The Cooperation Centre for Scientific Research Relative to Tobacco (CORESTA) is an Association founded in 1956, with the purpose to promote international cooperation in scientific research relative to tobacco and its derived products. The CORESTA vision is to be recognised by its members and relevant external bodies as an authoritative source of publicly available, credible science and best practices. This collaborative initiative came initially from a need to share scientific knowledge and develop consensual methods. Rapidly, CORESTA extended its range of activities to production and protection of the tobacco crop, leaf processing and product technology. Later, in response to regulatory developments, the Association expanded its work in analytical chemistry and, more recently, on new generation products. In 2015, the United Nations published 17 sustainable development goals (SDGs) with 169 targets to be achieved by 2030. A number of methods and guidelines produced by CORESTA in the past are already useful tools for assessing, mitigating or enhancing the impact of the tobacco sector relative to some of these goals. However, the broad range and scope of the SDGs, the requirement for performance indicators and the needs for consensual methods for measuring them generate new scientific demands. This presentation will show CORESTA’s current contributions to meet these demands and the opportunities that the SDGs may offer for further collaborative work in environmental, social, economic and product science. (Reprinted with permission)