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

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.

To procure a shift from short-termism to long-termism within the finance sector, and thereby supporting the achievement of the SDG goals, the incentives within the investment chain should be adjusted. The working group behind this report has reviewed and assessed key actors along the investment chain as presented in the picture below. The review has been done with the aim to identify a handful of recommendations that are actionable and capable of having a meaningful and speedy impact of providing impetus for long termism across the financial sector.

More than ever, economic and social infrastructure is critical for the resilience and prosperity of all countries. Sustainable infrastructure ─ infrastructure that ensures economic, financial, social, environmental (including climate resilience), and institutional (or governance) sustainability over the entire infrastructure lifecycle ─ can bring about holistic, multi-layered and long-term benefits to people and the environment. Research paper commissioned by GISD, authored by Motoko Aizawa.

Discussion between Martin Spolc, Head of the Sustainable Finance unit for the EC and Jay Collins, Vice Chairman of Banking at Citi and Chair of the Report Committee Renewed, Recharged and Reinforced: Urgent actions to harmonize and scale sustainable finance, on behalf of GISD. This virtual fireside chat discusses the current sustainable finance agenda in Europe, the direction of the Green Deal and the recommendations of the GISD report.