United Nations and Impact Shares Announce Launch of Sustainable Development Goals Global Equity ETF (NYSE Arca: SDGA)

Impact Shares, the nonprofit ETF sponsor supported by The Rockefeller Foundation, announced the launch of the Sustainable Development Goals Global Equity ETF (NYSE Arca: SDGA) in collaboration with the United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF), the UN agency that makes public and private finance work for the poor in the world’s 47 Least Developed Countries (LDCs).

The new ETF allows investors to invest alongside companies that are deploying capital to help achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a universal call to action to reduce poverty and support economic development globally. The fund also reflects the importance of the LDC markets and UNCDF’s efforts to increase transformative private sector investments in emerging local economies and ensure that no one is left behind.