ISS ESG / IMPACT & UN SDGS
SDG SOLUTIONS ASSESSMENT
Measure the impact and the contribution towards the UN SDGs in publicly traded funds and portfolios.
Be able to assess the positive or negative impact a company‘s product and service portfolio has towards achieving the UN SDGs.
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SOCIAL & ENVIRONMENTAL OBJECTIVES ALIGNED WITH UN SDGS
Attaining the UN SDGs, endorsed in September 2015, will depend to a great extent on the contribution companies are making, their respective transformation and on investors being able to direct capital towards effective impact-investment strategies.
Business models oriented towards the sustainability objectives afford opportunities for investors, while also help to mitigate risks.
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OBJECTIVES
of Sustainable Development
Social objectives
- Alleviating poverty
- Combating hunger and malnutrition
- Ensuring health
- Delivering education
- Attaining gender equality
- Providing basic services
- Safeguarding peace
Environmental objectives
- Achieving sustainable agriculture & forestry
- Conserving water
- Contributing to sustainable energy use
- Promoting sustainable buildings
- Optimizing material use
- Mitigating climate change
- Preserving marine ecosystems
- Preserving terrestrial ecosystems
The SDG Solutions Assessment Portfolio Report offers analyses of a portfolio’s contribution or obstruction to the achievement of 15 Sustainability Objectives, based on the products and services of the companies being analyzed.
KEY BENEFITS
- Overall portfolio contribution and obstruction on 15 Sustainability Objectives
- Comparison with benchmarks of own choice
- Overall portfolio contribution and obstruction regarding the social and environmental dimensions
- Heat map of attributable revenues per category for all 15 Sustainability Objectives, based on a hypothetical USD 1M investment
- Highlights top and bottom holdings based on the SDG Solutions Assessment Score
THE SUSTAINABILITY SOLUTIONS ASSESSMENT
Supports investors in aligning their investment decisions with the UN SDGs.
- Assessment of the net impact of each product group per objective along a 5 point scale
- Identify companies, whose overall products and services portfolio make a positive or negative contribution towards attaining the UN SDGs
- Identify companies that provide solutions to specific sustainability challenges, such as climate change mitigation or gender equality
- Access to 75 individual data points per company, including respective net sales on a percentage basis
- Classification of a company‘s product & services categories with respect to 15 sustainability objectives
Consider the impact and UN SDG alignment of your ESG strategies and build upon ISS’s specific research solutions.
