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Rainforest Action Network

Issue Focused NGOs & Think Tanks
Rainforest Action Network (RAN) preserves forests, protects the climate and upholds human rights by challenging corporate power and systemic injustice through frontline partnerships and strategic campaigns. RAN campaigns to stop deforestation, defund climate change and support grassroots movements and affected communities.
Organisation
2 research items

Bankrolling extinction: The banking sector's role in the global biodiversity crisis

Portfolio Earth
This report explores the contribution of the banking sector to the biodiversity crisis and the destruction of nature as of 2019. The report ranks the 50 largest banks globally based on their financing of unethical operations, finding a large impact on deforestation, ecosystem destruction and overfishing.
Research
6 January 2020

Chief Executives for Corporate Purpose (CECP)

Commercial Organisations
Chief Executives for Corporate Purpose (CECP) advises companies about how to build long-term sustainable value and positive impact. Working with executives and leaders in its coalition of companies from around the world, CECP shares actionable insights with its coalition of executives to address stakeholder needs.
Organisation
1 research item

Sustainable Finance Observatory

Finance / Corporate Focused NGOs & Think Tanks
Sustainable Finance Observatory (formerly 2 Degrees Investing Initiative) is an independent, non-profit think tank working to align financial markets and regulations with international climate goals. It does this through research, devising tools and methodologies and collaborating with other stakeholders to progress finance towards low carbon emissions.
Organisation
11 research items

Macroeconomic and financial policies for climate change mitigation: A review of the literature

International Monetary Fund
This research is a review of literature on the use of macroeconomic and financial policy tools for mitigating the impact of climate change. The paper explores the effectiveness of fiscal, financial and monetary policy instruments for such mitigation which it considers to be the transition to a low carbon economy.
Research
30 September 2019

MinterEllison

Commercial Organisations
MinterEllison is an Australian law firm, providing legal and consulting services through a global network of branches and affiliated entities. This includes advising on climate risk governance and the expectations of regulators and the community on environment, social and governance issues. It participates in climate change related initiatives.
Organisation
4 research items

Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN)

Finance / Corporate Focused NGOs & Think Tanks
The Global Impact Investing Network (“GIIN”) is a non-profit organisation dedicated to increasing the scale and effectiveness of impact investing. The GIIN seeks to facilitate knowledge exchange, highlight innovative investment approaches, build the evidence base, and produce valuable tools and resources to support the development of the impact investing industry.
Organisation
10 research items

Can government policies that drive strong economic outcomes for the private sector alleviate poverty?

United Nations Global Compact
The report examines how the adoption of policies that drive strong economic outcomes for the private sector often reduce poverty in the developing world, primarily through opportunities for job creation. In particular, the report calls for policies that promote greater access to credit and the protection of minority investors.
Research
11 October 2019

Appetite for disruption: A second serving

Farm Animal Investment Risk and Return (FAIRR)
This report explores the growth of the alternative protein market, particularly in the face of supply chain disruptions, food safety concerns from COVID-19, and global emissions. This is published alongside FAIRR's Sustainable Proteins Hub, an interactive tool which allows investors to assess how companies are diversifying toward alternative, climate-positive portfolios.
Research
27 July 2020

Sustainable investment survey 2020

PitchBook Data
PitchBook conducted a survey of 650 investors and advisors from around the world on the state of sustainable investing in 2020. The report highlights the need for better practices to measure and define goals as well as discrepancies between individual goals when engaging in sustainable investing.
Research
31 December 2020

Ellen MacArthur Foundation

Issue Focused NGOs & Think Tanks
The Ellen MacArthur Foundation develops and promotes the implementation of the circular economy in collaboration with industry, academia and policymakers.
Organisation
2 research items

Save the Children

Issue Focused NGOs & Think Tanks
Save the Children promotes the rights of children and seeks to improve the quality of life of children globally. The organisation responds to humanitarian crises, campaigns against human rights violations and aims to create a world in which all children survive, learn and are protected.
Organisation
1 research item

Global Witness

Issue Focused NGOs & Think Tanks
Global Witness is an investigative non-government organisation with the goal of a more sustainable, just and equal planet. It has a history of exposing environmental and human rights abuses, power imbalances and financial impact around the world.
Organisation
2 research items

Time for AIA to prove their climate credentials

Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA)
IEEFA report highlights AIA's discrepancies on its climate change commitments as visible from the carbon footprint of its portfolio. AIA, one of the world's largest financial firms and one of Asia's largest insurers, is estimated to hold up to US$6 billion in coal and coal-fired investments despite commitment to three global climate accords.
Research
31 December 2020

Gas and liquefied natural gas price volatility to increase in 2021

Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA)
Gas and liquefied natural gas prices are expected to experience greater volatility and higher spikes in 2021. This IEEFA research recommends consumers and businesses worldwide to consider reducing their consumption of gas energy as a means of cost-saving and look into cheaper, renewable sources of energy instead.
Research
31 January 2021

Asia Investor Group on Climate Change (AIGCC)

Finance Industry Groups
Asia Investor Group on Climate Change (AIGCC) is an initiative to create awareness and encourage action among Asia’s asset owners and financial institutions about the risks and opportunities associated with climate change and low carbon investing.
Organisation
7 research items
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