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Aware Super integrates the SDI definition into its due diligence

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In 2018, Aware Super, a GISD member and pension fund based in Australia with approximately AUD$150 billion in assets, set a goal of strengthening its measurement of environmental and social impact and linkages to the SDGs.

As a means of strengthening this measurement, Aware Super incorporated the SDI definition into its investment due diligence. The SDI assessment is completed by the Responsible Investment team and is applied to prospective private market investments, consisting of infrastructure, property, and private equity assets.

Aware Super: Embracing the SDI definition

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Safaricom collaborated with GSMA to push for common sector KPIs

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In line with the work Safaricom led for the GISD last year on sector-specific, SDG-related metrics, the Kenya mobile operator and GISD member participated in the working group of 20 mobile operators that identified common ESG metrics for the telecom industry.

GISD Recommendations on SDG-related Disclosure

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

Joint Statement by the Global Investors for Sustainable Development Alliance

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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.

Sustainable Development Investing: Creating a scalable SDI-aligned index

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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.

GISD analyzes alternatives to increasing the interoperability of sustainable finance approaches

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The GISD Alliance commissioned a research paper on how to increase the interoperability of sustainable finance taxonomies, principles, and tools designed to align investments with climate and other sustainability goals.

Dynamic Sustainability Classifications: A proposal for governmental interoperability

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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.

GISD Sector-Specific Metric Report

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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.

GISD Alliance opens sector-specific metrics for consultation

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The GISD Alliance has taken on the definition of key sector-specific impact metrics, which will help assess the impact of companies on the SDGs and consequently allow investors to incorporate this assessment in their investment decisions.