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Add to Preferred SourcesProgress towards achieving the 2030 Agenda remains slow and uneven: we are now at high risk of missing the targets of several Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
A major obstacle to advancing SDGs in emerging and developing economies is that most private finance and business activities are neither aligned with SDGs nor compatible with low-emission, climate-resilient development pathways.
The 2020 edition of the Conference will focus on the theme: “Aligning finance with the SDGs”. Every decision we make, every dollar we spend, every product and service we provide must align with sustainable development.
Speakers and participants will discuss on how the international community can foster a collective shift towards alignment at two levels:
- directing development and commercial finance towards socially and environmentally sustainable projects;
- ensuring business operations contribute to the Goals, through their employment, sourcing and other relevant practices and policies.
In 2020, a cross-section of policymakers from emerging, developing and OECD countries, investors and representatives of corporations, development finance institutions, research centres, foundations, and civil society will share examples and new insights to identify and scale solutions.
The 2020 Private Finance for Sustainable Development Conference will be held with back-to-back workshops and seminars.
VENUE:
Paris, France
28-30 January 2020
Original source: OECD
Published on 04 December 2019