B026 HB Committee #18 Report #04

House of Bishops Committee 18 - Stewardship & Socially Responsible Investing presents its Report #04 on Resolution B026 (Embracing the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals) and moves:

Adopt

Resolved, the House of Deputies concurring,

That the 79th General Convention of the Episcopal Church embrace the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals as the successor to the Millennium Development Goals; and be it further

Resolved, That the Sustainable Development Goals become the basis of development policy and action of the Episcopal Church in its institutions, dioceses, and congregations; and be it further

Resolved, That 0.7% of the budget for the Episcopal Church adopted at the 79th General Convention be devoted to development projects shaped by the lens of the Sustainable Development Goals, during the triennium 2019 – 2021.