Featured Partners
Convergence: Member of our Investor Advisory Group to provide feedback and direct coaching on proposed blended finance instruments.
OECD: Member of our Investor Advisory Group to provide feedback and direct coaching on proposed blended finance instruments.
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development: Member of our Investor Advisory Group to provide feedback and direct coaching on proposed blended finance instruments.
Islamic Development Bank: Member of our Investor Advisory Group to provide feedback and direct coaching on proposed blended finance instruments.
Old Mutual Invetsment Group: Member of our Investor Advisory Group to provide feedback and direct coaching on proposed blended finance instruments.
Mirova Natural Capital: Member of our Investor Advisory Group to provide feedback and direct coaching on proposed blended finance instruments.
Children’s Investment Fund Foundation: Member of our Investor Advisory Group to provide feedback and direct coaching on proposed blended finance instruments.
Bamboo Capital: Member of our Investor Advisory Group to provide feedback and direct coaching on proposed blended finance instruments.
Rockefeller Foundation: Member of our Investor Advisory Group to provide feedback and direct coaching on proposed blended finance instruments.
UBS Optimus Foundation: Member of our Investor Advisory Group to provide feedback and direct coaching on proposed blended finance instruments.
BNP Paribas: Member of our Investor Advisory Group to provide feedback and direct coaching on proposed blended finance instruments.
Credit Suisse: Member of our Investor Advisory Group to provide feedback and direct coaching on proposed blended finance instruments.
TIAA: Member of our Investor Advisory Group to provide feedback and direct coaching on proposed blended finance instruments.
Rabobank: Member of our Investor Advisory Group to provide feedback and direct coaching on proposed blended finance instruments.
Société Générale: Member of our Investor Advisory Group to provide feedback and direct coaching on proposed blended finance instruments.
IFC: Member of our Investor Advisory Group to provide feedback and direct coaching on proposed blended finance instruments.
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The work of the Joint SDG Fund would not be possible without our partners. Our partners range from UN member states, to international financial institutions, to philanthropies, to UN agencies, to local civil society organizations. Our partners provide support through direct grants to the Joint SDG Fund, co-investment in Fund's supported financial vehicles, acting as a sounding board and providing investment advice to our programmes and proposals, directly implementing programmes and more.
Donors
The Joint SDG Fund’s donors play a critical role by providing the grant funding that the Joint SDG Fund uses to fund programmes and design stage proposals. The financial instruments would not be possible without the generous contributions of our donors, many of which are UN member states.
Implementing Agencies
Our programmes are implemented by consortia of UN agencies. However, the UN agencies do not implement these programmes alone. They are supported by other implementing partners, which include local and national governments, civil society organisations, local banks, international financial institutions, development finance institutions, and many more.
United Nations Development Programme helps countries eliminate poverty and achieve sustainable economic growth and human development.
United Nations Capital Development Fund makes public and private finance work for the poor in the world's 46 least developed countries.
United Nations Children's Fund is responsible for providing humanitarian and developmental aid to children worldwide.
United Nations Population Fund is a UN agency aimed at improving reproductive and maternal health worldwide.
International Labour Organization mandate is to advance social and economic justice through setting international labour standards.
World Food Programme is the world's largest humanitarian organization focused on hunger and food security, and the largest provider of school meals.
Food and Agriculture Organization leads international efforts to defeat hunger and improve nutrition and food security.
International Organization for Migration provides services and advice concerning migration to governments and migrants, including internally displaced persons, refugees, and migrant workers.
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific is one of the five regional commissions under the jurisdiction of the United Nations Economic and Social Council.
International Fund for Agricultural Development is an international financial institution and a specialised agency that works to address poverty and hunger in rural areas of developing countries.
The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV and AIDS is the main advocate for accelerated, comprehensive and coordinated global action on the HIV/AIDS pandemic.
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe is one of the five regional commissions under the jurisdiction of the United Nations Economic and Social Council.
United Nations Environment Programme is responsible for coordinating responses to environmental issues within the United Nations system.
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialised agency aimed at promoting world peace and security through international cooperation in education, arts, sciences, and culture.
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees is mandated to aid and protect refugees, forcibly displaced communities, and stateless people, and to assist in their voluntary repatriation, local integration or resettlement to a third country.
United Nations Industrial Development Organization is a specialized agency that assists countries in economic and industrial development.
UN Women is working for gender equality and the empowerment of women.
