Global Resources Outlook 2019: Natural Resources for the Future We Want - Implications for Business Leaders

This document highlights and contextualizes the key findings of the Global Resources Outlook 2019 (GRO) report for leaders in business and policy. It aims to provide a starting point for strategic decision-making for successful businesses in a sustainable economy. In 2015, countries around the world agreed on the key parameters of a sustainable economy in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), aiming to create a world of growing prosperity for all in a healthy environment. Global intergovernmental commitments further specify the most urgent environmental agendas, including the Paris Agreement to limit global warming to ‘well under’ 2oC, the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and the Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD).