The declared goal of the United Nations is: Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all

Specifically, by 2030...
...achieve higher levels of economic productivity through diversification, technological upgrading and innovation, including through a focus on high-value added and labour-intensive sectors.
...promote development-oriented policies that support productive activities, decent job creation, entrepreneurship, creativity and innovation, and encourage the formalization and growth of micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises, including through access to financial services.
...improve progressively, through 2030, global resource efficiency in consumption and production and endeavour to decouple economic growth from environmental degradation, in accordance with the 10-Year Framework of Programmes on Sustainable Consumption and Production, with developed countries taking the lead.
...achieve full and productive employment and decent work for all women and men, including for young people and persons with disabilities, and equal pay for work of equal value.

This is why, for example, scientific research into resource efficiency is an important area in the field of mechanical engineering.In specific terms, what is the university doing here?
...Fairtrade University
...Lecture series “Doing business differently” 
...GASMERC Network - Support regional companies in expanding abroad
...TOTAL E-Quality rating for a personnel policy oriented towards equal opportunities
...Research Project "Business Park Check" - In the project, recommendations for action for the optimization of industrial estates with regard to synergy issues are to be determined as automatically as possible
...Research project "Biotech Talent Unlocked" - Opening of the labor market on both sides of the D/NL border through joint workshops/projects/lectures
...Research project "HSEL in the Mittelstand 4.0 - Competence Center Lingen" - Support for companies in digitization projects (finished project)
...Research project "purpose.now" (Work Absences in German Companies - Evolutionary Forms of Organization and Mindfulness and Meditation Practice in a Business Context)
...Research project "ProlOg - Process Design for Living Organizations"
...Research project "WaddenVision - Sustainable tourism in the Wadden Sea region"
...Research project "Transfer Center for Health and Prevention"