Measuring the SDG contributions of Private Markets investments

In keeping with the mission of accelerating investments to deliver on the Sustainable Development Goals we want to capture contributions in all asset classes. After having built a coverage universe of over 10,000 companies that have issued public market instruments, SDI AOP has now started to make its classification structure available for private market investment classification. The ability to consistently measure contributions across asset classes further adds to delivering investment outcomes to end beneficiaries. Today, we are excited to announce the launch of the SDI Private Markets Membership.

James Leaton, Research Director SDI AOP: “Private markets are an important proportion of the asset allocation, and we see a lot of interest to provide a solution that includes private markets investments. The potential contributions to SDGs of private market assets are high. Also considering the knowledge and experience already available at the four founding organizations, extension into private markets is a natural step for the SDI AOP.”

 

SDI Private Markets Membership

As a member of the SDI Private Markets Membership, you will receive access to the SDI Private Market tool & templates, empowering you to effectively measure the SDG contributions of your private market investments. Additionally, you will be able to join the SDI AOP Private Markets user community, where you'll have the opportunity to participate in online or in-person meetings focused on sharing knowledge and insights into measuring private market contributions to the SDGs.

  

SDI Private Market Tool & Templates

The Design Authority organisations involved in the SDI AOP have already been classifying private market assets for some time now and have built ‘jurisprudence’ on how they have implemented this for their portfolios. Together with the SDI taxonomy this forms the basis for the SDI Private Markets Template, which is aimed to guide users to classify their private market investments robustly and consistent with the public market classification approach.

Application for membership

We would be delighted to welcome you as a member. To apply for membership, simply complete the online membership application form.

Should you have any inquiries regarding the SDI Private Markets Membership or would like to experience a live demo of the SDI Private Markets tool & templates, please don't hesitate to reach out to us via email at private-markets@sdi-aop.org