Overview
Small and medium enterprises are the backbone of most economies, and they carry sustainability pressure with the fewest spare resources to absorb it. Rising energy costs, supply chain volatility, and the growing expectation that even a small supplier can show its social and environmental footprint all land hardest on lean teams. The Sustainable Development Goals Toolkit: SME Edition (Core Pack) answers that reality with a focused, affordable, action-first roadmap written for how smaller businesses actually operate.
Rather than spreading across all 17 goals, this Core Pack narrows to the nine that offer SMEs the most leverage: Zero Hunger, Clean Water and Sanitation, Affordable and Clean Energy, Decent Work and Economic Growth, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Reduced Inequalities, Responsible Consumption and Production, Climate Action, and Partnerships for the Goals. Every target is rewritten in plain language and reframed for an owner-operator or small team, so the next step is always clear and achievable within real constraints of budget, time, and staffing.
SDG 13, Climate Action, shows how each unit meets an SME where it stands. It opens from the recognition that smaller businesses are often first to feel a climate shock and last to recover, then sets out targets and a "What You Can Do" grid full of practical moves, from switching to efficient lighting and cutting unnecessary deliveries to building a simple continuity plan. The unit continues through learning objectives, a goals and impact map, a key risks and opportunities analysis, an ESG Law and Compliance Framework, KPIs and measurement ideas, quick wins, curated resources, a documented mini case study, a reflection and progress-pulse tool, and a rubric snapshot. Each of the nine goals follows the same dependable structure, so a small team always knows where to find the next move.
A unified A to Z glossary covers the key terms across all nine goals, defining each one, showing where it appears in the toolkit, and explaining why it matters to a smaller business. With case studies drawn from publicly reported initiatives, the pack helps SMEs turn the language of global development into changes that protect the business and strengthen its standing with customers, suppliers, and funders.
This toolkit is the work of David Hudson, creator of the 169to1® Official SDG Toolkit Collection and founder of Hudson Consultancy Online. Hudson has spent years on a single, demanding undertaking: taking all 169 United Nations SDG targets and rebuilding them into a structured, sector-ready system that organisations can actually use. Refined across three editions since 2017, his work now spans an entire collection written for distinct audiences, including SME Business, Business, ESG, Education, NGO Teams, Youth Ambassadors, Schools, and STEM. Where most sustainability writing stops at principles, Hudson translates the full framework into action, target by target, with a consistency and depth that few resources in the field can match. The result is a body of work built to move organisations from intention to delivery.
Product Details
Title: The Sustainable Development Goals Toolkit: SME Edition (Core Pack)
Author: David Hudson
Publisher: Hudson Consultancy Online (169to1®)
Series: 169to1® Official SDG Toolkit Collection
Edition: Third Edition, 2026 (Commercial Edition)
Format: eBook (PDF / digital download)
Approx. Length: ~255 pages
Coverage: 9 high-leverage SDGs for smaller businesses (2, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 17), each reframed for SME realities
Audience: SME founders, owner-operators, small business managers, and lean operations or sustainability leads
Key Features: SME-reframed targets, practical action grids and quick wins, impact maps, risk and opportunity analysis, ESG law and compliance framework, KPIs, mini case studies, reflection tools, rubric snapshots, and a full A to Z glossary
Language: English
Edition History: First Edition 2017, Second Edition 2025, Third Edition 2026
Overview
Small and medium enterprises are the backbone of most economies, and they carry sustainability pressure with the fewest spare resources to absorb it. Rising energy costs, supply chain volatility, and the growing expectation that even a small supplier can show its social and environmental footprint all land hardest on lean teams. The Sustainable Development Goals Toolkit: SME Edition (Core Pack) answers that reality with a focused, affordable, action-first roadmap written for how smaller businesses actually operate.
Rather than spreading across all 17 goals, this Core Pack narrows to the nine that offer SMEs the most leverage: Zero Hunger, Clean Water and Sanitation, Affordable and Clean Energy, Decent Work and Economic Growth, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Reduced Inequalities, Responsible Consumption and Production, Climate Action, and Partnerships for the Goals. Every target is rewritten in plain language and reframed for an owner-operator or small team, so the next step is always clear and achievable within real constraints of budget, time, and staffing.
SDG 13, Climate Action, shows how each unit meets an SME where it stands. It opens from the recognition that smaller businesses are often first to feel a climate shock and last to recover, then sets out targets and a "What You Can Do" grid full of practical moves, from switching to efficient lighting and cutting unnecessary deliveries to building a simple continuity plan. The unit continues through learning objectives, a goals and impact map, a key risks and opportunities analysis, an ESG Law and Compliance Framework, KPIs and measurement ideas, quick wins, curated resources, a documented mini case study, a reflection and progress-pulse tool, and a rubric snapshot. Each of the nine goals follows the same dependable structure, so a small team always knows where to find the next move.
A unified A to Z glossary covers the key terms across all nine goals, defining each one, showing where it appears in the toolkit, and explaining why it matters to a smaller business. With case studies drawn from publicly reported initiatives, the pack helps SMEs turn the language of global development into changes that protect the business and strengthen its standing with customers, suppliers, and funders.
This toolkit is the work of David Hudson, creator of the 169to1® Official SDG Toolkit Collection and founder of Hudson Consultancy Online. Hudson has spent years on a single, demanding undertaking: taking all 169 United Nations SDG targets and rebuilding them into a structured, sector-ready system that organisations can actually use. Refined across three editions since 2017, his work now spans an entire collection written for distinct audiences, including SME Business, Business, ESG, Education, NGO Teams, Youth Ambassadors, Schools, and STEM. Where most sustainability writing stops at principles, Hudson translates the full framework into action, target by target, with a consistency and depth that few resources in the field can match. The result is a body of work built to move organisations from intention to delivery.
Product Details
Title: The Sustainable Development Goals Toolkit: SME Edition (Core Pack)
Author: David Hudson
Publisher: Hudson Consultancy Online (169to1®)
Series: 169to1® Official SDG Toolkit Collection
Edition: Third Edition, 2026 (Commercial Edition)
Format: eBook (PDF / digital download)
Approx. Length: ~255 pages
Coverage: 9 high-leverage SDGs for smaller businesses (2, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 17), each reframed for SME realities
Audience: SME founders, owner-operators, small business managers, and lean operations or sustainability leads
Key Features: SME-reframed targets, practical action grids and quick wins, impact maps, risk and opportunity analysis, ESG law and compliance framework, KPIs, mini case studies, reflection tools, rubric snapshots, and a full A to Z glossary
Language: English
Edition History: First Edition 2017, Second Edition 2025, Third Edition 2026
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