ABSTRACT

Investors recently adopted a novel approach to sustainable investing: engaging with countries to advance sustainable development. But engaging with sovereign entities on sustainability challenges, like the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), is complex. To guide sovereign debt investors in operationalizing this new sustainable investing strategy, this methodology and policy paper creates a framework that navigates the sovereign engagement process. The framework answers three questions: (i) who to engage with; (ii) what to engage on; and (iii) how to engage. First, countries are prioritized based on the investor's investment exposure and the country's progress on the SDGs. Second, using public data, SDGs and sub-targets are identified that face slow progress, thus being priorities to engage on. Third, a detailed roadmap is provided that offers a systematic approach to engaging with the identified country on selected SDG(s). This sovereign SDG Engagement Framework aims to help investors and countries achieve their shared sustainability objectives.

摘要

投资者最近采用了一种新颖的可持续投资方法：与各国合作推动可持续发展。但与主权实体就可持续发展目标（SDG）等可持续发展挑战进行合作是很复杂的。为了指导主权债务投资者实施这一新的可持续投资策略，本方法论和政策文件创建了一个指导主权参与流程的框架。该框架回答了三个问题：(i) 与谁合作；(ii) 从事什么工作；(iii) 如何参与。首先，根据投资者的投资敞口和国家在可持续发展目标方面的进展情况对国家进行优先排序。其次，利用公共数据，确定了进展缓慢的可持续发展目标和子目标，从而将其作为优先事项。第三，提供了详细的路线图，提供了与已确定的国家就选定的可持续发展目标进行合作的系统方法。这一主权可持续发展目标参与框架旨在帮助投资者和各国实现共同的可持续发展目标。