Sustainability Orientation and Business Perspectives: How Kazakhstan Is Coping with the Shared Imperative

Abstract

The chapter examines the Kazakh government’s role in the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It also focuses on the challenges that companies in Kazakhstan are confronted with in the light of recent global demands in meeting the SDGs. It particularly dwells on how these challenges can be transformed into opportunities for businesses as they pursue economic growth whilst minimising social and environmental risks and impacts. It finds that the pursuit of the SDGs is clearly an opportunity for businesses in Kazakhstan to make a mark for themselves by being innovative and supportive of social and economic programmes whilst also offering the government the prospect of improving its governance structures for the betterment of the people.