After 20 years of progress, we are now seeing rising inequality and poverty reaching levels not seen in a century, according to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

In response, there’s been an uptick in demand for companies to report on social impact through the UN Principles for Responsible Investment (UN PRI) – and along with it, an increase in misleading marketing through ‘social-washing’.

Of course, poverty is not the only critical UN sustainable development goal – there are actually 17 of them, of which many are interconnected.

To discuss, Read Taylor Price is the founder of Investors for Impact and director and managing partner at Alpencrest Capital.

Do investors play a role in driving meaningful change towards achievement of the UN SDGs, especially in an era of ‘socialwashing’?

Join host Rose Mary Petrass, senior journalist at FS Sustainability to find out more.