| Introduction : Country: Home-based with travels Description of the Assignment: Enterprise Support Coordination Consultant Period of assignment/services: 200 working dats within 18 months
SDG Impact is part of the UNDP Sustainable Finance Hub (SFH), working to accelerate private sector contributions towards the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030. Its objective is to help businesses and investors embed sustainability at the core of management decisions and direct capital to where it can make the most difference to people and planet. Through the SDG Investor Maps (the ‘Maps’), UNDP provides market intelligence to the private sector seeking to direct capital to emerging markets where development needs and policy priorities converge. The SDG Impact Standards (the ‘Standards’) guide the private sector make management decisions to optimize interrelated economic, social, and environmental impacts. The upcoming SDG Impact Assurance Framework and SDG Impact Seal recognizes adopters of the SDG Impact Standards who are more likely to be contributing positively to sustainability. The findings of the SDG Investor Maps are publicly accessible on the SDG Investor Platform, and SDG Impact Standards for four asset classes are available on the SDG Impact website.
In Asia, SDG Impact, UNDP Country offices and their government partners have launched 8 SDG Investor Maps so far of which 4 are from the ASEAN region. Centre for Impact Investments and Practices (CIIP), a wholly owned subsidiary of Temasek Trust, is the anchor partner for SDG Impact and has supported the development of the SDG Investor Maps in ASEAN leading to the discovery of 91 Investment Opportunity Areas (IOAs) across 5 countries- Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam. More countries are in the pipeline for 2023.
At the backdrop of the persistent inequities, exacerbated further by COVID-19 pandemic and the urgency to tackle the climate crisis, it is abundantly clear that the achievement of the 2030 Agenda calls for a whole-of-society approach where widespread and deep engagement with the private sector is crucial. Meanwhile, the challenge of meeting SDGs is not just about mobilizing more financial resources, rather about engaging more comprehensive resources – talents, know-how, entrepreneurial acumen, and energy of people to address the 2030 Agenda. Businesses play a key role in addressing various problems and current challenges and have the potential to achieve the SDGs through innovative technology solutions and sustainable business models. However, their set-up, scale- up, and operations successes are challenged by the requirement of more thorough processes with an elevated focus on social and environmental impact. Despite increasing capital commitments from impact- focused investors, the task of identifying investible, effective, scalable, and inclusive projects and solutions that address systemic impact remains difficult
To connect the dots between the identified SDG market intelligence with SDG-enabling enterprises that can potentially lead to transactions flowing into purposeful and regenerative businesses, SDG Impact and CIIP are launching the ‘Pipeline For SDGs Program’ (PFSP) that aims to create a pipeline of high quality impact-focused enterprises to be matched with fit for purpose funding. The program will run through two years between 2023-2025. Thematically focused on Climate Adaptation, Healthcare and Education, the program will focus on a cohort of participating growth-stage enterprises from Indonesia, the Philippines and Vietnam to start with and may add other Asian countries subject to funding support. The program will offer comprehensive Impact Management and Measurement (IMM) capacity building with leadership coaching/mentoring to manage for impact, ultimately helping companies build an authentic impact narrative to match their investment rationale. The program will also seek to drive transactions through matchmaking efforts
Given the ambition of the program, UNDP SDG Impact plans to onboard an experienced Program Manager to closely manage the day-to-day activities of the PFSP and to ensure that the program is geared to achieve learning and outcome objectives of the program
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