A Sustainable Development Investment (SDI) is a company, which according to our methodology contributes positively to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through its products and services. The SDGs and SDG sub-goals have been translated from an investor perspective into the SDI taxonomy of product categories that are considered solutions contributing to the SDGs.
PFZW, and its asset manager PGGM (spun-out by PFZW in 2008), have been prominent leaders in ESG, sustainability and - more recently - impact investing; and the fund has been typically open about the challenges of providing inflation-protected pensions while contributing to a more sustainable world.
Read the article by James Williams on Hedgeweek.com about quant funds and AI-focused investment strategies where he also quotes Michael Weinberg (Managing Director, Head of Hedge Funds & Alternative Alpha at APG) on his believe in ‘person plus machine’. One of James' statements in the article is: APG practices what it preaches when it comes to the power of AI. Referring to the SDI AOP.
Read the article of Andrew Gray, Director of ESG and Stewardship at AustralianSuper, on OMFIF about how we help investors worldwide identify and assess companies on their contribution to the SDGs by using standardised, artificial intelligence driven data.
Claudia Kruse (Managing Director Global Responsible Investment & Governance of APG), and Piet Klop (Senior Advisor Responsible Investment of PGGM) bring in their expertise on the SDI-AOP in a video interview with Responsible Investment Live.
In this infographic, we outline how the data and methodology of the Sustainable Development Investments Asset Owner Platform (SDI AOP) can help investors align and track portfolios’ contributions to the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and to report PRI sustainable outcomes.
