Impact Investing: Key to the Success of the UN Sustainable Development Goals?

In this article, Antonia Strachwitz of LGT Impact Ventures (LGT IV) shares insights on the role of impact investing in achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), stating that, “Enormous responsibility for the implementation of the SDG agenda lies with the private sector and the finance industry.” More specifically, she demonstrates how, “The UN member states call explicitly on the financial sector to make an active contribution to the implementation of the SDGs by means of impact and other socially responsible investments… In order to meet the UN’s monumental SDG objectives, impact investing must become mainstream.” She also references GIIN CEO Amit Bouri's call to action from September 2016 (calling for all investors to play a role in addressing the SDGs) and highlights LGT IV’s work as an example of a firm taking action to address the SDGs through impact investing.