The 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), adopted in 2015, provide the international community with a set of 17 goals with clear targets and specific indicators. The greater part of the $5-7 trillion needed to finance the SDGs will have to come from private finance through investments in infrastructure, clean energy, water, sanitation, agriculture and natural capital. Climate considerations are included in many of these investments and are evaluated as part of the Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) assessment.

Climate mitigation, adaptation and ESG considerations however are moving beyond its application for risk screening and avoidance of negative impacts. They are increasingly included in project assessments to identify positive SDG impacts to increase the value of impact investments and results based finance transactions.

Some verifiers are developing new methodologies to certify SDG impacts. First trades in SDG impacts are currently being prepared as part of the financing package of sustainable investments on a results based finance (RBF) basis. More and more governments and corporates are issuing sustainability bonds.

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