This article provides a review of different global financial institutions and how they are making progress towards the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs) through examination of their mission statements, stated purposes, financial products & services, and sustainable development projects. Through archival research, this study conducts an empirical investigation of how financial institutions are making progress on global environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues. For each type of international financial institution, this study presents a prominent sample entity, evidence of value creation for the common good, and relationship to specific UN SDGs. This study provides evidence of different global institutions financing sustainability projects that create value for the common good with long‐term impact horizons. The evidence suggests that the combination of social factors and environmental factors outweigh the financial factors in the realized projects. This study proposes a novel approach towards comparing financial institutions in creating value for the common good based on the sustainable finance framework of Schoenmaker (2017, Investing for the common good: A sustainable finance framework. Bruegel).

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联合国可持续发展目标和全球金融：最新证据

本文通过审查其使命宣言、既定宗旨、金融产品和服务以及可持续发展项目，回顾了不同的全球金融机构以及它们如何在实现联合国可持续发展目标 (UN SDG) 方面取得进展。通过档案研究，本研究对金融机构如何在全球环境、社会和治理（ESG）问题上取得进展进行了实证调查。对于每种类型的国际金融机构，本研究提供了一个突出的样本实体、为共同利益创造价值的证据以及与具体联合国可持续发展目标的关系。这项研究提供了不同全球机构资助可持续发展项目的证据，这些项目为具有长期影响力的共同利益创造价值。有证据表明，在已实现的项目中，社会因素和环境因素的结合超过了财务因素。本研究提出了一种基于 Schoenmaker 可持续金融框架（2017 年，为共同利益投资：可持续金融框架。Bruegel）比较金融机构为共同利益创造价值的新颖方法。