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STS461 Maciej T.
AD a.
The main purpose is to build on existing business statistics and develop an
additional statistical information split up by industries to give a good first
picture of SDG related activities of the Danish companies. This additional
information can be about decomposing existing SDG indicators to a more
detailed level, but also about supplementary indicators that can shed some
extra light on activities with relevance for the SDGs, such as UNCTAD
indicators. It is our aim that the information provided will go beyond actual
business statistics and include green national accounts, business enterprises’
expenditures on supplementary education, gender balance, pay gap, etc. The
following indicators can be mentioned among those considered:
 Contribution to GDP
 Research and Development share of GDP
 Turnover for environmental goods and services
 Corporate taxes
 CO2 emissions compared to value added
 Energy intensity
 Women’s pay as a percentage of men’s pay
 Gender balance in boards and managements of companies
The final selection of indicators will be agreed upon by a ‘follow-up’ group
consisting of representatives from various stakeholders, such as Danish
Business Authority, Danish Business Association, or Danish Industries.

AD b.
Besides the general, existing, statistics, there is a need for new statistics to
present what global goals private sector companies are contributing to – and
if possible to demonstrate why, how and to what extent. In order to address
this question, Statistics Denmark compiled a voluntary qualitative
questionnaire. In the course of the discussions on the questionnaire it was
decided to focus on Danish companies with more than 250 employees. The
choice was determined by the fact that it was too extensive to contact all
Danish companies. Besides, the companies with over 250 employees cover
widely the different industries and furthermore, they also employ 1/3 of the
workforce in the private sector. There were expressed some considerations
that selection of companies with over 250 employees could bias the results of
the survey, as it is expected that larger companies are more aware of 2030
agenda than smaller ones. The questionnaire was built around the following
themes/questions:
1. Does your company focus on fulfilment of one or more SDGs?
2. What is the current policy/practice regarding the SDGs (after 2015)
3. Why does your company focus on the SDGs?
4. What is the current contribution to the fulfilment of the SDGs (since 2015)

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