Overview
The LSFI Data Platforms page is a curated list of open-source tools and databases supporting sustainable finance analysis. It offers access to datasets and analytical resources covering climate, biodiversity, carbon, transition and social metrics. Finance professionals may use this to inform risk analysis, ESG assessments and policy or investment decisions.
Organisation behind the tool
The resource is provided by the Luxembourg Sustainable Finance Initiative (LSFI), a not-for-profit association that supports the development of sustainable finance in Luxembourg’s financial centre. The initiative publishes and curates data platforms to aid professionals in navigating sustainable finance concepts and resources.
What the tool does
The page lists multiple platforms and describes their key capabilities. These include:
- Climate Impact Explorer (CIE): Time and spatial evolution of climate impact indicators for scenario analysis and stress testing.
- Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM): Survey-based research on global entrepreneurship.
- ABC-Map: Maps and scenario analysis on environmental impact of national policies and investments in agriculture and land use.
- ACT – Assessing Low Carbon Transition: Corporate climate strategy assessment against decarbonisation pathways.
- EDGE: Identifies cost-effective strategies to reduce building resource intensity.
- OPF Atlas: Digital map for carbon credit verification and issuance.
- Biodiversity Guidance Navigation tool: Guided natural capital and biodiversity assessment.
- Carbon Pricing Dashboard: Map and statistics on carbon pricing initiatives worldwide.
- Carbon Tracker’s Company profiles: Analysis of energy transition impacts on capital markets.
- CERISE Social Assessment tool (SPI4 and ALINUS): Benchmarks social performance and standards implementation.
- Users can search, filter or access direct links to external tools that offer data, visual maps, company assessments, scenario analysis and knowledge resources.
Target audience
Primary intended users include:
- Financial institutions
- Investors and asset owners
- Companies and corporate sustainability teams
- Policy makers and researchers
Some platforms also serve academia, venture capital, mortgage & real estate professionals, and development finance institutions.
Relevance to finance professionals
- Risk assessment – Identify climate impact pathways and scenario outcomes; analyse transition risks to sectors and geographies.
- ESG analysis – Access metrics on biodiversity, natural capital, social performance and corporate climate strategies for reporting or benchmarking.
- Market/commodity insights – Evaluate impacts on energy, agriculture, real estate and infrastructure via mapped data and economic indicators.
- Investment context – Support long-term analysis on carbon pricing, energy transition and entrepreneurship ecosystems.
The listing serves as an index to external analytical and data tools that inform sustainable finance decision-making without prescribing specific methodologies or recommendations.
