Table 2.

List of search terms for each SDG

SDGSDG topicSearch terms
SDG1No povertypoverty, (low, income), (poor, customer), (poor, people), (poor, person)
SDG2Zero hungerhunger, hungry, famine, malnutrition, undernourish*, (food, security), (affordable, food), (food, safety), (food, price)
SDG3Good health care and well-beinghealth, (mortality, rate)
SDG4Quality educationeducation, (literacy, skill), (skilled, workforce), (skill, workforce)
SDG5Gender equality(gender, equality), (gender, discrimination), (gender, parity), woman, women, (gender, pay), (equal, pay), (equal, remuneration), (workplace, harassment), (female leader), (female, manager), (equal, opportunity)
SDG6Clean water and sanitation(clean, water), (water, scarcity), sanitation, (water, efficiency), (water, access), (water, ecosystem), (water, biodiversity), (fresh, water), (water, pollution), (water, withdrawal)
SDG7Affordable and clean energy(clean, energy), (solar, power), (wind, power), (thermal, power), (renewable, energy), (electricity, access), (electricity, reliability), (energy, efficiency)
SDG8Decent work and economic growthunemployed, unemployment, (forced, labour), (forced, labour), (compulsory, labour), (compulsory, labour), (child, labour), (child, labour), slavery, (decent, work), (job, creation), (labour, standard), employment, (economic, inclusion), (skilled, workforce)
SDG9Industry, innovation and infrastructureinnovation, (technological, progress), research, entrepreneurship, infrastructure, development, (technological, legacy), (environmental, investment), (sustainable, investment)
SDG10Reduced inequalities(income, inequality), (racial, discrimination), inclusion, (religious, discrimination), (sexual, discrimination), (global, wealth), (economic, inequality), diversity, (equal, opportunity), (economic, inclusion), (equal, remuneration)
SDG11Sustainable cities and communities(sustainable, city), (sustainable, community), slum, (healthy, city), (healthy, community), (affordable, housing), (sustainable, building)
SDG12Responsible consumption and productionrecycle, (sustainable, consumption), (sustainable, consume), (responsible, consume), (responsible, consumption), (resource, efficiency), (resource, efficient), (food, waste), (sustainable, sourcing), (material, recycling), (product, label), (product, labelling)
SDG13Climate action(climate, change), (greenhouse, gas) CO2, (carbon, emission), (global, warm), (global, warming), (low, carbon), (sustainable, energy), (renewable, energy), GHG, (energy, efficiency)
SDG14Life below water(marine, biodiversity), (coastal, biodiversity), (fish, stock), (marine, pollution), (marine, ecosystem), (coastal, ecosystem), (coastal, habitat), spill, (water, discharge)
SDG15Life on landDeforestation, (natural, habit), species, biodiversity, (biological, diversity), ecosystem, (aichi, target), (genetic, diversity), (forest, degradation), (land, remediation), (fiber, sourcing), (natural, habit)
SDG16Peace, justice and strong institutionsPeace, justice, violence, crime, (human, right), security, torture, corruption, bribery, law
SDG17Partnerships for the goals(development, assistance), (global, partnership)
Note(s):

This table provides the search terms used to measure the prevalence of SDG topics in firms’ annual reports. Bigrams are indicated by parentheses [e.g. (low, income)], *denotes a wildcard (e.g. undernourish*) for variations of the word (e.g. undernourishment)

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