38 2021 SUSTAINABILITY HIGHLIGHT REPORT: Forward As One GRI STANDARDS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS To deal with the range of issues our world faces such as climate change, poverty and inequality, the United Nations adopted a set of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in 2016 Companies like The Hartford play an important role in achieving these goals Many of The Hartford’s policies and programs support the SDG objectives and these alignments are noted throughout this report GRI STANDARDS