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Goal 1: No Poverty
How ZAVI contributes to SDG 1:
More than 700 million people, or 10% of the world population, still live in extreme poverty and is struggling to fulfil the most basic needs like health, education, and access to water and sanitation, to name a few. Having a job does not guarantee a decent living. In fact, 8 percent of employed workers and their families worldwide lived in extreme poverty in 2018. According to Indian Human Development Survey, the poverty rate is 3 times higher in Indian households with children. Poverty affects children disproportionately and 1 out of 5 children live in extreme poverty. Ensuring social protection for all children and other vulnerable groups is critical to reduce poverty.
Goal 6: Clean water and sanitation
How ZAVI contributes to SDG 6:
Clean, accessible water for all is an essential part of the world we want to live in and there is sufficient fresh water on the planet to achieve this. However, due to bad economics or poor infrastructure, millions of people including children die every year from diseases associated with inadequate water supply, sanitation and hygiene. Severe droughts have drained rivers, reservoirs, and aquifers across vast parts of India in recent years, pushing the nation’s leaky, polluted water systems to the brink. More than 600 million Indians face "acute water shortages," according to a 2018 report by NITI Aayog, a prominent government think tank.
Goal 12: Responsible consumption and production
How ZAVI contributes to SDG 12:
Sustainable consumption and production is about promoting resource and energy efficiency, sustainable infrastructure, and providing access to basic services, green and decent jobs and a better quality of life for all.Its implementation helps to achieve overall development plans, reduce future economic, environmental and social costs, strengthen economic competitiveness and reduce poverty. At the current time, material consumption of natural resources is increasing, particularly within Eastern Asia. In India, the textile sector is the second largest industry and employer, making up about 14 percent of the world's production and also a major contributor to water and air pollution.
Goal 14: Life below water
How ZAVI contributes to SDG 14:
The world’s oceans – their temperature, chemistry, currents and life – drive global systems that make the Earth habitable for humankind. Our rainwater, drinking water, weather, climate, coastlines, much of our food, and even the oxygen in the air we breathe, are all ultimately provided and regulated by the sea. Throughout history, oceans and seas have been vital conduits for trade and transportation. Careful management of this essential global resource is a key feature of a sustainable future. However, at the current time, there is a continuous deterioration of coastal waters owing to pollution and ocean acidification is having an adversarial effect on the functioning of ecosystems and biodiversity. 90% of plastic polluting the world’s oceans comes from just 10 rivers - 2 of which are from India. The Indus and the Ganges, carry the second and sixth highest amounts of plastic debris to the ocean.
Goal 15: Life on land
How ZAVI contributes to SDG 15:
Forests cover 30.7 percent of the Earth’s surface and, in addition to providing food security and shelter, they are key to combating climate change, protecting biodiversity and the homes of the indigenous population. By protecting forests, we will also be able to strengthen natural resource management and increase land productivity. At the current time, thirteen million hectares of forests are being lost every year while the persistent degradation of drylands has led to the desertification of 3.6 billion hectares. India is home to 18% of the world's population with only 2.4% of the world’s land area. Over 600 million people risk the impact of climate change in India and if land degradation is not addressed, the problem could get more acute.