Using the Trucost SDG Dataset, investors can calculate the proportion of company’s “Sustainable Development Goal” revenues that are positioned for achieving the UN’s 2030 Sustainable Agenda.

Within the S&P 500 and MSCI World, equities with the highest SDG exposure (Tertile 1) outperform those with the lowest (Tertile 3) by 2.1% and 1.6% on average annually, respectively.

Constructing SDG aligned portfolios from the S&P 500® and the MSCI World results in a positive active return over the time period of +10.4% and +12.7% respectively.