2023 Sustainability Report

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As an investment bank, asset manager, corporate issuer, and risk manager, our firm is uniquely positioned to help our clients achieve their sustainability objectives — from companies, institutional investors, and governments to individuals — each with their own distinct set of sustainability priorities. Our growing suite of sustainable finance services and solutions, delivered through our One Goldman Sachs commercial model, enables us to capture client demand for solutions that support our clients’ sustainability objectives and contribute to our $750 billion sustainable finance commitment. 

"As an investment bank, asset manager, corporate issuer, and risk manager, our firm is uniquely positioned to help our clients achieve their sustainability objectives — from companies, institutional investors, and governments to individuals — each with their own distinct set of sustainability priorities. Our growing suite of sustainable finance services and solutions, delivered through our One Goldman Sachs commercial model, enables us to capture client demand for solutions that support our clients’ sustainability objectives and contribute to our $750 billion sustainable finance commitment. "

"Driving Long-Term Value Through Sustainability"

Driving Long-Term Value Through Sustainability

For more than two decades, we have been helping our clients achieve their sustainability objectives. Our clients continue to seek markets expertise, access to capital, and innovative sustainable finance solutions to support their decarbonization and sustainable growth strategies. Through our recent work with clients in all sectors of the real economy across public and private markets, we share six thematic opportunities in today’s marketplace.

Working with Clients

"For more than two decades, we have been helping our clients achieve their sustainability objectives. Our clients continue to seek markets expertise, access to capital, and innovative sustainable finance solutions to support their decarbonization and sustainable growth strategies. Through our recent work with clients in all sectors of the real economy across public and private markets, we share six thematic opportunities in today’s marketplace."

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Data informs our decision-making, from how we manage our firm to how we help our clients deliver on their sustainability ambitions.

Leveraging Data and Metrics for Better Decision Making

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We are working with clients to help develop innovative blended finance structures to attract commercial capital towards projects that contribute to sustainable development.&nbsp;

Mobilizing Transition Finance through Public-Private Partnerships

We are leveraging our firm’s community development capital to support our communities. We are also investing our clients’ capital aligned with their thematic preferences across both public and private markets.

Unlocking Economic Opportunities

We seek to take a comprehensive approach to supporting emerging decarbonization technologies that will play a critical role in enabling a secure, affordable energy future.

Scaling Technology Solutions to Support the Energy Transition

We are helping our clients as they aim to create more sustainable transportation value chains from enhancing battery recycling to scaling grid-scale battery storage.

Enabling the New Transportation Sector Value Chain

We support our clients as they seek to help preserve natural capital and protect biodiversity loss.

Preserving Natural Capital and Protecting Biodiversity

"We have always acknowledged that navigating climate transition would be complex and that as a financial institution, our central focus should remain on how we can deliver sustainability solutions for our clients and grow commercial capabilities to support them."

We have always acknowledged that navigating climate transition would be complex and that as a financial institution, our central focus should remain on how we can deliver sustainability solutions for our clients and grow commercial capabilities to support them.

"Facilitating Our Clients’ Priorities Through Our $750B Sustainable Finance Commitment\r\nIn 2019, we developed our Sustainable Finance Framework and announced our firmwide 10-year, $750 billion sustainable finance commitment to support the increasing demand for sustainable finance solutions across our financing, investing, and advisory work with clients. We have made significant progress over the first four years, achieving approximately $555 billion in commercial activity, including:\r\n"

Facilitating Our Clients’ Priorities Through Our $750B Sustainable Finance Commitment
In 2019, we developed our Sustainable Finance Framework and announced our firmwide 10-year, $750 billion sustainable finance commitment to support the increasing demand for sustainable finance solutions across our financing, investing, and advisory work with clients. We have made significant progress over the first four years, achieving approximately $555 billion in commercial activity, including:

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Goldman Sachs 2023 TCFD Report

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Progress and Lessons from the Climate Innovation and Development Fund

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