This is a joint statement produced by several UN entities that puts forward a vision for the Standards to be developed by the International Sustainability Standard Board (ISSB).

The Model Mandate was first published by ICGN in 2012 and has been updated in partnership with the GISD Alliance. The Mandate offers guidance on how to incorporate the UN Sustainable Development Goals into investor stewardship activities. It provides asset owners with example contractual terms to consider when agreeing mandates with asset managers in their efforts to preserve and enhance long-term value.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.