Only days ahead of the historic summit to adopt the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a new UN study produced in partnership with the California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) calls on regulators to implement proactive policies that build institutional investment frameworks, institutions and culture with sustainability at their core.

With an estimated annual financing gap of up to US $7 trillion a year in infrastructure investments alone, the global financial system, worth more than US $300 trillion, has a potential to transform the international economic landscape.

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