World Health Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for international public health.
World Meteorological Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for promoting international cooperation on atmospheric science, climatology, hydrology and geophysics.
Implementing Partners
Supporting the UN agencies in implementation, these partners form the consortia working on the ground and provide critical technical support, expertise and advice to UN teams in developing countries.
The GFCR is a blended finance instrument to mobilise action and resources to protect and restore coral reef ecosystems.
A development and management partnership for green and blue businesses. A partner of WWF and the Great Sea Reef Resilience Programme. A partner of UN and the Global Fund for Coral Reefs On the ground in Fiji.
Blue finance international team ensures a management focus on conservation strategy execution and revenue development.
At Sense we use private sector skills to solve tough development challenges. We’re an economic development consultancy known for facing the facts, working the numbers, deep insight and getting things done.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Business and International Cooperation Suriname
Trustbank Amanah provides Islamic Baking model that can serve as an incentive for economic development and diversification.
Wageningen University & Research is a public university in Wageningen, Netherlands, specializing in technical and engineering subjects and an important center for life sciences and agricultural research.
A national Biodiversity and Climate Fund, funded through a grant from the Global Environment Facility, and implemented by UNDP in partnership with CEPA.
Mandiri Capital Indonesia is a corporate venture firm that accelerates innovation agenda of the group within fintech industry.
The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation is an inter-governmental forum for 21 member economies in the Pacific Rim that promotes free trade throughout the Asia-Pacific region.
Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Melanesia between the Indian and Pacific oceans.
Bamboo Capital Partners is an impact investing platform which provides innovative financing solutions to businesses in emerging markets serving the needs of low and middle income populations, catalysing lasting impact.
Established to develop policies that would create economic regulatory environment that would be conducive to promoting industry and trade and tourism as well as promoting Malawi products both on local and international markets.
CGC is a non-profit with a mission to halt climate change by accelerating investment in clean energy technologies.
IDB Lab is the innovation laboratory of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Group.
INACOOP's objective is to promote the economic, social and cultural development of the cooperative sector and its insertion in the development of the country.
The International Renewable Energy Agency is an intergovernmental organization mandated to facilitate cooperation, advance knowledge, and promote the adoption and sustainable use of renewable energy.
We’re on a mission to trigger millions of positive life choices by young people and make an unsurpassed impact on global health and well-being.
We are an impact finance firm. We create innovative finance mechanisms and use impact investing & fund management to scale financing solutions. Throughout our work, we serve the dual objective of impact & profit.
MCB Ltd, a subsidiary and the mainstay of MCB Group Ltd, is the longest-standing and leading banking institution in Mauritius.
Investisseurs & Partenaires (I&P) is a pioneering impact investment group entirely dedicated to financing and supporting small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and start-ups in Sub-Saharan Africa.
SUNREF provides solutions for the new energy and environmental transition by helping private actors in the South to seize its opportunities and encouraging local financial institutions to finance it.
The Private Financing Advisory Network is a global network of climate and clean energy financing experts.
Ministry of Economy and Finance, Madagascar
AEC's bankable Coal to Energy and PV Solar technologies offer clients a varied selection to ensure their power requirements are met for both renewable and base-load energy applications.
Centennial is an experienced turnkey platform with a proven track record of financing, engineering, operating and maintaining solar and battery storage projects for commercial and industrial organizations.
Release designs, finances and installs scalable solar power plants and battery storage and leases out the equipment on short- or long-term contracts. Release is owned and managed by Scatec ASA.
Solarise Africa is a pan-African energy leasing company. Through close collaboration with our partners, we provide smart financing solutions for various renewable energy technologies across Africa.
As an international development and engineering company, Soventix offers a broad spectrum of planning and consulting services for solar projects throughout all stages.
FINSEC is a flagship project which will develop, demonstrate and bring to market an integrated, intelligent, collaborative and predictive approach to the security of critical infrastructures in the financial sector.
Africa’s leader in Clean Power Development and Engineering, Procurement & Construction (EPC).
ANF Capital provides financing and M&A advisory services to businesses primarily in Southern Africa region with focus on Energy, Telecom and Infrastructure deals.
A Zimbabwean Africa Focused Investment Banking Firm.
