Quantitative Mapping of Core Metrics to
Sustainable Development Investing
Mobilizing institutional capital toward the 2030 Agenda through the GISD SDI Definition and rigorous metric convergence.
Gary Low, CFA
Gary was retained by UN DESA to facilitate Working Group 3 during the mission-critical definition phase for the Global Investors for Sustainable Development Alliance.
Scaling Long-term Finance
Working directly with 30 CEOs of major global financial institutions and UN agencies including the World Bank, UNDP, UNCTAD and IMF, Gaya Capital helped formulate the SDI Definition Paper. This established Sustainable Development Investing as a distinct asset class, centered on Intentionality, Measurability, and Additionality.
Quantitative Interoperability.
Scope 1 & 2 performance metrics (tCO2e) aligned with international disclosure protocols.
Quantitative volume withdrawn vs percentage recycled in high-stress operational regions.
Supply chain analysis for forced labor risk calculated as absolute and percentage of operations.
Intentionality
Strategies must explicitly design for and track measurable SDG outcomes from the point of capital deployment.
Measurability
Using converged core metrics to provide institutional-grade comparability across global asset classes.
Additionality
Proving that positive outcomes result from capital that would not have occurred under business-as-usual.