—
Woolworths South Africa, a retail company known for its
sustainability programs.
1.1 The Linkage between South Africa’s National
Development Planning and the SDGs
South Africa's National Development Plan (NDP) 2030,
adopted in 2012, sets out a long-term vision to eliminate poverty
1 2025 (206112) - DUE 12 June 2025; 100% correct solutions
and explanations.
Title: The Linkage between South Africa’s National
Development Planning and the Sustainable Development
Goals (SDGs), and Institutional Contributions to SDG
Implementation
Introduction
Sustainable development is globally recognized as the
cornerstone of socio-economic progress that meets current needs
without compromising the ability of future generations to meet
theirs. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), adopted
by all United Nations Member States in 2015, form a universal
call to action to end poverty, protect the planet, and ensure
prosperity for all by 2030. South Africa’s national
development planning, particularly as outlined in the National
Development Plan (NDP) 2030, reflects strong alignment with
the SDGs. This essay explores this alignment, using practical
examples, and also analyzes the implementation of SDGs at the
institutional level by focusing on a selected case study—
Woolworths South Africa, a retail company known for its
sustainability programs.
1.1 The Linkage between South Africa’s National
Development Planning and the SDGs
South Africa's National Development Plan (NDP) 2030,
adopted in 2012, sets out a long-term vision to eliminate poverty
