Resource Documents | Global Investors for Sustainable Development Alliance

Increasing private finance mobilization: Recommendations for development banks and the global development community

The GISD Alliance makes 8 priority recommendations for development banks and the global development community to increase private finance mobilization.

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GISD Recommendations on SDG-related Disclosure

The GISD Alliance is putting forward 8 calls for action to improve corporate disclosure on sustainable development-related matters.

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Joint Statement by the Global Investors for Sustainable Development Alliance

We, the members of the Global Investors for Sustainable Development (GISD) Alliance, reaffirm our support for the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development – which sets out a vision for a prosperous future for people and planet, underpinned by sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic development.

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GISD Sector-Specific Metric Report

GISD has created a set of sector-specific metrics to better measure the impact of companies on sustainable development and allow investors to incorporate this assessment in their investment decisions. The report endorsed by the GISD CEOs initially covers eight different sectors.

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About GISD

The Global Investors for Sustainable Development (GISD) Alliance is a group of 30 of the world’s top business leaders convened by the United Nations SecretaryGeneral to arrive at solutions that scale up private finance and investment necessary to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

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Sustainable Development Investing: Creating a scalable SDI-aligned index

This report, completed by Prof. Alexander Bassen and other researchers at the University of Hamburg, makes a strong case for the creation of a listed equity index aligned with GISD's Sustainable Development Investing (SDI) definition. Using existing data, the researchers were able to translate the definition’s decision tree into an index of global listed equities.

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Dynamic Sustainability Classifications: A proposal for governmental interoperability

GISD commissioned a research paper by Prof. Andreas Hoepner (University College Dublin), Ifigenia Paliabelos (SDG Labs) and Dr. Joeri Rogelj (Imperial College London) on how to increase the interoperability of sustainable finance taxonomies, principles, and tools.

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Informal Summary of the GISD Annual Meeting: Discussion with Member States

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Call to Action for COVID-19 Bond Issuance

The GISD Call to Action for COVID-19 Bond Issuance encourages companies and governments to support high-priority activities and projects related to the pandemic in alignment with the SDGs.

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Renewed, Recharged and Reinforced: Urgent actions to harmonize and scale sustainable finance

This report provides recommendations and strategic considerations that, if followed, will enable leaders from the public and private sectors to harmonize objectives, coordinate global standards and align efforts to facilitate, promote and scale up investment towards the Sustainable Development Goals.

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