Laws related to Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)
- Section 2 - It is the policy of the State to protect and promote
1. No Poverty
• RA 11291 - An Act Providing for Magna Carta of the Poor
- Section 2 - It is a declared policy of the state to uplift the
standard of living and quality of life of the poor and provide
them with sustained opportunities for growth and
4. Quality Education
development. It shall adopt an area-based, sectoral, and
focused intervention to poverty alleviation where every poor
Filipino must be empowered to meet the minimum basic needs
through partnership of the government and the basic sectors.
• RA 8425 - Social Reform and Poverty Alleviation Act
- Section 2 - Adopt an area-based, sectoral and focused
intervention to poverty alleviation wherein every poor Filipino
family shall be empowered to meet its minimum basic needs of
health, food and nutrition, water and environmental sanitation,
income security, shelter and decent housing, peace and order,
education and functional literacy, participation in governance,
and family care and psycho-social integrity.
2. Zero Hunger
• RA 11148 - Kalusugan at Nutrisyon ng Mag-Nanay Act
- Section 2 - The State declares its determination to eliminate
hunger and reduce all forms of malnutrition. The State further
5. Gender Quality
maintains that ensuring healthy lives, promoting well-being,
ending hunger and food insecurity, and achieving good
nutrition for all at all ages are essential to the attainment of
sustainable development.
• RA 11037 - Masustansyang Pagkain Para Sa Batang Pilipino Act
- Section 4 - National Feeding Program - The National Feeding
Program, hereinafter referred to as the Program, is hereby
6. Clean Water and Sanitization
established to address undernutrition among Filipino children.
3. Good Health and Well-Being
• RA 11036 - Mental Health Act
- Section 2 - The state affirms the basic right of all Filipinos to
mental health as well as the fundamental rights of people who
require mental health services.
• RA 11223 - Universal Health Care Act
right to health of all Filipinos and instill health consciousness
am them.
• RA 10645 - Act Providing for the Mandatory Philheath Coverage
All Senior Citizens.
• RA 10931 - Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education Act
- It is hereby declared that quality education is an inalienable
righ all Filipinos and it is the policy of the State to protect and
prom the rights of all students to quality education at all levels.
Therefore the State shall take appropriate steps to make such
education accessible to all.
• RA 9155 - Governance of Basic Education Act of 2001
- Section 2 - It is hereby declared the policy of the State to prot
and promote the right of all citizens to quality basic education :
to make such education accessible to all by providing all Filip
children a free and compulsory education in the elementary le
and free education in the high school level. It shall be the goa
basic education to provide them with the skills, knowledge :
values they need to become caring, self- reliant, productive :
patriotic citizens.
• RA 9710 - Magna Carta of Women
- A comprehensive women's human rights law that seeks to
eliminate discrimination through the recognition, protection,
fulfillment, in promotion of the rights of Filipino women,
especially the belonging to the marginalized sectors of society.
• RA 9275 - The Philippine Clean Water Act of 2004
- The State shall pursue a policy of economic growth in a man
consistent with the protection, preservation and revival of the
qua of our fresh, brackish and marine waters. To achieve this
end, framework for sustainable development shall be pursued.
7. Affordable and Clean Energy
• RA 9513 - Renewable Energy Act of 2008
- It aims to accelerate the exploration and development of
renewable energy resources to achieve energy self-reliance,
through the adoption of sustainable energy development
strategies.
8. Descent Work and Economic Growth
• RA 3466 - Emergency Employment Act of 1962
- It is hereby declared to be the continuing policy and
responsibility of the State to utilize every possible means to
create maximum employment opportunities for all who are
able, willing and seeking to work but cannot find employment,
thus increasing mass purchasing power, developing income in
rural areas, and stimulating economic activity in general.
• RA 10771 - Philippine Green Jobs Act of 2016
- The State shall identify needed skills, develop training
programs, and train and certify workers for jobs in a range of
industries that produce goods and render services for the
benefit of the environment, conserve natural resources for the
future generation, and ensure the sustainable development of
the country and its transition into a green economy.
9. Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
• RA 11293 - Philippine Innovation Act
- To foster innovation in the country as a vital component of
national development and sustainable economic growth.
• RA 10557 - Philippine Design Competitiveness Act of 2013
- It is the declared policy of the State to enhance the
competitiveness and innovation of Philippine products, create
market-responsive design services, while advocating for
economic and environmental sustainability. The State shall
also endeavor to promote an economy and society driven by
design and creativity responsive to our fast-changing times and
reflective of the Filipino culture and identity, while
concurrently advocating the protection of intellectual property
rights to these ideas and innovations.
10. Reduced Inequalities
• RA 10911 - Anti-Age Discrimination Act of 2016
- To guarantee equality and prohibit age discrimination in
employment for all older persons.
11. Sustainable Cities and Communities
• RA 8749 - Clean Air Act of 1999
- Aims to formulate a holistic national program of air pollution
management and encourage cooperation and self-regulation
among citizens and industries through market-based
instruments.
• RA 9003 - Ecological Solid Waste Management Act
- The law provides for a comprehensive ecological solid we
management program by creating the necessary institution
mechanism and incentives, appropriating funds, declaring cert
acts prohibited, and providing penalties.
• RA 9512 - Environmental Awareness and Education Act of 2009
- The state shall promote national awareness of the role of
nation resources in economic growth and the importance of
environment conservation and ecological balance towards
sustained nation development.
12. Responsible Consumption and Production
• RA 9512 - Environmental Awareness and Education Act of 2009
- The state shall promote national awareness of the role of
nation resources in economic growth and the importance of
environment conservation and ecological balance towards
sustained nation development.
• RA 7394 - Consumer Act
- To protect the consumers against hazards to health and safety, :
against deceptive, unfair and unconscionable sales acts :
practices.
13. Climate Action
• RA 9729 - Climate Change Act 2009
- An Act mainstreaming climate change into government pol
formulation, establishing the framework strategy and program
 climate change, creating for this purpose the Climate Chai 17. Partnerships for the Goals
Commission, and for other purposes.
• 1987 Constitution of the Philippines, Section 2, Article II
14. Life Below Water - The Philippines shall adopt the generally accepted principles
of international law as part of the law of the land and shall
• RA 9275 - The Philippine Clean Water Act of 2004
adhere to the policy of peace, equality, justice, freedom,
- The State shall pursue a policy of economic growth in a man
cooperation, and amity with all nations.
consistent with the protection, preservation and revival of the
qua of our fresh, brackish and marine waters. To achieve this **The Philippine government has passed laws that will help
end, framework for sustainable development shall be pursued. achieve these Sustainable Development Goals such as Magna
Carta for the Poor, Universal Health Care Law, and the Free
15. Life on Land
Tuition Law.
• RA 7586 - National Integrated Protected Areas System Act of
1992
- An Act providing for the establishment and management of
national integrated protected areas system, defining its scope
and coverage, and for other purposes.
16. Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

• RA 4864 - Police Act of 1966

- Section 7 - All members of the police agency shall be officers.
It shall be their duty to preserve peace and order; prevent the
commission of crimes; protect life, liberty and property; and
arrest all violators of laws and ordinances within their
jurisdiction. They shall exercise the general powers to make
arrest, searches and seizures in accordance with law.
• RA 9851 - Philippine Act on Crimes Against International
Humanitarian Law, Genocide, and Other Crimes Against
Humanity.
- The State shall guarantee persons suspected or accused of
having committed grave crimes under international law all
rights necessary to ensure that their trial will be fair and
prompt in strict accordance with national and international law
and standards for fair trial, It shall also protect victims,
witnesses and their families, and provide appropriate redress to
victims and their families, It shall ensure that the legal systems
in place provide accessible and gender-sensitive avenues of
redress for victims of armed conflict.