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Sustainable Development Goal 15: Life on land

Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss

Based on SDG 15 “Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss” the investable sub-goals are:

15.2 Sustainable management of forests, halt deforestation, restore degraded forests and increase afforestation and reforestation

Sustainably managed forests

  • Real estate or Managers of natural forests and production forests (timberland) if certified by FSC, SFI or PEFC

Recycled paper

  • Providers of paper recycling

Afforestation and reforestation projects

  • Managers of forest development and REDD+ projects if certified by FSC, SFI or PEFC

15.3 Combat desertification, restore degraded land and soil, including land affected by desertification, drought and floods

Combat desertification

  • Providers of technologies and services that focus on preventing land degradation (e.g. halt overgrazing and deforestation)

Degraded land restoration

  • Providers of sustainable agriculture, forestry and grazing on marginal lands (e.g. Land Degradation Neutrality investments)
  • Investible entities that are active in soil remediation

15.5 Reduce the degradation of natural habitats, halt the loss of biodiversity and protect and prevent the extinction of threatened species

Reduce degradation of natural habitats

  • Projects and financing to reduce degradation of natural habitats (e.g. nature conservation projects)

Halt the loss of biodiversity and extinction of threatened species

  • Projects and financing to halt the loss of biodiversity (e.g. eco-tourism, biodiversity enterprise funds, organic pesticides, wildlife conservation projects)

Restoration finance

  • Finance for restoration of ecosystems (e.g. green bonds for restoration of land, biodiversity, rivers, wetlands)

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. The full SDI Taxonomy can be found here. When evaluating a company, the starting point is the classification of its products and services within the SDI product categories. The size of the positive contribution is calculated from the associated revenues (sales).