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What does SDG stand for? Do investors care about the SDGs?

The UN SDGs are the UN Sustainable Development Goals. The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development provides "a shared blueprint for peace and prosperity for people and the planet, now and into the future". At its heart are the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Investor interest in the SDGs …

What does SDG stand for? Do investors care about the SDGs?

 

… has grown significantly in recent years as they provide a useful overarching framework against which investors can demonstrate 'real world impact'. They are also useful guiding parameters for the development of thematic investment funds.
That said, many of the UN SDGs relate to issues that lie outside the influence of listed companies or investors in them.
It is worth companies' highlighing any contributions that they make to the UN SDGs to those investors that show a specific interest in them.