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SUSTAINABLE CITIES AND COMMUNITIES SSDG #11 aims to ensure affordable housing for everyone, provide sustainable transport, and strengthen inclusive and sustainable urbanisation by 2030. The focus on developing sustainability solutions for cities comes from the fact that urban settlements produce 70% of global carbon emission and account for more than 60% of global resource use20. At the same time, access to housing continues to be a major area of inequality, with an alarmingly large proportion of the world’s population continuing to live in slums, informal settlements, or otherwise inadequate conditions. RTRS certification contributes to achieving SDG #11 as it obliges soy producers to reduce the adverse impact of their activity on air and water quality in populated areas, including due to pesticide use and residue. Moreover, any expansion of agricultural production under the RTRS is to remain mindful and protective of local sites of special significance and use to local communities and indigenous peoples. The Standard also requires soy producers to provide all of the employees who live on the farm with affordable housing and adequate living conditions.
SDG TARGETS AND RELATED RTRS INDICATORS SDG Targets
RTRS Indicators
11.1 By 2030, ensure access for all to adequate,
RTRS: 2.5.9
safe and affordable housing and basic services and upgrade slums.
20 SDG 11 https://sdg-tracker.org/cities
All employees living on the farm are to be provided with affordable and adequate housing and food, if not free of charge then priced at market conditions. The living quarters are to be safe to inhabit and equipped with basic sanitation (2.5.9). Additionally, the employees must be provided with access to toilets and handwashing facilities (2.5.9).
