The Business 20 (B20) Summit took place on 25-27 August in New Delhi, India. The B20 is the official G20 dialogue forum with the global business community, which aims to deliver concrete actionable policy recommendations on priorities identified by the Presidency to spur economic growth and development.
In an op-ed for The Business Times (Singapore), GISD Alliance Co-Chair Jose Vinals (Group Chairman of Standard Chartered) urges the investor community to embrace a new era of sustainable development investing: "to meet the challenges facing us, we must reject the false choice between profits and principles. There is a path forward that can unleash the power of private capital to make our world more sustainable and our lives more equitable."
We, the Global Investors for Sustainable Development (GISD) Alliance, reiterate our full support to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The SDGs remain the blueprint to navigate these turbulent times. They can guide us back on course towards a sustainable world with prosperity for all.
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The Global Investors for Sustainable Development (GISD) Alliance calls on global infrastructure asset managers to express their interest in partnering to jointly develop and launch the Sustainable Infrastructure Investment Platform (SIIP), a transformative blended finance concept for efficiently co-investing alongside multilateral development banks (MDBs) at scale in emerging markets sustainable infrastructure.
The Global Investors for Sustainable Development Alliance (GISD) Alliance calls on global infrastructure asset managers to express their interest in partnering to jointly develop and launch the Sustainable Infrastructure Investment Platform (SIIP), a transformative blended finance concept for efficiently co-investing alongside multilateral development banks (MDBs) at scale in emerging markets sustainable infrastructure.
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.
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.
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the GISD Alliance today launched the SDG Investor Platform, an innovative tool to facilitate private sector investments that contribute to furthering the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG).
The GISD Alliance issued a statement vowing greater action to confront the global economic crisis driven by the COVID-19 pandemic and keep the SDGs on track.
