1st ICAI 2020

International Conference on Automotive Industry 2020

Mladá Boleslav, Czech Republic

DSG 12 and DSG 14 point in the very similar direction, but DSG 14 has substantially greater distinguishing power than DSG 12. In other words, there is a clearer pattern that the continents (their companies) behave differently considering DSG 14 than DSG 12.

Figure 2: GAIA plane

Source: Own elaboration. In Figure 3, one can see that European and American companies tend to follow SDGs 11 Sustainable cities and communities, 9 Industry, innovation and infrastructure, 10 Reduced inequalities, 3 Good health and well-being, 17 Partnerships for the goals more often than Asian and African companies. The vector representing SDG 12 Responsible consumption and production is quite short and points somewhere between America and Asia. This can be interpreted that there is not clear pattern showing that some continent tends to follow this SDG in general more often than other continents (only African companies tend not to follow it since Africa lies in completely opposite direction to the vector DSG 12). By contrast, Asian companies are more likely to contribute to the following SDGs than European, Asian and African companies: 15 Life on land, 1 No poverty, 2 Zero hunger, 7 Affordable and clean energy, 6 Clean water and sanitation, 5 Gender equality, 14 Life below water, 4 Quality education, and 12 Responsible consumption and production. Finally, in comparison with other continents, African companies are more often pursuing the following SDGs: 13 Climate action, 16 Peace, justice and strong

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