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Oliver Wyman
Oliver Wyman is a global management consulting firm that services other firms, governments and society. They offer multiple capabilities in areas such as risk management, strategy, climate and sustainability. Their services cover a wide variety of industries including automotive, energy and nature resources, industrial products, financial services and education.
Project SAGE series - Gender-lens investing
The 'Project SAGE' series are benchmark reports released by the Wharton Social Impact Initiative, tracks venture capital, private equity, and private debt investments with a gender lens. The project's goal was to provide a “point in time” capture of the expanding gender lens investing opportunities globally.
Greenwashing risks in asset management: Staying one step ahead
The practice of greenwashing is a key regulatory concern in the UK, EU and globally. Greenwashing involves making misleading statements about sustainable products. This report examines how greenwashing occurs and the regulatory initiatives that have emerged to combat this. The report provides five steps firms can take to prevent greenwashing.
Standard Chartered
Standard Chartered is a global bank with a distinctive network that stretches across core emerging markets in Asia, Africa, the Middle East and beyond. The bank has 85,000 employees and a presence in 59 markets, serving customers in close to 150 markets worldwide.
Growth without economic growth
Economic growth is closely correlated to environmental depletion and resource use. This report explores the need to decouple economic growth and resource consumption to achieve the sustainability goals and the European Green Deal. It introduces alternative views to economic growth including circular economics, green growth and doughnut economics.
European Environment Agency (EEA)
An agency of the European Union, that is tasked to provide sound, independent information on the environment. It aims to support sustainable development by helping to achieve significant and measurable improvement in Europe's environment, through the provision of timely, targeted, relevant and reliable information to policymaking agents and the public.
Moving mountains: Unlocking private capital for biodiversity and ecosystems
The Biodiversity Finance Initiative (BIOFIN) seeks to expand private sector contribution and collaboration in biodiversity conservation by developing this guide to assist their understanding of biodiversity and role of private capital in sustainability. This guide aims to assist the private sector in developing finance solutions for biodiversity conservation and finance.
A market review of nature-based solutions: An emerging institutional asset class
This report presents a global review of nature-based solutions (NbS), identifying and analysing 88 existing NbS investments between 2002 to 2021. The report identifies common trends of existing investments, both opportunities and barriers to NbS investments and suggests recommendations to institutional investors and policymakers.
Alternative proteins: Exploring the Asian appetite and conservation potential
Alternative proteins have the potential to address rising environmental, health and animal welfare concerns. The report shows the potential land that can be saved if the world adopts alternative proteins in place of meat, and provides an overview of the alternative protein market.
Amundi
Amundi is a European asset management company headquartered in France that is committed to responsible investment and offering savings and investment solutions for retail, institutional and corporate investors. It was founded in 2010 and has a strong focus on environmental, societal and governance ("ESG") investing.
A legal framework for impact: Sustainability impact in investor decision-making
The report examines whether laws within eleven diverse jurisdictions support institutional investors in pursuing sustainability outcomes, while at the same time earning a financial return. It discusses options available to policymakers for legal reform in order to facilitate investing for sustainability impact.
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
A global law firm that works with national and multinational corporations, financial institutions and governments. Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer specialises in legal services such as tax, intellectual property, antitrust, finance, real estate and corporate.
Net-zero challenge: The supply chain opportunity
Eight major value chains contribute to over half of the global carbon emissions, indicating that decarbonisation of the supply-chain will be essential in addressing corporate climate change impact. Abatement solutions are already available and affordable. This report addresses how to decarbonise the value chain based on industry.
Institutional asset owners: Strategies for engaging with asset managers for impact
This report explores strategies to better align institutional asset owners with asset managers when managing impact expectations and outcomes. When institutional investors incorporate impact, they can mitigate issues that threaten the long-term value of their assets, and leverage their capital to help address the world's most intractable challenges.
Boston Consulting Group
Boston Consulting Group (BCG) is a global consulting firm offering integrated solutions through management consulting, technology and design, and corporate and digital ventures. They work with clients to embrace a transformational approach aimed at benefiting all stakeholders, empowering organisations to grow, build sustainable competitive advantage, and drive positive societal impact.
A status report on financial institutions’ experiences from working with green, non green and brown financial assets and a potential risk differential
This 2020 report presents the results from a survey that assesses whether a risk differential can be detected between green, non-green and brown financial assets (loans and bonds). Based on information obtained by 49 banks, it presents a snapshot of current practices among financial institutions in their asset allocation.