Countdown for the SDG’s

When is too late for the SDG’s?

Jacob Hoehne
2 min readApr 13, 2021

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Let’s be honest, we were already behind before COVID slowed everything down. The target date of 2030 is looming to accomplish the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. As we try to emerge from a pandemic and into a new political climate, it’s more important than ever to accelerate our efforts. And that is going to take capital. A lot more of it.

We created this film that debuted at the Impact Summit Europe to thousands of impact investors, asset managers, asset owners, and the like. How can we accelerate the SDG’s in what is supposed to be the decade of action?

We aren’t going to get there alone. We aren’t going to make it working in silos with our limited sliver of insights. We aren’t going to get there without the support of investors, partners, policymakers, talent, donors, volunteers etc. How do we get them on our side? What are the most effective strategies? Unfortunately, it is mostly guesswork right now.

But with your help, we can change that.

We are partnering with the Impact Summit Europe, Phenix Capital, TBLI Group, SOCAP, and The United Way in a bold new research study that can arm the entire industry to better shift capital flows towards impact. We want to uncover what are the tools and techniques that work to drive impact and ROI, especially in the new normal. The focus of this study is not on delivering the impact, but rather on the messaging and marketing to those we need on our side.

Three ways you can assist this initiative:

  1. Fill out the survey (roughly 15 minutes). It’s completely anonymous. There’s no cost to particpate.
  2. Have your team fill it out. Getting viewpoints from different departments and facets of the organization is important.
  3. Share the survey with your community.

We’ll share the results freely with the impact community.

This is a group effort. Let’s learn what’s working in this new environment to shift more capital towards impact. Let’s advance and accelerate our efforts towards the SDG’s, before it really is too late.

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Jacob Hoehne

Impact Filmmaker — bringing to life the stories of social entrepreneurs, cause-brands and mission-driven orgs that are making the world a better place.