Kakamega County, Homabay County, Kisii County, Kisumu County, Mombasa County, Migori County, Bungoma County, Kenya
Technical Partners
To ensure that our programmes and proposals are of the highest quality, we have partnered with Rockefeller, Convergence Blended Finance and more. These partners have provided quality assurance support in the sourcing and evaluation of proposals that the Joint SDG Fund received. In addition, Convergence Blended Finance has provided blended finance trainings, a white paper analysis of the Joint SDG Fund’s design stage proposal development, and will publish thematic data briefs in 2022.
Convergence is the global network for blended finance. Generates blended finance data, intelligence, and deal flow to increase private sector investment in developing countries.
The Rockefeller Foundation seeks to inspire and foster large-scale human impact that promotes the well-being of humanity by identifying and accelerating breakthrough solutions, ideas and conversations.
Investors
Investors co-invest alongside the Joint SDG Fund in the financial instruments we support. Many of these investors are also implementing partners, serving as fund managers and many more. These investors provided the co-investment that the Joint SDG Fund has already leveraged. If you are interested in investing in one or more of the financial instruments supported by the Joint SDG Fund, please reach out to Massimiliano Riva, Investment Advisor to the Fund, and we will connect you to the programme team that is fundraising for the instrument(s) you are interested in.
The GFCR is a blended finance instrument to mobilise action and resources to protect and restore coral reef ecosystems.
The GEF is the largest multilateral trust fund focused on enabling developing countries to invest in nature, and supports the implementation of major international environmental conventions.
Carnival Cruise Line is an international cruise line with headquarters in Doral, Florida.
Old Mutual Investment Group is the asset management business responsible for listed investments. One of South Africa’s premier investment managers.
The EBRD was created in April 1991 to 'foster the transition towards open market-oriented economies and to promote private and entrepreneurial initiative'.
The Islamic Development Bank is a multilateral development bank (MDB), working to improve the lives of those we serve by promoting social and economic development in Member countries and Muslim communities worldwide, delivering impact at scale.
Government of North Macedonia
Papua New Guinea, in the southwestern Pacific, encompasses the eastern half of New Guinea and its offshore islands.
The Banco de la República Oriental del Uruguay, founded in 1896, is the most important bank in Uruguay.
Mirova offers investment strategies which make it possible to finance projects and companies at any stage of maturity that provide solutions to sustainable development challenges while pursuing financial performance.
Halkbank offers comprehensive financial products and services in order to make the dreams of Turkish investors’ come true.
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A., better known by its initialism BBVA, is a Spanish multinational financial services company based in Madrid and Bilbao, Spain.
HSBC, one of the largest banking and financial services institutions in the world, serves millions of customers through its four Global Businesses.
Banco Itaú Unibanco S.A. is a Brazilian financial services company headquartered in São Paulo, Brazil.
UBS Optimus Foundation and Bridges are partnering to launch the first global fund to invest in Impact Bonds, leveraging on the UK track record and recent successes recorded in emerging markets.
CIFF is the world's largest philanthropy that focuses specifically on improving children's lives.
Uruguay is a South American country known for its verdant interior and beach-lined coast.
NLB Group is the largest banking and financial group in Slovenia with an exclusive strategic interest in South-eastern Europe.
Komercijalna banka Skopje is a commercial bank with headquarters in Skopje, North Macedonia.
Stopanska Banka AD Bitola is a private commercial bank in North Macedonia. As of July 2021, bank's shares are included in Macedonia Stock Exch.
Currently it is the largest bank in the Republic of North Macedonia by equity and branch network.
The Sparkassen are a group of savings banks that have been operating across Germany since the first one was established in Hamburg in 1778.
The Bank has been supporting the establishment of many famous Georgian brands, assisting various local businesses in broadening their activities, attracting a number of foreign investments and successfully implementing international projects.
The ProCredit Bank finances renewable energy projects and it also takes into account environmental risks when lending.
Providers of wealth creation, management & protection through insurance, life assurance, asset management and micro finance solutions.
CABS is an established and strong brand name in the financial retail market in Zimbabwe.
Committed to the sustainable global agenda to end poverty in all its forms; we develop financial solutions to fight financial exclusion and energy exclusion.
Impact Management
As part of our commitment to enhanced transparency and following best practices, the Joint SDG Fund has partnered with OECD and UNDP’s SDG Impact to implement Impact Management and Measurement Standards. At the portfolio level, the Joint SDG Fund has implemented OECD’s impact management standards, which can be found here. Each of our Catalytic Investment programmes are implementing the SDG Impact Standards for bonds, private equity funds and enterprises promulgated by UNDP’s SDG Impact.
