MANILA, March 20 -- The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has launched a new market intelligence tool to help foreign and domestic businesses map investment opportunity areas (IOAs) across the Philippines.

The Philippines' Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Investor Map highlights 12 investment IOAs across the country, all aligned with the SDG, including climate finance initiatives and nature-based solutions.

Each IOA provides comprehensive information, including the specific development needs it addresses, anticipated developmental impacts, supportive conditions, potential impact risks, and illustrative case studies.

"As interest grows among private sector actors to align investment activity with the SDGs, there is a demons...