The Georgia Tech sustainability community and its partners gathered from March 4-8 for Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Action and Awareness Week. The United Nations SDGs are 17 areas where progress is essential for peace and prosperity for people and the planet, now and into the future.
SDG Action and Awareness Week is an initiative of the University Global Coalition, led by Georgia Tech President Ángel Cabrera. Its purpose is to increase awareness, showcase the work universities are doing to address the SDGs, and encourage action.
Georgia Tech’s SDG Week was sponsored by the Office of Sustainability, in collaboration with the Brook Byers Institute for Sustainable Systems (BBISS), the Ray C. Anderson Center for Sustainable Business (Center), and other campus partners.
Representatives from the Ray C. Anderson Foundation and its funded initiatives participated in several of the events during SDG Week.
John Lanier, Executive Director of the Ray C. Anderson Foundation participated in "Conversations With Cabrera- Higher Education and SDG17: Partnerships for the Goals" on March 4, 2024, along with Dr. Ángel Cabrera, Dr. Marilyn Brown, Regents’ and Brook Byers Professor of Sustainable Systems in the School of Public Policy, and co-lead for Drawdown Georgia Research; Michael Oxman, Managing Director of the Ray C. Anderson Center for Sustainable Business, and Dr. Beril Toktay, Faculty Director of the Ray C. Anderson Center for Sustainable Business and co-lead for Drawdown Georgia Research.
Later in the week, John Lanier, participated in "The Role of Philanthropy in Climate Action and Sustainable Development," moderated by Dr. Kay Husbands-Fealing, Dean, Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts. Other panelists included: Suzanna Stribling, Executive Director of Glenn Family Foundation; Blair Beasley, Managing Director, Environment, Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation; and Carlos Pagoaga, Group Director, Partnerships of Coca Cola Foundation. In that session, John Lanier and Suzanna Stribling focused their part of the presentation on joint funding initiative behind the Drawdown Georgia Climate Solutions & Equity Grants.
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