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development is an intergovernmental economic organisation with 38 member countries, to stimulate economic progress and world trade.
SDG Impact is a UNDP initiative, tasked with developing resources under three central pillars to accelerate investment towards achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals by 2030.
Investor Advisory Groups
To support our programmes, we have called on members of the private sector, international financial institutions, development finance institutions, philanthropies, family offices, intermediaries, impact investors and more to provide sounding boards, coaching, and other support to our programmes and proposals. Based on the thematic sector, geographic location, type of instrument each proposal is developing, and the need for additional support, the Fund matches its programmes with different members of our Investor Advisory Group, who then provide feedback on proposed instruments, direct coaching, and other support to the proposal teams. In addition, we have organized webinars where Investor Advisory Group members share important aspects of their own work, and provide informative webinars on challenges in designing and implementing blended finance mechanisms that are faced across multiple proposals.
Aceli Africa envisions a thriving market where capital flows unlock the growth and impact potential of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the agriculture sector.
The ACTAI Global community has an incredibly accomplished professional network who’s collective passion brings them together to positively change the world.
Bamboo Capital Partners is an impact investing platform which provides innovative financing solutions to businesses in emerging markets serving the needs of low- and middle income populations, catalysing lasting impact.
Bloomberg Associates is the philanthropic consulting arm of Michael R. Bloomberg’s charitable organization, Bloomberg Philanthropies.
Managing marine protected areas for marine biodiversity and local livelihoods.
BlueOrchard is a leading global impact investment manager. As a pioneering impact investor, we are dedicated to generating lasting positive impact for communities and the environment, while aiming to provide attractive returns to investors.
Capricorn Investment Group’s mission is to pursue extraordinary investment results by leveraging market forces to scale solutions to global problems.
Clarmondial creates value by proactively designing and implementing investment solutions within the natural resource management sectors.
Cornell University is a private Ivy League and statutory land-grant research university, based in Ithaca, New York.
The Coalition for Private Investment in Conservation is a global multi-stakeholder initiative focused on enabling conditions that support a material increase in private, return-seeking investment in conservation.
Criterion Institute is a nonprofit think tank that works with social change-makers to demystify finance and broaden their perspective on how to engage with , and shift financial systems.
Our mission is to unlock the power of capital to make a strong return and a lasting difference in frontier markets.
The Finnish Brain Association – focusing on speech and the brain.
GAWA Capital is an impact investment advisory firm focused on building opportunities for low-income communities via investments in social companies.
Grand Challenges Canada is a Canadian nonprofit organization that uses a Grand Challenges model to fund solutions to critical health and development challenges in the developing world.
HSBC Global Asset Management and Pollination have partnered with the ambition to create the world's largest dedicated natural capital asset management company.
We are the pioneer in impact investing and the global leader in sustainability. We have transformed the financial system so that women, the environment and underserved communities are finally given a value and a voice in the global market.
ISF Advisors is the leading strategic and financial advisory group committed to mobilizing capital for a more sustainable, equitable, and productive global food system.
A committed player and a leading player in sustainable finance, Mirova is a conviction-based management company that offers its clients investment solutions combining the search for financial performance with environmental and social impact.
We are a global platform that mobilizes finance and innovation to deliver on the sustainable development goals.
Mirova is a conviction-based, B Corp certified management company that offers its clients investment solutions combining the search for financial performance with environmental and social impact.
NatureVest is the in-house impact investing team at The Nature Conservancy, working with our colleagues and conservation collaborators around the world to source and structure investment products that support TNC’s mission at scale.
We're a health technology company improving people's health and well-being through meaningful innovation.
We invest where capital is scarce, mostly in emerging markets, to change the outcomes of the most pressing issues of our time.
Social Finance is a not for profit consultancy organisation that partners with governments, service providers, the voluntary sector and the financial community to find better ways of tackling social problems in the UK and globally.
Starlight is a venture firm designed to address humanity's greatest challenges and opportunities.
Ventura X Ventures creates sustainable value and catalyses growth by connecting human and financial capital.
We are a nonprofit fighting poverty, disease, and inequity around the world.
Engaging strong partners to find solutions to some of the world’s greatest challenges.
CIFF is the world's largest philanthropy that focuses specifically on improving children's lives.
We seek to advance those goals with a better use of science and data and through collaboration with partners and grantees.
