ANNUAL Reports
Hawaiʻi Green Growth's Annual Reports
Since 2011, Hawai'i Green Growth UN Local2030 Hub (HGG) has worked to establish a public-private partnership committed to advancing economic, social, and environmental priorities. This effort is driven by the Aloha+ Challenge, a statewide commitment to achieve Hawai‘i’s sustainability and climate goals and the global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030.
HGG continues to provide accountability and measure progress on this commitment through the Aloha+ Dashboard.
2025 Annual Report
The 2025 Hawaiʻi Green Growth Annual Report highlights a year of organizational navigation of global, statewide, and internal change, including the welcoming of new CEO Kalani L. Kaʻanāʻanā. Amidst this change, HGG celebrated big wins in 2025, which included a Senate Concurrent Resolution reaffirming support for the Aloha+ Challenge and the submission of the third statewide Voluntary Local Review (VLR). Notably, HGGʻs work also supported projects, partners, and initiatives across the state: the Maui Resilience Partnership, the Follow the Drop Program, and the Care for ʻĀina Now (CAN) Coalition, which celebrated the successful passage of the first US Green Fee. Hawaiʻi Green Growth continues to steward the Aloha+ Goals, and much of its cross-sectoral work as a convenor and conversation connector will continue in 2026 as the organization undertakes a new strategic plan towards 2030, which it began in the latter half of 2025 through dialogue with the Network.
2024 Annual Report
The Hawaiʻi Green Growth Annual Report highlights the milestones achieved and key progress made in 2024 and spotlights the main initiatives of each of HGG’s working groups, which include: the Ala Wai Watershed Collaboration, the Measures Working Group, the Policy & Legislation Working Group, the Sustainability Business Forum, and the Hawaiʻi SDG Youth Council. The Report also updates on HGG’s suite of tools and offerings, including the Aloha+ Dashboard, which notes a high-level overview on the VLR process, as well as the Ala Wai Watershed Collaboration’s Community Investment Vehicle (CIVic) and the Mālama Implementation Tool. As the co-Secretariat of the Local2030 Islands Network, the Annual Report also shares HGG’s contribution to the global Network of culturally-driven and locally-implemented solutions for sustainable development via the scaling of technical Dashboards using the Aloha+ template, engaging in solutions sharing via peer-to-peer Communities of Practice, and participating in global island leaders’ Summits to build partnerships for the island-led green growth movement.
2023 Annual Report
In 2023, HGG convened quarterly meetings to drive progress through each of its working groups, including: the Ala Wai Watershed Collaboration, the Measures Working Group, the Policy & Legislation Working Group, and the Sustainability Business Forum. This year, the Local-Global Next Generation Working Group transitioned to an Ad Hoc Advisory Group to support the inaugural Hawaiʻi SDG Youth Council. In addition, HGG continued to serve as the co-secretariat of the Local2030 Islands Network with the Global Island Partnership.
2022 Annual Report
In 2022, HGG convened quarterly meetings of the five working groups to drive progress, including: the Ala Wai Watershed Collaboration, the Measures Working Group, the Next-Generation Working Group, the Policy & Legislation Working
Group, and the Sustainability Business Forum. HGG additionally continued to serve as co-secretariat of the Local2030 Islands Network with the Global Island Partnership.
2021 Annual Report
In 2021, HGG convened quarterly meetings to drive progress through each of its working groups, including: the Ala Wai Watershed Collaboration, the Measures Working Group, the Policy & Legislation Working Group, and the Sustainability Business Forum. This year, the Local-Global Next Generation Working Group transitioned to an Ad Hoc Advisory Group to support the inaugural Hawaiʻi SDG Youth Council. In addition, HGG continued to serve as the co-secretariat of the Local2030 Islands Network with the Global Island Partnership.