🤝The GSG, in partnership with Khazanah Nasional 🇲🇾 and the Malaysian #ImpactInvestment Taskforce, presents the exclusive "Mobilizing the Mainstream Thanks to #ImpactTransparency" workshop on Friday, 23 June, in Kuala Lumpur. Register your interest today 👉[email protected]

#Asia is key to transforming way #investments are done and #impact is created, not as a byproduct but as part of deliberate business decisions. I write about our experience from the region as we developed #SDGInvestorMaps and are now gearing to put this intelligence to action!

📣ISO & UN Development announce partnership to enhance #SustainabilityAction! 🤝We'll collaborate on initiatives which incl. prospective development of the first 🌐standards for #SDGs based on UNDP UNDP SDG Impact Standards & relevant ISO standards. 👉Read bit.ly/3Lr7D03

Great to be at the #GSGSummit by @GSGimpinv this week. SDG Impact's Jeremy Nicholls, discussed the value of having #ImpactTransparency, challenges for assuring impact performance versus reporting. Assuring sustainability claims can minimize the risk of green- and SDG-washing.

‘It is time to move from expression of intent and commitments to actual action on creating impact’, Renaud Meyer at the launch of the #SDG Guidebook for Thai listed companies framed in the SDG Impact Standards. UNDP SDG Impact

Today we have lost contact with our UN Development colleagues in #Gaza. I am extremely concerned for them & their families. Sharing our colleague, Shahd‘s account of the trauma & suffering they have been experiencing for 3 weeks. United Nations call for a humanitarian ceasefire must be respected.

The situation in #Gaza is growing more desperate by the hours. UNDP supports the call for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire. Life-saving humanitarian aid – food, water, medicine, fuel – must be allowed to reach all civilians swiftly, safely and at scale.

Pleased to virtually meet w Sergio Mujica Sergio Mujica, SG of ISO. Discussed the vital partnership in shaping new International Organization for Standardization (ISO) SDG standards building on UN Development's Impact standards. Here is more: sdgimpact.undp.org/about-the-sdg-…

#UNDPinPakistan, in partnership with @EADGOP and United Nations ESCAP, is hosting a two-day certified training on ‘Public Finance for #SDGs in Pakistan: An Integrated National Financing Framework Approach’, for Government of Pakistan officials from federal & provincial levels. Sec EAD Dr. Kazim

With ThaiSEC_News and UNDP Thailand we launched SDG guidebook for Thai listed companies putting together local examples and guidance to embed sustainability in decision-making and strengthen sustainability disclosures. Look forward to replicating the model with other regulators

Have come back inspired and energised to start actioning plans made as a team to create more synergies between internal and external allies to push the #SDGs. I for one am very excited about hard nosed activities we are looking to roll out in #APAC. UNDP Sustainable Finance UNDP SDG Impact

📣 UN Development’s #SDGImpactStandards guide businesses & investors to embed sustainability & #SDGs into decisionmaking - now in French & Spanish! 💡Learn how these Standards can help you transform value creation through optimizing impacts on people & planet👇 sdgimpact.undp.org/practice-stand…

🥳 Celebrating 3️⃣0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ learners on our free Coursera course on #IMM for #SDGs 🎉 💬 Available in 22 languages, learn how to embed #sustainability & social impact into management decisions🌱 👇ENROLL TODAY immforsdgs.com

🌍New #Africa #SDG Investment Report launched! UNDP Africa #Investment Insights Report details opportunities across the continent: 📌207 investment opportunities 📌11 sectors and 42 industries 📌ROI of 15-20 percent Download the report now👉 go.undp.org/4GF #finance

How can we unlock private capital to achieve the #SDGs? Sebnem Sener, Head of Private Finance UN Development, joins the Do One Better podcast w/ host Alberto Lidji to discuss ⤵️ Spotify: bit.ly/3zd34ne Apple: bit.ly/3B7kYIn

Building on the recent ISO/UNDP Guidelines for the #SDGs launch, UN Development Administrator Achim Steiner met w/ ISO Dep. Secretary General Silvio Dulinsky to advance our partnership and discuss advancing sustainable development via robust management system standards. 🌍📖 #UNGA79

🌍🚀UN Development & CIIP launch SDG Venture Scaler for investment for #climate, #education & #health in #Indonesia, #Philippines & #Viet Nam. Selected ventures receive tailored support to grow & scale. Apply now: sdgprivatefinance.undp.org/resources/news… UNDP in Asia and the Pacific UNDP Philippines 🇵🇭 UNDP Indonesia UNDP in Viet Nam

UNDP in Asia and the Pacific held the 4⃣th #SDG #Finance Academy w/ colleagues from 1⃣9⃣ countries at forefront of working on #public #private #Financing4Development. Covered key strategies including #INFFs, #BlendedFinancing mechanisms, #Taxonomies and #PipelineDevelopment for the SDGs

Keeping the ball rolling! 💪 After a successful roadshow in Jakarta, here are some images from this week's UN Development roadshow in Manila, where experts, investors, enterprises & mentors in impact investing gathered this week for the recent launch of the SDG Venture Scaler.  📷

With an initial $10.3M investment, UN Development’s Sustainable Finance Hub has helped unlock $867B+ in public & private funding since 2022. ✅ $16B leveraged & $32B aligned via #INFF ✅ $430B in budgets & debt for sustainability ✅ $380B private capital steered towards SDGs #UNDPEB