The ABCs of change

Want to achieve gender equality? Develop education. Improve health? Develop education. Increase financial independence? Develop education. See a trend? So do we. Explore Sustainable Development Goal 4 – Quality Education.

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#TOGETHERBAND tells a story

With Quality Education India Development Impact Bond

#TOGETHERBAND aims to raise awareness of DIB's work as well as funding through band sales.

What they do: Quality Education India Development Impact Bond brings together three nonprofit partners, teachers and families in India to increase the quality of teaching and school leadership and encourage regular school attendance.

Their aim: To change the lives of 300,000 primary school children in India through improved quality of education.

Read about their progress and current results here.

Read about grantees working towards other goals

See who’s passionate about this goal

 

Lewis Hamilton

Six-time Formula One World Champion, #TOGETHERBAND ambassador for Goal 4

 

Peter Tabichi

Winner of the 2019 Global Teacher Prize, #TOGETHERBAND expert for Goal 4

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17 Goals. 17 bands. This one represents SDG 4 Quality education. When you buy a pack you always receive two identical bands - One to wear as a symbol of support, one to share to spread the word.

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Learning brings opportunities

Across the firm, we are seeing clients turn to us for advice on how they can finance the transition to a lower-carbon economy, support sustainable finance and better tackle twenty-first century risks.

That's why we've put together goal-specific insights from across our business divisions; Global Wealth Management, Asset Management and Investment Banking, to help you answer the question – Do your investments match your values?

Read from our UBS experts

  • The changing face of education and how a technical revolution is bringing it to the masses. Read more here.
  • Education services at a glace from UBS's Chief Investment Office. Read visual one pager (PDF, 583 KB).
  • Coronavirus: what can we learn from China? Read UBS's Asset Management perspective here.
  • Discover the impact of quality education in Sierra Leone from Rising Academies; the for-profit education company of Global Visionary Paul Skidmore, in their three year impact report. Read the factsheet.
 

Insights from UBS Global Wealth Management

Education services

Growing demand and new means of learning are opening up opportunities for private companies

Education services snapshot

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Investing in everyone’s future

See how one person is making a difference for thousands with the help of a microscope. watch video

The UBS Global Visionaries tackling this goal

Keeping education alive during Covid-19

In response to Covid-19, UBS Global Visionary Paul Skidmore's Rising Academies has ensured students shut out of school even in the remotest areas of Africa now have access to quality teaching through radio and SMS 4 more

Rising Academies

Discover the impact of quality education in Sierra Leone from Rising Academies; the for-profit education company of Global Visionary Paul Skidmore, in their three year impact report. Read factsheet

What UBS Optimus Foundation is doing

Stories from UBS in Society

1 https://www.sdgfund.org/goal-4-quality-education  visited in March 2020

2https://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/sustainable-development-goals/goal-4-quality-education.html visited in March 2020

3https://togetherband.org/blogs/news/facts-about-quality-education visited March 2020.

4https://www.risingacademies.com/onair visited in May 2020

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