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Sundaram Textiles Ltd, a Tamil Nadu company, wants its CSR portfolio to be described in terms of the global agenda adopted by all UN member states in September 2015, which contains 17 goals and 169 targets to be met by 2030. Which framework is the company referring to?

The framework is the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, adopted by UN member states in 2015. It contains 17 Sustainable Development Goals and 169 targets to be achieved by 2030, replacing the earlier eight Millennium Development Goals that ran until 2015.

  1. AMillennium Development Goals
  2. B2030 Agenda for Sustainable DevelopmentCorrect
  3. CKyoto Protocol
  4. DParis Agreement

Explanation

The 17 Sustainable Development Goals and 169 targets form part of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development adopted in 2015. The Millennium Development Goals were the earlier set for 2000-2015 with 8 goals. Kyoto and Paris deal with climate change, not the full development agenda.

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