Not quite three years ago, the 193 UN Members adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), hailed by then Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon as a ‘universal, integrated and transformative vision for a better world’.

The UN Commission on Trade and Development has estimated that achieving the SDGs will require US$5-7 trillion in investment annually from 2015-2030, the vast majority needing to come from private capital.

At the same time, a report by the Business and Sustainable Development Commission estimated that achieving the SDGs could open up US$12 trillion of market opportunities in food and agriculture, cities, energy and materials, health and wellbeing.

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