Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation

This goal addresses multiple approaches which include developing quality, reliable, sustainable and resilient infrastructure; promoting inclusive and sustainable industrialization; increasing access to financial services; upgrading infrastructure and retrofitting industries to make them sustainable; enhancing scientific research; facilitating sustainable and resilient infrastructure development; supporting domestic technology development, research and innovation; and, increasing access to information and communications technology.

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1) Does Penn State pay all staff and faculty at least the living wage, defined as the local living wage or the local poverty indicator for a family of four (expressed as an hourly wage)?Krista Bailey2025-04-11T14:22:06-04:00

1) Does Penn State pay all staff and faculty at least the living wage, defined as the local living wage or the local poverty indicator for a family of four (expressed as an hourly wage)?

Penn State does not publicly release this information.

2) Does your university as a body recognize unions & labor rights (freedom of association & collective bargaining) for all, including women & international staff?Krista Bailey2025-03-06T20:08:04-05:00

2) Does your university as a body recognize unions & labor rights (freedom of association & collective bargaining) for all, including women & international staff?

Penn State has a history of working with unions in the past, including the Teamsters Local 8 Union, which includes technical service employees across the university.

3) Does Penn State have a policy on ending discrimination in the workplace (including discrimination based on religion, sexuality, gender, age)?Krista Bailey2025-03-06T20:10:20-05:00

3) Does Penn State have a policy on ending discrimination in the workplace (including discrimination based on religion, sexuality, gender, age)?

Yes, Policy AD91 does not tolerate discrimination or harassment that would impact an individual’s employment.

Policy created (2016)

Policy reviewed (2023)

4) Does Penn State have a policy commitment against forced labor, modern slavery, human trafficking, and child labor?Krista Bailey2025-04-11T14:24:18-04:00

4) Does Penn State have a policy commitment against forced labor, modern slavery, human trafficking, and child labor?

Yes Penn State has Policy HR02: Employment of Minors forbids anyone under the age of 16 to work at the University, with restrictions on how frequently the employed minor can work. Additionally, Penn State has recently released a public commitment to the practice and concept of equal employment opportunity, and has released a statement based on data found from the US Department of Labor regarding pay discrimination. Read more HERE

5) Does Penn State have a policy on guaranteeing equivalent rights of workers when outsourcing activities to third parties?Krista Bailey2025-04-11T16:15:37-04:00

5) Does Penn State have a policy on guaranteeing equivalent rights of workers when outsourcing activities to third parties?

Penn State does not have a policy on guaranteeing equivalent rights of workers when outsourcing activities to third parties.

6) Does Penn State have a policy on pay scale equity including a commitment to measurement and elimination of gender pay gaps?Krista Bailey2025-04-11T14:26:13-04:00

6) Does Penn State have a policy on pay scale equity including a commitment to measurement and elimination of gender pay gaps?

In 2024, Penn State invested $60 million towards staff salaries in the Compensation Modernization Initiative meant to settle disparities in gendered pay gaps. Additionally, Penn State released a public commitment to the practice and concept of equal employment opportunity, and has released a statement based on data found from the US Department of Labor regarding pay discrimination.

7) Does Penn State measure/track pay scale gender equity?Krista Bailey2025-04-11T14:26:50-04:00

7) Does Penn State measure/track pay scale gender equity?

Penn State does not publicly release this information.

8) Does Penn State have a process for employees to appeal on employee rights and/or pay?Krista Bailey2025-04-11T14:27:42-04:00

8) Does Penn State have a process for employees to appeal on employee rights and/or pay?

Yes, HR79 is a Penn State policy that allows employees to appeal on employee rights through grievances.

About this SDG

Targets & Indicators

Target 9.1: Develop quality, reliable, sustainable and resilient infrastructure, including regional and transborder infrastructure, to support economic development and human well-being, with a focus on affordable and equitable access for all

Indicator 9.1.1: Proportion of the rural population who live within 2 km of an all-season road
Indicator 9.1.2: Passenger and freight volumes, by mode of transport

Target 9.2: Promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and, by 2030, significantly raise industry’s share of employment and gross domestic product, in line with national circumstances, and double its share in least developed countries

Indicator 9.2.1: Manufacturing value added as a proportion of GDP and per capita
Indicator 9.2.2: Manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment

Target 9.3: Increase the access of small-scale industrial and other enterprises, in particular in developing countries, to financial services, including affordable credit, and their integration into value chains and markets

Indicator 9.3.1: Proportion of small-scale industries in total industry value added
Indicator 9.3.2: Proportion of small-scale industries with a loan or line of credit See metadata :

Target 9.4: By 2030, upgrade infrastructure and retrofit industries to make them sustainable, with increased resource-use efficiency and greater adoption of clean and environmentally sound technologies and industrial processes, with all countries taking action in accordance with their respective capabilities

Indicator 9.4.1: CO2 emission per unit of value added

Target 9.5: Enhance scientific research, upgrade the technological capabilities of industrial sectors in all countries, in particular developing countries, including, by 2030, encouraging innovation and substantially increasing the number of research and development workers per 1 million people and public and private research and development spending

Indicator 9.5.1: Research and development expenditure as a proportion of GDP
Indicator 9.5.2: Researchers (in full-time equivalent) per million inhabitants

Target 9.a: Facilitate sustainable and resilient infrastructure development in developing countries through enhanced financial, technological and technical support to African countries, least developed countries, landlocked developing countries and small island developing States

Indicator 9.a.1: Total official international support (official development assistance plus other official flows) to infrastructure

Target 9.b: Support domestic technology development, research and innovation in developing countries, including by ensuring a conducive policy environment for, inter alia, industrial diversification and value addition to commodities

Indicator 9.b.1: Proportion of medium and high-tech industry value added in total value added

Target 9.c: Significantly increase access to information and communications technology and strive to provide universal and affordable access to the Internet in least developed countries by 2020

Indicator 9.c.1: Proportion of population covered by a mobile network, by technology

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