This weekend sees the launch of the Sustainable Development
Goals (SDG) by the UN. They are important because they are a
globally agreed set of seventeen goals for all humanity. They range
from ending poverty and hunger to reducing inequality and providing
peace and justice. It is refreshing that development is described
in terms other than simple progression of GDP, because we all know
that while the economy and business is important it is not all
encompassing. Nevertheless the SDGs do recognise the important part
that investors and companies can play in delivering them.
This fits with the ethos behind the Sustainable Future funds.
Since their launch in 2001 we have held that certain companies are
part of the solution to sustainable development. That companies
providing products in healthcare, energy efficiency, pollution
control, and healthy nutrition will be successful and profitable
precisely because they are benefiting society. And that by
providing capital to
