PARTICIPATION OF COMPANIES IN EMERGING MARKETS TO THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS (SDGS)

15 September 2015 was a historical day when global leaders in United Nations General Assembly adopted a global agenda for the world people, planet, and prosperity, called The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It consisted 17 goals and 169 targets to be achieved entirely in 2030. A multi stakeholders collaboration among government, private sector, academia, and civil society from all countries was required to achieve the 17 SDGs). This research investigated the role of companies in emerging countries in the implementation of SDGs. The first focus was on the implementation of SDGs by top 200 Indonesian listed companies, in terms of revenue in three years period of 2014-2016. Content analysis of companies' reporting, consisted of annual report, sustainability reporting, and CSR information on companies web sites, using SDG Compass: Linking the SDGs and GRI was employed to identify the the engagement of each company to each goals of SDGs. The analysis of the Russian companies' actions in the implementation of SDGs was fragmented. Results revealed that biggest companies in three sectors had contributed well to certain number of SDGs. However, lot of efforts from government, business association, and companies themselves are required to increase company's implementation in other goals of SDGs.