From Introduction:

The government in Norway maintained in White Paper No. 10 (2008-2009) “Corporate social responsibility in a global economy” that CSR becomes more and more important in an increasingly globalized economy. In addition, firms were recommended to include the UN Global Compact, which is a voluntary framework in which member companies binds themselves to implement the various principles of human rights, labor rights, care for the environment and anti-corruption in their daily operations.

In 2015, governments, businesses and civil society together with the United Nations started to organize efforts to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) by 2030. Universal, inclusive and indivisible, the 17 SDGs calls for action by all countries to improve the quality of life for people everywhere. Norway regards the SDGs as a transformative roadmap for both national and international action. In this chapter, we describe and discuss the solutions to some of the sustainability challenges described by the Norwegian authorities in their comments to UNs 17 SDGs in the report “Norway’s follow-up of Agenda 2030 and the Sustainable Development Goals” in the context of two different business models.