SUSTAINABILITY AND INNOVATION FOR ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE

The European Union is committed to implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Sustainability reporting is the practice of measuring and communicating organisational performance towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goal, and it also covers accountability for this performance to internal and external stakeholders. Sustainability reporting is both a management and accountability tool. It entails reporting on how an organisation takes into account sustainability issues in its operations, its environmental impact and its social and economic impact. The Court identifies four challenges in relation to sustainability reporting within the EU institutions and agencies:o Developing an EU post-2020 strategy covering the SDGs and sustainability o Integrating sustainability and the SDGs into the EU budget and performance framework o Developing sustainability reporting within the EU institutions and agencies o Increasing the credibility of sustainability reporting through auditing.