Sustainable Development Goals

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) provide a powerful framework for investors looking to achieve impactful, long-term investment results. By investing in our Community Investment Note, investors gain access to our portfolio organizations working in a variety of impact sectors. Each of these sectors is aligned with the United Nation's (UN) SDGs in different ways.

Our Portfolio Sectors	Related SDGs
Affordable Housing
Community Development
Education
Environmental Sustainability
Health
Microfinance
Renewable Energy
Small Business
Sustainable Agriculture

Background of the SDGs

In 2015, the UN announced the SDGs as a call to action for countries, governments, funders, and investors to unite to accomplish 17 global goals to end poverty, protect the planet, and ensure prosperity for all. The UN has outlined specific indicators to measure progress and a timeframe to achieve them by 2030, both of which help to drive a shared understanding and urgency of this work.

In 2014, the UN estimated the annual price for meeting the SDGs globally is $5-7 trillion; actual funding falls short of that, equating to an annual gap of $2.5 trillion. Given the sheer size and scope of these goals, philanthropy and government funding alone will not be enough. The UN called on the private sector to step up as investors, but impact investing in particular can produce outcomes aligned with the SDGs. (Source: United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, World Investment Report, September 2014).