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Country-level data and insights about SDG-enabling investment opportunities. This work focuses on the gap between interest in investing in SDGs and the business models that could provide investable opportunities.

Use this resource to:

• Identify: Identify investment themes in emerging markets which have significant potential to advance the SDGs that are aligned to government policies and sustainable national development needs.

This paper provides a common framework for financial institutions – and particularly development finance institutions – on how to carry out due diligence to identify, respond to, and publicly communicate on environmental and social risks associated with projects and assets they finance.

Use this resource for the following Actions of Impact Management:

• Implement: Obtain practical recommendations to financial institutions on key aspects of the Responsible Business Conduct due diligence process, including stakeholder engagement, client confidentiality management and remediation processes.

The conceptual framework supports organisations to measure their non-financial performance through the lens of the OECD Well-being Framework. It encourages national statistical offices (NSOs) to further develop and harmonise statistics on stakeholder well-being and sustainability.

Use this resource for the following Actions of Impact Management:

• Measure, assess and value: Measure the well-being of stakeholders that operate within the operational boundaries of the organiastion, using the measurement framework and indicator set developed by the OECD.

The Indicator Library builds on the Impact Radar and the Sector-Impact Map to provide a compilation of impact-related indicators and metrics.

Use this resource to:

• Measure, assess and value: To find relevant indicators and metrics for impact measurement and assessment

This guidance provides practical information on how core indicators can be measured in a consistent manner and in alignment with countries’ needs on monitoring the attainment of the SDG agenda. It intends to assist entities to provide baseline data on sustainability-related issues in a consistent and comparable manner, which would meet the common needs of different stakeholders.

Use this resource for the following Actions of Impact Management:

• Measure, assess and value: Collect information on the core indicators covering areas of economic, environmental, social and institutional performance. For each indicator, the guidance provides a definition, measurement methodology, and potential sources of information. The guidance also explains the links and alignment with relevant macro SDG indicators.
• Communicate: Provide baseline data on sustainability-related issues in a consistent and comparable manner.

The G20/OECD Principles of Corporate Governance are the international standard for corporate governance. They help policymakers evaluate and improve the legal, regulatory and institutional framework for corporate governance, with a view to supporting economic efficiency, sustainable growth and financial stability.

Use this resource for the following Actions of Impact Management:

• Governance: Evaluate and improve the legal, regulatory and institutional framework for corporate governance, with a view to supporting economic efficiency, sustainable growth and financial stability.

Signatories to the Principles for Responsible Banking (PRB) must use the reporting and self-assessment template as part of the requirements of the Principles.

Use this resource to:

• Show progress on implementing the Principles for Responsible Banking;
• Provide transparency about impacts and contributions; and
• Assess if PRB requirements are being met and obtain assurance.

The Impact Protocol provides a step-by-step guide of how to analyse and manage a bank’s portfolio impacts, as per UNEP FI’s holistic impact approach and in alignment with the requirements of the Principles for Responsible Banking. The Protocol provides an overview of the impact management process as a whole and is complemented by other UNEP FI resources including the Impact Management Tool and the Thematic Target-Setting Guidance, which can be used to operationalise the Protocol.

This is a cross-cutting resource, meaning that it supports the internal impact management process as a whole, rather than one or a few of the Actions of Impact Management.

The Core Characteristics of Impact Investing define the growing approach of impact investing, and offer the financial markets greater clarity on what constitutes credible impact investing.

This resource is for the following Actions of Impact Management:

• Strategy: Intentionally contribute to positive social and environmental impact by using evidence and impact data in investment design, enabling the investor to manage impact performance and contribute to the growth of impact investing overall.

This document sets the SVI Standard to apply Principle 8: Be Responsive. The essence of this Principle is to take action; to make decisions about social value in response to data and measurement.

Use this resource to:

• Implement: Create a structured ‘impact management approach’ that can guide decision making at strategic, tactical, and operational levels to optimise impacts on wellbeing for all materially affected stakeholder groups. This means implementing activities that are designed to maximise the extent and rate of positive changes in wellbeing, whilst also identifying and eliminating activities that result in negative changes in wellbeing as fast as possible.