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What role can institutional investors play in contributing to the UN Sustainable Development Goals?
ShareAction is a UK-based charity working across the investment system to promote Responsible Investment, and helps investors better serve savers, society and the environment. The Sustainable Development Goals aim to enhance economic growth, preserve the …
CIVICUS: Global civil society platform on sustainable development
Caption: In 2015, citizens gathered on London’s Millennium Bridge and other famous landmarks around the world to call on world leaders to adopt the SDGs. 2016 ushers in the implementation phase of the Sustainable Development …
Interview: Peter Laugharn
What is it like to come into a foundation which, since its inception, has had a strong and continuous family involvement in its running? How important are family values to a family foundation? And how …
Where is the sense of urgency about climate change?
I found a sense of urgency missing in Matthieu Calame’s article, ‘The long march towards responsible money’, in the December issue of Alliance. As the mission commander famously stated on the Apollo 13 mission to …
Alliance Breakfast Club – The role of philanthropy in creating sustainable cities
The latest Alliance Breakfast Club, held in association with the Big Lottery Fund addressed ‘the role of philanthropy in creating sustainable cities’. This question was inspired by Alliance magazine’s December 2015 special feature, Why philanthropy …
Interview – Rien van Gendt
The Long View Fewer people are better placed than Rien Van Gendt to give an informed perspective on where philanthropy has been and where it is going. Not only is he a veteran of European …
Foundations can set the agenda for SDG partnerships
The growing interdependence between countries and the global nature of many of the problems will require the efforts of all parts of the development community to implement the Sustainable Development Goals. They will all need …
Advancing impacts, not numbers
Sustainable development goals (SDGs) are becoming buzzwords. I have been asked whether philanthropy institutions should participate in SDGs. I believe the philanthropy community should engage in any global initiative relevant to its work that contributes …
The long march towards responsible money
The majority of philanthropy institutions fulfil the SDGs through their grants. What about the rest of their metabolism? What is the global impact of PIs? If you consider a single PI – for instance our …
Peace in the new development agenda
Recent United Nations and World Bank reports have highlighted that almost no fragile or low-income country has met MDG targets. This fragility is widespread, with the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP) finding that 2 …