How We Invest for Impact
Businesses with the resources and expertise to innovate and provide creative solutions to social issues can help bring about positive systemic change. By investing in these companies, we, too, can play a role in societal transformation.
Accepting the Challenge
Transforming society demands committed collaboration among diverse stakeholder groups. The U.N. estimates that we must invest a staggering $5 trillion to $7 trillion annually to attain the 17 SDGs set forth in its Agenda for Sustainable Development by 2030. Achieving these global goals requires the human, technical and financial resources of governments at all levels and those of public and private businesses.
Emerging markets (EM) have more need for investments in infrastructure, technological innovation and educational improvements than developed markets. Accompanied by profound socioeconomic, gender and income inequalities, living standards in some EM nations are among the lowest in the world. EM countries are also more vulnerable to environmental and health-related issues, including access to clean water and rare diseases. These conditions make investing in emerging markets with an SDG focus especially significant.
We believe EM companies could benefit from the growth generated by the positive impact the SDGs intend to achieve. Attaining the SDGs could serve as a fundamental driver of growth in corporate revenues and earnings. In turn, these could drive returns from equities and other assets.
We Believe Change Is Possible
The U.N. SDGs are broad goals that affect businesses, investors, governments, nonprofits and policy makers. It’s our view that investors make the best contribution to these goals by focusing on areas where their investment dollars can add meaningful value.
Each security is mapped to one or more SDGs so investors can see how individual securities are linked to the global effort for a sustainable future.
Using the Sustainable Development Investments taxonomy developed by Dutch pension investors PGGM and APG, we group the SDGs into five specific investment themes that provide pathways to achieving impact.
The U.N. SDGs are broad goals that affect businesses, investors, governments, nonprofits and policy makers. It’s our view that investors make the best contribution to these goals by focusing on areas where their investment dollars can add meaningful value.
Each security is mapped to one or more SDGs so investors can see how individual securities are linked to the global effort for a sustainable future.
Using the Sustainable Development Investments taxonomy developed by Dutch pension investors PGGM and APG, we group the SDGs into five specific investment themes that provide pathways to achieving impact.
To link our five impact themes to the SDGs, we use the Sustainable Development Investments (SDI) Taxonomy and Guidance as a foundation.
The U.N. SDGs are broad goals that affect businesses, investors, governments, nonprofits and policy makers. It’s our view that investors make the best contribution to these goals by focusing on areas where their investment dollars can add meaningful value.
Each security is mapped to one or more SDGs so investors can see how individual securities are linked to the global effort for a sustainable future.
Using the Sustainable Development Investments taxonomy developed by Dutch pension investors PGGM and APG, we group the SDGs into five specific investment themes that provide pathways to achieving impact.
To link our five impact themes to the SDGs, we use the Sustainable Development Investments (SDI) Taxonomy and Guidance as a foundation.
To link our five impact themes to the SDGs, we use the Sustainable Development Investments (SDI) Taxonomy and Guidance as a foundation.