Main Sustainable Development Objectives (SDGs)
addressed by CONNECTING MARKETS


Fin de la Pobreza
  • Target

    Target 1.4: By 2030, ensure that all men and women, particularly the poor and the vulnerable, have equal rights to economic resources and access to basic services, ownership and control of land and other assets , inheritance, natural resources, appropriate new technologies and financial services, including micro-financing.

  • Indicator

    Number of new training programs for micro-entrepreneurs promoted during the financial year.

Salud y Bienestar
  • Target

    Target 3.9: By 2030, significantly reduce the number of deaths and illnesses caused by hazardous chemicals and the pollution and pollution of air, water and soil.

  • Indicator

    Number of people affected by contact with hazardous substances or environmental pollution during the financial year.

Energía Asequible y No contaminante
  • Target

    Target 7.2: By 2030, the proportion of renewable energy in the set of energy sources will increase considerably.


  • Indicator

    Increase in the ratio between the consumption of energy from renewable sources versus the consumption of energy from fossil fuels during the fiscal year.


  • Target 7.a: By 2030, increase international cooperation to facilitate access to research and technology related to clean energy, including renewable sources, energy efficiency and advanced and less polluting fossil fuel technologies, and Promote investment in energy infrastructure and clean technologies.

  • Amount of investment for the increase of efficiencies in the productive processes and for the development of clean technologies during the fiscal year.

Trabajo decente y crecimineto económico
  • Target

    Target 8.2: Achieve higher levels of economic productivity through diversification, technological modernization and innovation, among other things by focusing on sectors with high added value and intensive use of labor.


  • Indicator

    Standard units sold during the fiscal year.


  • Target 8.3: Promote development-oriented policies that support productive activities, the creation of decent jobs, entrepreneurship, creativity and innovation, and encourage the formalization and growth of microenterprises and small and medium-sized enterprises, including through access to financial services.


  • Number of new micro-enterprises promoted during the fiscal year.
    Number of new ventures for small businesses promoted during the fiscal year.
    Number of development programs for SMEs supported during the financial year.


  • Target 8.8: Protect labor rights and promote a safe and safe work environment for all workers, including migrant workers, particularly migrant women and people in precarious employment.

  • Number of people affected by work accidents during the fiscal year.

Industria Innovación Infraestructura
  • Target

    Target 9.2: Promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and, by 2030, significantly increase the contribution of the industry to employment and gross domestic product, in accordance with national circumstances, and double that contribution in the least developed countries.


  • Indicator

    Number of new jobs promoted within the industrial sector during the fiscal year.


  • Target 9.3: Increase the access of small industries and other businesses, particularly in developing countries, to financial services, including affordable credit, and their integration into value chains and markets.


  • Number of new financing programs procured for the SME sector during the fiscal year.


  • Target 9.4: By 2030, modernize infrastructure and reconvert industries to be sustainable, using resources more effectively and promoting the adoption of clean and environmentally sound technologies and industrial processes, and ensuring that all countries take action in accordance with their respective capabilities.

  • Number of new programs to convert companies in the industrial sector into sustainable organizations promoted during the financial year.

Ciudades comunidades Sostenibles
  • Target

    Target 11.6: By 2030, reduce the negative environmental impact per capita of cities, including paying special attention to air quality and the management of municipal and other waste.


  • Indicator

    Reduction of the environmental footprint of the company during the fiscal year.
    Number of recovery programs for public spaces promoted during the fiscal year.


  • Target 11.a: Support positive economic, social and environmental links between urban, peri-urban and rural areas by strengthening national and regional development planning.

  • Number of community improvement programs promoted during the fiscal year.

Producción y consumo Responsable
  • Target

    Target 12.2: By 2030, achieve sustainable management and efficient use of natural resources.


  • Indicator

    Proportion between sustainability objectives achieved versus sustainability objectives set for the fiscal year.


  • Target 12.4: By 2020, 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 the atmosphere, water and soil in order to minimize its adverse effects on human health and the environment.


  • Proportion between actual reduction of toxic waste versus target reduction for the fiscal year.


  • Target 12.5: By 2030, reduce the generation of waste considerably through prevention, reduction, recycling and reuse activities.


  • Proportion between actual waste reduction through 3R programs versus target reduction for the fiscal year.


  • Target 12.8: By 2030, ensure that people around the world have the information and knowledge relevant to sustainable development and lifestyles in harmony with nature.

  • Number of new information programs on sustainable development promoted during the fiscal year.

Acción por el clima
  • Target

    Target 13.1: Strengthen resilience and adaptive capacity to risks related to climate and natural disasters in all countries.


  • Indicator

    Number of new risk minimization programs related to natural events promoted during the fiscal year.


  • Target 13.3: Improve education, awareness and human and institutional capacity in relation to mitigating climate change, adapting to it, reducing its effects and early warning.

  • Number of new information programs for the minimization of risks related to climate change promoted during the fiscal year.

Acción por el clima
  • Target

    Target 15.1: By 2020, ensure the conservation, restoration and sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems and inland freshwater ecosystems and their services, particularly forests, wetlands, mountains and arid zones, in line with with the obligations contracted under international agreements.


  • Indicator

    Number of new environmental conservation programs promoted during the fiscal year.


  • Target 15.9: By 2020, integrate the values of ecosystems and biodiversity into planning, development processes, poverty reduction strategies and national and local accounting.


  • Number of new environmental conservation plans designed during the fiscal year.


  • Target 15.a: Mobilize and significantly increase financial resources from all sources to conserve and sustainably use biodiversity and ecosystems.

  • Amount of investment captured for the financing of environmental conservation programs during the fiscal year.

Acción por el clima
  • Target

    Target 17.7: Promote the development of environmentally sound technologies and their transfer, dissemination and dissemination to developing countries under favorable conditions, including concessional and preferential conditions, as mutually agreed upon.


  • Indicator

    Amount of investment destined to the development and implementation of clean technologies during the fiscal year.


  • Target 17.9: Increase international support for effective and targeted capacity-building activities in developing countries to support national implementation plans for all Sustainable Development Targets, including through North-South, South-South cooperation and triangular.


  • Number of programs of international exchange of knowledge and skills in the field of sustainability promoted during the financial year.


  • Target 17.10: Promote a universal, rules-based, open, non-discriminatory and equitable multilateral trading system within the framework of the World Trade Organization, including through the conclusion of negotiations under the Doha Development Agenda.


  • Number of new commercial internationalization projects developed during the fiscal year.


  • Target 17.11: Significantly increase exports from developing countries, in particular with a view to doubling the share of least developed countries in world exports by 2020.


  • Amount of exports generated during the fiscal year from the development projects of foreign commercial channels.


  • Target 17.14: Improve the coherence of policies for sustainable development.


  • Increase in the sustainability index of the company during the fiscal year.


  • Target 17.15: Respect the normative margin and leadership of each country to establish and implement policies for the eradication of poverty and sustainable development.


  • Number of government programs for the eradication of poverty supported during the fiscal year.


  • Target 17.16: Improve the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development, complemented by multi-stakeholder partnerships that mobilize and exchange knowledge, expertise, technology and financial resources, in order to support the achievement of the Sustainable Development Targets in all countries, particularly those developing countries.


  • Number of new cooperation programs with stakeholders promoted during the fiscal year.


  • Target 17.17: Encourage and promote the establishment of effective partnerships in the public, public-private and civil society spheres, taking advantage of the experience and strategies for obtaining resources from alliances.


  • Number of new cooperation programs for economic-business development agreed with public entities and with multilateral entities during the fiscal year.


  • Target 17.19: By 2030, take advantage of existing initiatives to develop indicators that measure progress in sustainable development and complement the gross domestic product, and support the creation of statistical capacity in developing countries.

  • Number of sustainability indicators monitored during the fiscal year.