Why I Don’t Believe in the SDGs (And How Impact Investing is Changing My Mind)

Formerly cynical about the ambitious nature of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Christopher Hirst highlights their usefulness as a framework in this article. Hirst discusses how the SDGs have helped to guide and measure the activities of investors, increasing the engagement and confidence of “private sector players.” Measuring social returns up against the SDGs can result in more capital being directed towards impact, “leveraging private capital towards social outcomes in previously impossible ways.”