In order to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, participation from all countries in the world is needed, regardless of their wealth. However, the measures to be taken are not the same for everyone, as each country sets up solutions adapted to their own reality.

There are 17 Sustainable Development Goals that aim to transform our world into a place where everyone can live with dignity.

To be sustainable, development must be socially equitable, ecologically tolerable and economically efficient.

The Sustainable Development Goals were adopted in 2015, as part of an action plan to be completed by 2030.

Responsible consumption takes into account the criteria of sustainable development. It must be respectful of the environment, beneficial to the economy and positive for society. Having devices repaired that no longer work, rather than buying new ones, reduces the amount of resources we use, while supporting sustainable jobs. Similarly, we can donate objects that we no longer use instead of throwing them away so some else can benefit from them.

The Sustainable Development Goals aim to provide every human being with a dignified life, safe from poverty. Thus cheap labor goes against these objectives and is not part of it. On the contrary, the Goals promote decent working conditions that allow workers to earn enough money to support themselves and their families properly.

The development aid provided by Switzerland in 2015 was about 92 cents per citizen per day. It's less than the price of a croissant.

Gender equality is based on the idea that men and women are equal. Thus, no group is superior to the other and that women and men have the same rights. According to the principle of gender equality, men and women should receive the same pay for equal work with equal skills and the same opportunities.

1.2 billion people, or 1 in 5 people worldwide, still do not have access to electricity. The majority of them are concentrated in a dozen countries in Africa and Asia.

With 63.8% of women in the Chamber of Deputies, Rwanda is at the top of the world rankings. In Switzerland, the proportion of women is 15% in the Council of States and 33% in the National Council (2018).