Hub for Sustainable Finance Awareness, simplification and contribution

Core requirements needed to actually achieve the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals

by UBS 01 Jan 2019

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Foreword

Introduction

Funding the UN SDGs faces hurdles

Potential solutions to help fund the UN SDGs

Awareness – using multiple media channels to increase awareness of the SDGs.
- Case study: Sunny Varkey, Founder of the Varkey Foundation
Awareness – aligning investment solutions with investors’ sustainability interests.
Simplification – simplifying, standardizing, and mainstreaming corporate sustainability data reporting.
- Case study: Paul Polman, Chair, International Chamber of Commerce; CEO, Unilever (2009 – 2018)
Simplification – defining impact investment and impact measurement coherently and consistently.
- Case study: Jim Yong Kim, President of the World Bank Group
Simplification – naming sustainable investing (SI) strategies in a clear, consistent manner so they can be universally adopted.
Contribution – using publicly-traded strategies in traditional portfolios, focusing on market-rateperformance and having an actual positive social and environmental impact.
Multilateral development bank (MDB) debt
SDG-related activism and engagement equity strategies that focus on market-rate financial performance and actual positive social and environmental impact
- Case study: Robert Kapito, President and Co-Founder of BlackRock
Contribution – adopting a true 100% sustainable investing (SI) asset allocation that seeks to deliver market-rate returns and have verifiable positive impact.
Contribution – making philanthropy more collective and collaborative rather than competitive.

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Authors

Simon Smiles
Chief Investment Officer, Ultra High Net Worth (UHNW), UBS Global Wealth Management

Mark Haefele
Global Chief Investment Officer, UBS Global Wealth Management

Kevin Arnold
Head of ICS Relationship Management, UBS Investment Bank

Phyllis Costanza
CEO UBS Optimus Foundation and Head of UBS in Society

Suni Harford

President, UBS Asset Management

Hubertus Kuelps
Group Head of Communications and Branding and Head UBS in Society

Paula Polito
Client Strategy Officer, UBS Global Wealth Management

With thanks for the contributions of:

Matthew Carter, Christopher Wright

Acknowledgements

Robert Kapito
President and Co-Founder of BlackRock

Jim Yong Kim
President of the World Bank Group

Paul Polman
Chair, International Chamber of Commerce; CEO, Unilever (2009 – 2018)

Sunny Varkey
Founder of the Varkey Foundation

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