United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UNSDGs) Index

End poverty in all its forms everywhere.

1.5 Build the resilience of the poor and those in vulnerable situations and reduce their exposure and vulnerability to climate-related extreme events and other economic, social and environmental shocks and disasters.

See our Climate Change & Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Community Engagement & Philanthropy and Network Quality & Reliability issue briefs.

Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages.

3.6 Halve the number of global deaths and injuries from road traffic accidents.

3.9 Substantially reduce the number of deaths and illnesses from hazardous chemicals and air, water and soil pollution and contamination.

See our  It Can Wait  and  Puede Esperar  websites for information on our efforts to reduce distracted driving.

See our Environment, Health & Safety Compliance and Waste Management issue briefs for information on our efforts to reduce hazardous waste, pollution and contamination in our operations

Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all.

4.1 Ensure that all girls and boys complete free, equitable and quality primary and secondary education leading to relevant and effective learning outcomes.

4.4 Substantially increase the number of youth and adults who have relevant skills, including technical and vocational skills, for employment, decent jobs and entrepreneurship.

4.5 Eliminate gender disparities in education and ensure equal access to all levels of education and vocational training for the vulnerable, including persons with disabilities, indigenous peoples and children in vulnerable situations.

4.6 Ensure that all youth and a substantial proportion of adults, both men and women, achieve literacy and numeracy.

See our Digital Divide and Community Engagement & Philanthropy issue briefs, and the AT&T Connected Learning^SM website for information on education and digital literacy initiatives as well as our Human Capital Management issue brief for information on training and career development.

Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls.

5.1 End all forms of discrimination against all women and girls everywhere.

5.2 Eliminate all forms of violence against all women and girls in the public and private spheres, including trafficking and sexual and other types of exploitation.

5.5 Ensure women’s full and effective participation and equal opportunities for leadership at all levels of decision-making in political, economic and public life.

5.B Enhance the use of enabling technology, in particular ICT, to promote the empowerment of women.

See our Inclusion, Human Capital Management, Responsible Supply Chain, Human Rights and Digital Divide issue briefs as well as our Code of Business Conduct, our Human Rights Policy and the AT&T Diversity, Equity & Inclusion website.

Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all. 

7.2 Increase substantially the share of renewable energy in the global energy mix.

7.3 Double the global rate of improvement in energy efficiency.

See our Energy Management, Climate Change & Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Product Life Cycle issue briefs.

Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment, and decent work for all.

8.4 Improve progressively global resource efficiency in consumption and production and endeavor to decouple economic growth from environmental degradation, in accordance with the 10-year framework of programs on sustainable consumption and production, with developed countries taking the lead.

8.5 Achieve full and productive employment and decent work for all women and men, including for young people and persons with disabilities, and equal pay for work of equal value.

8.6 Substantially reduce the proportion of youth not in employment, education or training.

8.8 Protect labor rights and promote safe and secure working environments for all workers, including migrant workers, in particular women migrants, and those in precarious employment.

See our Product Life Cycle and Waste Management issue briefs for information on how we are working to minimize waste throughout our operations and improve the sustainability of our products and resources throughout their life cycle.

See our Energy Management and Water Management issue briefs for information on sustainable consumption efforts.

See our  Human Capital Management, Human Rights, Inclusion, Environment, Health & Safety Compliance, Responsible Supply Chain and Digital Divide issue briefs for information related to productive employment and decent work.

See our Digital Divide issue brief and the AT&T Connected Learning^SM website for information on our efforts to support employment opportunities.

Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization, and foster innovation.

9.1 Develop quality, reliable, sustainable and resilient infrastructure, including regional and transborder infrastructure, to support economic development and human well-being, with a focus on affordable and equitable access for all.

9.4 Upgrade infrastructure and retrofit industries to make them sustainable, with increased resource-use efficiency and greater adoption of clean and environmentally sound technologies and industrial processes, with all countries taking action in accordance with their respective capabilities.

See our Climate Change & Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Network Quality & Reliability issue briefs, as well as our Climate Resilience website.

Reduce inequality within and among countries

10.2 Empower and promote the social, economic and political inclusion of all, irrespective of age, sex, disability, race, ethnicity, origin, religion or economic or other status.

10.4 Adopt policies, especially fiscal, wage and social protection policies, and progressively achieve greater equality.

See our Inclusion issue brief.

Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable.

11.3 Enhance inclusive and sustainable urbanization and capacity for participatory, integrated and sustainable human settlement planning and management in all countries.

11.6 Reduce the adverse per capita environmental impact of cities, including by paying special attention to air quality and municipal and other waste management.

11.B Substantially increase the number of cities and human settlements adopting and implementing integrated policies and plans towards inclusion, resource efficiency, mitigation and adaptation to climate change, resilience to disasters, and develop and implement, in line with the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030, holistic disaster risk management at all levels.

See our Climate Change & Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Network Quality & Reliability, Product Life Cycle and Waste Management issue briefs, as well as our Internet of Things website.

Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns.

12.2 Achieve the sustainable management and efficient use of natural resources.

12.4 Achieve the environmentally sound management of chemicals and all wastes throughout their life cycle, in accordance with agreed international frameworks, and significantly reduce their release to air, water and soil in order to minimize their adverse impacts on human health and the environment.

12.5 Substantially reduce waste generation through prevention, reduction, recycling and reuse.

12.6 Encourage companies, especially large and transnational companies, to adopt sustainable practices and to integrate sustainability information into their reporting cycle.

12.7 Promote public procurement practices that are sustainable, in accordance with national policies and priorities.

See our Product Life Cycle, Environment, Health & Safety Compliance, Waste Management, Climate Change & Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Responsible Supply Chain issue briefs.

Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts.

13.1 Strengthen resilience and adaptive capacity to climate-related hazards and natural disasters in all countries.

13.3 Improve education, awareness-raising and human and institutional capacity on climate change mitigation, adaptation, impact reduction and early warning.

See our Climate Change & Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Network Quality & Reliability and Community Engagement & Philanthropy issue briefs, as well as our Climate Resilience and Reducing Emissions websites.

Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all, and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels.

16.2 End abuse, exploitation, trafficking and all forms of violence against and torture of children.

16.5 Substantially reduce corruption and bribery in all their forms.

16.10 Ensure public access to information and protect fundamental freedoms, in accordance with national legislation and international agreements.

16.B Promote and enforce non-discriminatory laws and policies for sustainable development.

See our Ethics & Integrity,  Human Rights, Inclusion, Privacy and Responsible Supply Chain  issue briefs for information on our efforts to further targets 16.2, 16.5 and 16.10. See our Inclusion issue brief for information on our efforts to promote and enforce non-discriminatory laws and policies.

Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development.

17.16 Enhance the global partnership for sustainable development, complemented by multi-stakeholder partnerships that mobilize and share knowledge, expertise, technology and financial resources, to support the achievement of the sustainable development goals in all countries, in particular developing countries.

17.17 Encourage and promote effective public, public-private and civil society partnerships, building on the experience and resourcing strategies of partnerships.

See our issue briefs for information on stakeholder engagement and partnerships.