To support the monitoring and reporting processes during implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals, well-developed, commonly recognized Earth observations and geospatial data, methods, innovations, committed professionals, and strong sustainability policies are necessary. This article informs the readers on the Earth observation and geoinformation developments and innovations, and on the engagement of profession, academy and governance to support implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals in Hungary.Description, analyses and critical assessments are given on the elements selected from Hungarian sustainable-oriented Earth observation and geospatial novelties: (a) Working Group for Sustainable Development mission and national sustainabilitypolicy, (b) international partnerships, domestic activities and achievements, (c) status of the professional education, (d) spatial databases and services to support implementation of the sustainable development, (e) a case study on the internationally recognized soil geoinformation system, (f) national Earth Observation Information System and perspectives of its applications for monitoring the sustainability.The article conclusion strongly advises the Hungarian realization of (a) institutionalization of the Earth observation and geospatial tools and capacity for sustainable development, (b) their use in integration with statistical data, (c) establishment of national spatial information infrastructure and (d) development and spreading of the use of big data.

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The mission goal of the Working Group for Sustainable Development Goals (WG4SDG) of the Hungarian Society of Surveying, Mapping and Remote Sensing (MFTTT) is to promote the use of the steadily developed Earth observation (EO) and geospatial data infrastructures (SDI) and services – considering as base elements of the Digital Earth concept -as supportive tools for many of the SDGs-related indicator monitoring and reporting. The engagement of the stakeholders from government, academia/education, private sector/industry and learned societies is a key issue also on national level. It is anticipated, the link with the forum of the EO industry represented by the Hungarian Space Cluster HUNSPACE will leverage the experiences of the EO and SDI communities. Similarly, the connection with the national geographic information (GI) association HUNAGI and international societies such as FIG, ISPRS, ICA and ISDE are vital for knowledge transfer.