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Global outlook on financing for sustainable development 2025: Towards a more resilient and inclusive architecture

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
This report summarises global financing trends for sustainable development, noting investment gaps in developing economies, heightened debt vulnerabilities, and the need for coordinated reforms. It highlights the importance of blended finance, resilience-building, and aligning the international financial architecture to better support inclusive and sustainable growth.
Research
7 February 2025

Life Cycle Initiative

Government Sponsored / Multilateral Organisations
Life Cycle Initiative stewards global standards, tools and training for life-cycle assessment (LCA) and life-cycle thinking. It supports practitioners, policymakers and industry in applying LCA across plastics, textiles, tourism and construction. The initiative develops data networks, e-learning modules and hotspot analysis frameworks to advance sustainable decision making.
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1 research item

Enel: Industry case studies: Electric utility

United Nations Global Compact
This report presents Enel’s case study on implementing CFO Principles for the SDGs. It outlines historical drivers, sustainability disruption, strategic responses, and SDG investments, highlighting decarbonisation, electrification, and financial performance assessment. The report details Enel’s renewable energy expansion, SDG alignment, and integration of sustainability outcomes with financial results.
Research
20 September 2021

Climate Service Center Germany (GERICS)

Scientific Bodies
Climate Service Center Germany (GERICS) is a Hamburg-based research institute established in 2009 under Germany’s high-tech strategy. As part of Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon, GERICS employs an interdisciplinary team of over 80 scientists. It develops prototype climate-service products—such as fact-sheets, city series and signal maps—to support decision-makers adapting to climate change.
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1 research item

The triple gap in finance for agrifood systems

Climate Policy Initiative
This report identifies significant planning, finance, and data gaps in climate investment needed to transition global agrifood systems. Annual climate finance must increase by at least 40 times to USD 1.1 trillion by 2030. Current national commitments underestimate actual requirements, highlighting the need for clearer targets and improved data collection.
Research
19 November 2024

Impact economies tractions and trends: Insights from 34 GSG National Partners

GSG Impact
This report presents insights from 34 national ecosystems advancing impact investing. It highlights trends in policy, capital mobilisation, and transparency, showing governments and institutions integrating social and environmental outcomes into investment strategies. It tracks growth in green finance, outcome-based funding, and investment readiness across emerging and developed economies.
Research
13 May 2025

Critical mineral series: Sustainability considerations for investors in copper mining

ISS
This report examines copper’s role in the energy transition, highlighting growing demand, environmental and human rights risks, and evolving global regulations. It evaluates mining companies’ sustainability performance using biodiversity, governance, and modern slavery metrics, offering insights for responsible investment aligned with international standards and long-term ESG considerations.
Research
20 May 2025

Global responsible investment trends: Inside PRI reporting data 2025

Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI)
The 2025 PRI report analyses data from 3,048 signatories, highlighting trends in climate risk management, stewardship, and human rights. Asset owners show increased engagement, with climate and social issues gaining priority. Investors continue integrating responsible investment into decision-making and oversight, with varied progress across policy, governance, and disclosure practices.
Research
26 March 2025

Between impact and returns: Private investors and the sustainable development goals

Wealthy private investors increasingly align their portfolios with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), seeking both measurable impact and financial returns. Investors favour SDGs linked to higher expected profits, leading to underinvestment in less profitable goals. Findings are based on portfolio data, surveys, and interviews with 60 high-net-worth individuals.
Research
11 April 2022

The blended finance playbook for nature-based solutions

Earth Security
This playbook contains a collection of useful case studies for investors, highlighting growing evidence of investment opportunities in nature. The playbook also contains guidance for investors looking to grow their blended finance portfolio.
Research
25 June 2021

Conservation investment blueprint: Forest landscape conservation, restoration, and sustainable timber production

This blueprint contributes to the conservation and restoration of forest ecosystems – achieved by investors purchasing forests, or purchasing land and reforesting; with the express goal of sustainably managing those forests in adherence to relevant sustainability or management certifications.
Research
10 January 2019

Bankable nature solutions

World Wide Fund for Nature (World Wildlife Fund – WWF)
This report aims to support readers in understanding Bankable Nature Solutions (BNS) and start identifying and developing their own BNS project by providing Blueprints for Bankable Nature Solutions from across the globe to adapt to and mitigate climate change and to help our living planet thrive.
Research
17 June 2020

Conservation investment blueprint: Public-private partnership for marine protected areas developed based on the case study of blue finance

The report outlines a conservation investment blueprint using public-private partnerships (PPPs) to manage marine protected areas (MPAs). Blue Finance structures collaborative management agreements and sustainable financing mechanisms to enhance marine biodiversity, support local economies, and improve climate resilience. The model combines impact investment, tourism revenues, and government collaboration for long-term MPA sustainability.
Research
9 May 2020

The race against time for smarter development: To be smart, the digital revolution will need to be inclusive

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
The report underscores the need for inclusivity in the digital revolution, highlighting gender disparities in STEM fields. Women are underrepresented in digital and engineering roles, limiting their access to future job opportunities. Policy interventions, improved workplace conditions, and equitable funding are essential to fostering diversity in technological innovation and ensuring sustainable, inclusive development.
Research
27 June 2021

Unlocking the biodiversity-climate nexus - A practitioner's guide for financial institutions

Finance for Biodiversity Foundation
This investor guide presents three steps that financial institutions can follow to use existing tools and datasets to screen investments for exposure to nature-related risks, taking into consideration the climate-nature nexus. The guide was written by financial institutions for financial institutions.
Research
13 October 2023

Our commitment to nature: Supporting biodiversity and sustainable land use through engagement

Federated Hermes
This paper outlines Federated Hermes' expectations and engagement priorities for sectors characterised by having high biodiversity impacts and dependencies. These include consumer goods and retail, agrochemicals, mining and materials, oil and gas, utilities, real estate and construction, and finance.
Research
2 February 2021
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