About this episode
This episode explores the role of the SDGs in guiding impactful investments and discusses related challenges and considerations.
Investors are looking to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as one tool to help guide impactful investments. This episode of Fixed on ESG explores the role of the SDGs as a framework for identifying opportunities, SDG-related challenges (e.g. "SDG washing"), the financing gap, methodological issues in assessing contributions, and factors to consider when balancing operational performance with business model alignment. PGIM Fixed Income's Nuvneet Dhillon, CFA , ESG Specialist, hosts this discussion with Armelle de Vienne , Co-Head of ESG Research, and Yacine Rachid , ESG Specialist. Recorded on March 19, 2025.
People in this episode
Host: Nuvneet Dhillon
Guests: Armelle de Vienne, Yacine Rachid
Topics covered
- Sustainable Development Goals
- impact investing
- SDG washing
- financing gap
- methodological issues
- operational performance
- business model alignment
Keywords
- SDGs
- impactful investments
- SDG washing
- financing gap
- ESG
- methodology
- operational performance
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: United Nations, PGIM Fixed Income
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