Sustainable Development Goals at PIMCO
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Text on screen: Christian Stracke, President, Global Head of Credit research
Stracke: At PIMCO, we have a robust set of proprietary tools and frameworks that we use in deploying capital in sustainable investing, making sure that we see the degree to which issuers, companies are aligned with sustainable development goals, the 17 SDGs.
Power: I mean, I would add that the SDGs are global goals meant to apply to countries and economies everywhere. So both developed and developing markets.
Text on screen: Gavin Power, Sustainable Development and Internal Affairs
In terms of engagement, we're pleased to hold leadership seats in a number of international initiatives.
The global investors for the SDGs, the CFO Coalition for the SDGs, which Christian co-chairs and the Principles Responsible Investment or PRI and all of these programs are designed to mobilize private sector capital at scale towards the SDGs.
Stracke: PIMCO's influence in the sustainable bond market is considerable. We are one of the largest fixed income managers in the world.
Text on screen: We believe active management is the responsible way to invest
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We believe that active management is the responsible way to invest and we see sustainability as a key part of active management. We also see our clients increasingly looking for sustainability aligned investing to help them to secure progress on the path to the SDGs, but also to the Paris Accord goals and with that in mind, we have a strong commitment to be a key part of enhancing the growth and robustness of sustainable finance.
Power: I agree, this is a very exciting area and indeed asset class. Related, we continue to see the development of new tools and resources to assist both issuers and investors in terms of SDG investing.
Text on screen: TITLE - PIMCO’s guidance for sustainable investing through key industry partnershipsThe International Capital Markets Association (ICMA), Global Investors for Sustainable Development (GISD), Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
Here, I would reference the trade body ICMA, where we support their general market standards and norms as well.
We have our own PIMCO bond guidance and are working with groups like GISD and the OECD to develop new tools and standards for the market.
Stracke: Recently around the UN General Assembly, PIMCO participated in a very exciting forum on sustainability finance, where we gathered a number of different issuers, market practitioners, as well as people from the United Nations and other bodies, that all of which are interested in developing sustainable finance.
Power: Another recent event was the PRI's annual conference in Tokyo in early October, where 2000 investor delegates attended. We were pleased to lead a session there on
Text on screen: SDG investing areas of interest include renewable energy and social thematics
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SDG investing. Areas of interest included renewable energy, but also some of the social thematics, including decent work, gender and food security.
Looking forward, the UN Climate Conference in Dubai could be a quite consequential event and summit. This will feature the world's first global stock taking in terms of where
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governments are progressing or not progressing in relation to the Paris commitments. I think it's important to stress over that where governments maybe lagging, the private sector is actually leading in many respects in terms of commitments towards the energy transition.
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We look forward to exciting conversations in Dubai in areas such as renewable energy, science-based targets and carbon markets.
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