All Sustainable Development Goals articles – Page 5
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Case studyEngaging to model and measure impact
Engagement with companies is critical, both to unlock value for companies, investors and under-served communities worldwide, and to support the SDGs.
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PRI Awards 2019 case study: Impact-Cubed White Paper
Company: Auriel Investors HQ: UK Category: ESG Research Report of the Year (shortlisted)
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PRI Awards 2019 case study: Platform Living Wage Financials
Company: MN (on behalf of the PLWF) HQ: Netherlands Category: Active Ownership Project of the Year (winner)
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PRI Awards 2019 case study: Cadmos Peace Investment Fund
Company: de Pury Pictet Turrettini (PPT) HQ: Switzerland Category: Active Ownership Project of the Year (shortlisted)
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Engaging on green bonds issuers’ contribution to the SDGs
We believe the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) can serve as an engagement framework used to map out companies’ strategies and assess whether they are addressing material SDGs through their operations and supply chains or have gaps in their strategies regarding specific SDGs.
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Engaging on food systems
At Candriam, engagement activities are integral parts of our fiduciary duty, contributing to a better assessment of the ESG risks and opportunities faced by issuers and prompting them to improve the way they manage these risks.
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An SDG engagement process
In 2017, Etica Sgr started linking the issues discussed at AGMs with the SDGs in engagement letters and during dialogue with companies.
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Blog post
Firing the starting gun on the SDGs in infrastructure investing
By Simon Whistler, Senior Specialist, Investment Practices
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Engaging on the transition to electric vehicles and on human rights in the cobalt supply chain
The UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) enable us to align our sustainable investment strategies and our active ownership approach with a broader goal. Our motivation behind SDG engagement is to use our position as an investor to influence investee companies to positively contribute to the SDGs.
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Setting SDG-related engagement objectives
Robeco focuses its engagement activities with listed companies on material environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues that create long-term shareholder value. We view sustainability as a long-term driver of change that impacts the future performance of markets and companies.
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Thought leadership
Impact investing market map
Over the last decade, impact investing has shifted from a disruptive investment concept to a complex and rich investment ecosystem.
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Impact investing market map: Health
Access to health services and products is a basic human right as per the UN’s central mission.
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Impact investing market map: Inclusive finance
According to the Principles for Investors in Inclusive Finance (PIIF), about two billion adults – more than half of the world’s working population – are excluded from formal financial services.
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Impact investing market map: Education
The World Bank identifies education as a powerful driver of development and one of the strongest instruments for reducing poverty and improving health, gender equality, global peace and stability.
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Initial considerations
While impact investing is a new paradigm for the investment community, there are still many gaps and issues that need to be addressed to take it to the mainstream.
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Impact investing market map: Affordable housing
Affordable housing is crucial for social development and social equality; around 1.6 billion people are housed inadequately, of which around one billion live in slums and informal settlements.
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News and press
UN Alliance for SDG Finance
An estimated $5-7 trillion a year is needed to realise the 2030 agenda for sustainable development worldwide.
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News and press
Five compelling reasons why investors should engage with the SDGs: PRI, PwC
The investment community should become more engaged with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) according to a new report, The SDG investment case, from the PRI and PwC on why the investment community should adopt an active role in achieving real world impact through implementation of the SDGs
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The SDGs as a risk framework
Many investors across Europe and North America have already started looking at ways to use the SDGs as a risk management tool.
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The SDGs will drive global economic growth
Growth in equity markets as a whole is ultimately driven by growth in the economy.
