The SDI AOP - together with BCI and distribution partner Qontigo – hosted another engaging roundtable, this time in Toronto. With a room filled with institutional asset managers, banks, and asset owners, attendees sparked a diverse conversation on trends and common challenges around integrating SDGs and measuring positive contributions.
We recently welcomed Stefan Gevaert as SDI analyst in the team. He introduces himself in a short Q&A article and shares is inspiration, challenges and hopes for the future of the SDI AOP.
A-Team Insight, interviewed our Research Director James Leaton and Qontigo's managing director Adrian Zymolka on the SDG assessment tool that allows investors to upload their investment portfolios and analyse them across a range of SDG-related parameters. The blogpost gives an overview of how asset owners take more control of their investments by incorporating SDG data into their investment strategy.
A new overlay has been introduced to help users who frame their approach to investing in sustainability solutions by themes rather than UN SDGs. This provides another way of cutting the SDI AOP data to identify opportunities, align with client interests, and report on a portfolio.
Philips Pensioenfonds, in collaboration with BlackRock and SDI AOP’s global distributor Qontigo, has successfully aligned its € 370 million emerging markets equity portfolio with several Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The selection process incorporates data from the Sustainable Development Investments Asset Owner Platform (SDI AOP).
How is the SDI AOP helping to address the challenges our user community is facing: data consistency, forward-looking indicators, greenwashing, understanding real word outcomes?
To answer these questions BCI is hosting a lunch session in Toronto on 21 June. The event will include an update of our Research Director James Leaton and an open dialogue with panelist Jennifer Coulson (BCI), Claudia Kruse (APG) and Geraldine Leegwater (PGGM Investments) moderated by Hans op 't Veld (PGGM and SDI AOP).
