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The successful IPO by the the Turkish pharmaceutical company Gen Ilac exemplifies the key interest in sustainable development opportunities in Turkey, and validates the approach and the findings of the Turkey SDG Investor Map.

To bring the SDG Impact Standards to life, we feature impactful voices that underpin the need for change and lead the way towards greater impact. In our first story, we would like to draw your attention to Jane Gleeson-White and her article about the "patriarchy of economics".

We are pleased to share a testimonial for our SDG Impact Standards issued by the Rating and Investment Information, Inc. (R&I), which is Japan’s largest rating agency established in 1998

The UNDP SDG Impact Steering Group Member Ken Shibusawa discusses how the SDG Impact Standards and the SDG Investor Maps will help to guide investments in the future in an interview with GREENxGLOBE (in Japanese).

Accompanying the Ghana - Japan Investment Seminar held on 13 July 2021, the UNDP TICAD Unit translated the Ghana SDG Investor Map into Japanese to engage the country's private sector on opportunities in Ghana.

An analysis of the African investment opportunities shows a focus on the priority sectors Food and Beverage, Infrastructure, Health Care, Education, and Renewable Resources and Alternative Energy, which exhibit similar categories with overarching opportunities for investors on the continent.

UNDP Colombia, based on the country's SDG Investor Map, conducts a Growth Stage Impact Ventures (GSIV) Call for Nominations for mission-driven enterprise focusing on high impact, which will be invited to the SDG Finance Geneva Summit.

UNDP Ghana organised the “Ghana – Japan Investment Seminar: Business Opportunities and SDG Impact Areas” business seminar on 13 July 2021 with the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC) and the UNIDO's Investment and Technology Promotion Office in Tokyo.

UNDP SDG Impact moves into institutionalization and adoption stages and reflects on achievements in the first 2.5 years at the occasion of its Steering Group meeting held in May 2021.

The Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC) joined the United Nations Development Programme’s (UNDP) SDG Impact, and Global Investor for Sustainable Development (GISD) Alliance, to unveil the "SDG Investment Platform" tool that provides market intelligence on investment opportunities in Ghana and beyond.