Video: Aligning Your Investments with the Sustainable Development GoalsBY RACHEL ALEMBAKIS | FRIDAY, 24 MAR 2017 6:26PMThe United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, launched in 2015, aims to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity worldwide via the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This initiated a new wave of thinking about Environmental Social and Governance (ESG) Investing. The Sustainability Report is pleased to present this video of the highlights from a panel discussion in Sydney, sponsored by MSCI and Blackrock, that considered the implications of the SDGSs, the ways in which the SDGs can be applied to investment strategies, how investors and asset managers can calculate the impacts of their investments and other issues. Related News |
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