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A global standard for investing into the Sustainable Development Goals

Investors increasingly focus on the SDGs

SDI Asset Owner Platform facilitates investors

  • In 2015 the United Nations agreed on the 17 Sustainable Development Goals for 2030. The SDGs can be pointers to where risk, opportunities and solutions lie, and may help to improve long-term investment performance (PRI, 2019).
  • Research shows that global financial institutions have the ambition of defining an approach to investing in SDGs.
  • A lack of quality data to identify contributions to the SDGs has been an impediment for investors; companies in turn are struggling to adapt their disclosures to investor needs.

The SDI Asset Owner Platform helps investors to address these challenges with a tried and tested standardized taxonomy for investing sustainably.

Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Developed by the United Nations

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"Global financial institutions have the ambition of defining an approach to investing in SDGs."

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New dataset: September 2024 release

On 1 September we have released a new SDI Classification and SDI Innovation Outlook dataset. The key enhancements alongside this new release were advancement of product categories and rule changes. In total 9,917 companies were assessed. It identifies 1,271 companies with more than 50% SDI aligned revenues, and 842 companies with 10-50% SDI aligned revenues. 

New dataset: September 2024 release
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SDI AOP roundtable hosted by BCI

On 9 October 2024 BCI is hosting an SDI AOP breakfast roundtable in Toronto. The open forum of the roundtable is a chance to discuss our innovative approach to identifying sustainability solutions as well as real-life use cases from our member community. The event will be held ahead of the presentations on the second day of the PRI in Person conference. 

 

SDI AOP roundtable hosted by BCI
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Insights from Our Recent Theme Session on Biodiversity

We held two highly engaging theme sessions on July 11, 2024, focusing on biodiversity which is a growing theme within the sustainable investment agenda. The SDI AOP community meetings, with a global representation of subscribers, provide a platform to discuss the use of the SDI data, exchange ideas and share best practices, address challenges in implementation and foster collaboration among investors.

Insights from Our Recent Theme Session on Biodiversity
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