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Product Updates, UN SDGs June 28, 2024 • Andrés Cruz

Why Data Granularity is Crucial for Investing in the UN SDGs

Companies that contribute to Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are seen by many investors as strategic sustainable investments. However, without knowing the details of how these companies contribute to the goals, it is difficult to make investment...

UN SDGs March 27, 2024 • Lorenzo Saà and Austin Ritzel (Clarity AI)

Webinar: Are the UN SDGs a Blueprint for True Sustainable Investing?

In the third of three webinars in this series, the viability of UN SDGs as a blueprint for truly sustainable investing is discussed. What are the benefits (and urgency) of using the UN SDGs as a sustainable investment framework? How are they currentl...

UN SDGs February 29, 2024

Aligning Revenues to the UN SDGs: How Can Investors Unlock Market Value and Reduce Reputational Risk?

Global progress on the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and 169 targets set by the United Nations member states in 2015 is markedly off track from 2030 targets. Only 15% of SDGs targets are on track, according to the 2023 special edition of th...

Product Updates, UN SDGs February 2, 2024 • Andrés Cruz, Ani Widham, Austin Ritzel

Beyond Good Intentions: The Role of SDG Misalignment Analysis

Investors need to perform a dual-lens analysis to ensure true alignment of their investments to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs) Just as investors do not invest in companies where they know only the assets, and not the liabilities, [&he...

Product Updates, UN SDGs December 7, 2023 • Andrés Cruz, Ani Widham

Granularity on SDG Alignment is Needed to Find an Edge in Sustainable Investment

A deeper analysis of companies’ contribution to SDGs can better inform engagement strategies and improve stakeholders’ communication So long as achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) still requires an estimated annual inves...

UN SDGs August 10, 2023 • BlackRock and Clarity AI

Webinar: Optimizing UN SDG Alignment through Revenue Assessments

The latest Clarity AI research highlights a significant gap between the intentions of the UN Sustainable Development Goal funds and their impact in countries with the greatest need for sustainable development. On average, companies in SDG funds sel...

UN SDGs July 17, 2023 • Ani Widham, Andrés Cruz, Renato Coelho, Lucía Vega-Penichet

Companies Included in SDG Funds Are Not Generating Economic Activity in Countries That Need It Most

Research by Clarity AI found that companies in SDG funds sell less than 1% in the countries that need the most

UN SDGs January 25, 2023 • Ángel Agudo

Tracking Performance Against the UN SDGs

In collaboration with Reuters, Clarity AI, VP of Product, Ángel Agudo sat down to discuss how companies can work to incorporate the UN SDGs in their analyses. Read the full article

Climate, Data Coverage, UN SDGs June 15, 2022 • Andrés Olivares, Henry (Chun-Yu) Lin

Ocean Acidification is Led by 3 Sectors

Environmental impact analysis: Identifying sectors causing most harm to our oceans The month of June contains World Ocean Day, and in recognition of that, Clarity AI analyzed the impact on our oceans that different sectors have, using a key metric [&...

ESG Impact, UN SDGs November 26, 2021

Impact Investing: Measuring What Matters

Underscoring the need for a consistent approach to ESG impact reporting measurement The measurement of Impact investing currently has many dialects but no lingua franca. The Global Impact Investment Network (GIIN) defines impact investments as “inv...

ESG Impact, UN SDGs November 25, 2021

Impact Investing and Financial Sectors

Research on impact investing shows 41% of results can be explained by a company’s sector Clarity AI has a holistic approach to societal impact when aggregating all the different dimensions of impact for the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG...

Data Coverage, Technology, UN SDGs November 20, 2021

Using the UN SDG Framework to Measure Impact

As we outlined in our recent article, Impact Investing: Measuring What Matters, there is no singular universally recognized means of measuring impact. One approach that Clarity AI uses is to understand the impact that a company has on each of [&helli...

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UN SDGs November 1, 2021

Quantifying Corporate Societal Impact Using United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals

Access the second in a series of Clarity AI and Qontigo research papers focusing on how the SDGs framework can be used to produce estimates of companies’ impact.

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UN SDGs August 1, 2021

On the Way to Impact Investment: Mind the Gap between Theory and Practice

Clarity AI collaborated with Qontigo to deep dive into the theory and practice of impact investment, define the gaps and propose the reconciliation methods between the two.

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