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A new report from the G7-backed think tank highlights the growing gap in funding needed to tackle the UN SDGs and suggests how it could be narrowed through smart use of blended finance and the development of more widely accepted sustainability disclosure standards.

In the second of our series of stories covering Impact Investor’s Annual Conference last week, the experts tell us what is still needed to unlock real-world impact today.

The 2023 edition of the Impact Investor’s Annual Conference explores the journey to real-world impact and why mobilising private and institutional capital will continue to drive change even as the sector moves into the mainstream.  

Climate change is making disaster resilience a vital focus for investors and politicians. This collection of academic studies explores the impact in South Asia, and makes some useful recommendations. But the role of private capital is neglected.

The UK-based not-for-profit has called for faster action, after finding that three-quarters of financial institutions did not have a public policy on deforestation in place, despite pledging action on net zero.

Impact investments achieve returns comparable to the wider market, making them compatible with the fiduciary duty of pension funds to their stakeholders, a Pensions for Purpose research paper concludes.

Will the market for biodiversity credits explode in the coming years, as some predict? Dr Michael Burgass, co-founder and director of consultancy firm Biodiversify, is sceptical. “We don’t need another market, let’s improve the carbon market”

The UK membership association for investment professionals is planning to offer a basic foundation level certificate in impact investing to professionals who want to build some expertise in the sector.

Lisa Hehenberger of the Esade Center for Social Impact tells Impact Investor about the rationale for a report aimed at pushing impact up the agenda for decision-makers at Europe’s foundations

The fund manager will invest in businesses with scalable solutions to tackle climate change and biodiversity loss in partnership with UK academic and other research institutions.