What and where exactly is the financing gap for the SDGs? What is the nature and scope of SDG financing flows today and what do they tell us about the barriers to financing the SDGs and how we might break through them?
UNEP FI’s Positive Impact Initiative unveiled a new report at the UNEP FI Global Roundtable in Paris on the 26th of November, titled “Rethinking Impact to Finance the SDGs”, a position paper on bridging the gap in financing for the Sustainable Development Goals.
Rethinking Impact to Finance the SDGs offers a deeply innovative analysis of these burning questions, highlighting the as yet underexploited potential for reducing the SDG bill, crowding in the private sector, and optimizing public spending. The paper points to the financial value of positive impacts and the potential for developing business and public-private partnerships where impacts are no longer an externality but a core part of the business and financing model.
The paper explores the concepts of an impact-based economy and reiterates the case for a common language and a holistic approach to impact analysis and management.