The Standard Chartered Foundation is a charitable foundation that tackles inequality by promoting greater economic inclusion for disadvantaged young people.
We are the only foundation linked to a global wealth manager staffed with philanthropy experts.
The Visa Foundation works with charitable organizations to support underserved people and communities. As its central focus committed to helping low-income, financially underserved micro and small enterprises around the world to thrive and prosper.
Vulcan's work includes award-winning real estate development, thoughtful partnerships, and supporting administration of the Paul G. Allen Estate.
Allianz SE is a German multinational financial services company headquartered in Munich, Germany. Its core businesses are insurance and asset management.
BNP Paribas offers global financial services and solutions to serve our clients and employees in a changing world.
Credit Suisse Group AG is a global investment bank and financial services firm founded and based in Switzerland.
Morgan Stanley helps people, institutions and governments raise, manage and distribute the capital they need to achieve their goals. We Advise, Originate, Trade, Manage and Distribute Capital. Learn More. Managing and Distributing Capital Around the Globe with a Standard of Excellence.
TIAA Investments is a global asset manager focused on achieving the best-possible long-term risk-adjusted returns for its clients.
Rabobank is a Dutch multinational banking and financial services company headquartered in Utrecht, Netherlands.
French multinational investment bank and financial services company headquartered in Paris, France.
Standard Chartered plc is a British multinational banking and financial services company headquartered in London, England.
The AfDB is a financial provider to African governments and private companies investing in the regional member countries.
The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank is a multilateral development bank that aims to improve economic and social outcomes in Asia.
DBSA provides hope, help, support, and education to improve the lives of people who have mood disorders.
The Department for International Development was the government department of the United Kingdom responsible for administering foreign aid.
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development is an international financial institution founded in 1991. As a multilateral developmental investment bank, the EBRD uses investment as a tool to build market economies.
The European Investment Bank is the European Union's investment bank and is owned by the EU Member States. It is one of the largest supranational lenders in the world.
The Export–Import Bank of the United States is the official export credit agency of the United States federal government.
FMO manages funds for the Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Economic Affairs of the Dutch government to maximize the development impact of private sector investments.
Global Affairs Canada is the department of the Government of Canada that manages Canada's diplomatic and consular relations, promotes Canadian international trade, and leads Canada's international development and humanitarian assistance.
The Inter-American Development Bank is the largest source of development financing for Latin America and the Caribbean.
The International Finance Corporation is an international financial institution that offers investment, advisory, and asset-management services to encourage private-sector development in less developed countries.
KfW is one of the world's leading promotional banks. KfW has been committed to improving economic, social and environmental living conditions across the globe.
The United States Agency for International Development is an independent agency of the United States federal government that is primarily responsible for administering civilian foreign aid and development assistance.
The Nordic Development Fund is the joint multilateral development finance institution of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden.
Terra Silva is the second field partnership of the Catalytic Capital Consortium, which is an investment, learning, and market development initiative launched by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, in partnership with The Rockefeller Foundation and Omidyar Network.
The Dutch government implements development policy together with various partners. Partnerships with international organisations, the business community, civil society organisations and knowledge institutions allow the Netherlands to pool knowledge, technology and networks.
The Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs (MFEA) defines and implements Luxembourg's foreign and European policy.
Academia
The Joint SDG Fund is always open to working with universities and students. In the past we have worked with groups of students from the University of Chicago, Harvard Business School, New York University, St. John’s University School of Law, and the London School of Economics. If you or your institution is interested in partnering with the Fund, please reach out to our Partnerships Specialist, Elaine Genser.
The London School of Economics and Political Science is a public research university located in London, England, and a constituent college of the federal University of London.
Harvard Business School is the graduate business school of Harvard University in Boston.
St. John's University School of Law is a law school in Jamaica, Queens, New York, United States, affiliated with St. John's University.
The New York University Leonard N. Stern School of Business is the business school of New York University, a private research university based in New York City.
Special Initiatives
The Joint SDG Fund is synonymous with innovation. Because of this, we are always looking for new and innovative partnerships. Our special initiatives include a partnership with a high net worth individual to catalyze financing through an impact fund for ocean themed initiatives. However, our special initiatives are not limited to impact funds. We are interested in exploring bonds, sovereign wealth fund collaborations, and even NFTs. If you or your organization is interested in co-creating a special initiative with the Joint SDG Fund, please contact our Partnerships Specialist, Elaine Genser; and our Investment Advisor, Massimiliano Riva.