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U.S. Fire Weather Historical Trends Data (1973-2025)

Climate Central
A dataset and analysis by Climate Central tracking fire weather trends across the U.S. from 1973 to 2025. It helps users understand the increasing frequency of high heat and low humidity conditions that drive wildfire risk.
Online tool/database
7 May 2025

The microstructure of AI diffusion: Evidence from firms, business functions, and worker tasks

National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
This research examines AI diffusion through US firms, distinguishing between organisational adoption and worker-level use. While adoption is growing, it remains concentrated in large, knowledge-intensive sectors. Findings indicate AI primarily augments worker tasks, with capital substitution being more prevalent than labour displacement at this stage of technological integration.
Research
24 April 2026

Climate Risk Signals Explorer

Climate Proof
The Climate Risk Signals Explorer is an AI-powered analytical tool by Climate Proof that tracks climate risk mentions in corporate earnings calls, helping finance professionals monitor physical and transition risks.
Online tool/database
11 September 2025

Firm data on AI

National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
This research provides international data on firm-level artificial intelligence adoption across the US, UK, Germany, and Australia. While current impacts on employment and productivity are small, senior executives predict a 1.4 per cent productivity boost and a 0.7 per cent reduction in employment over the next three years.
Research
12 February 2026

The Barbara and Morris Pearl 527 Interactive Database

Center for Political Accountability
The Barbara and Morris Pearl 527 Interactive Database tracks political donations from publicly traded US companies to 527 committees. Developed by the Center for Political Accountability, it helps finance professionals assess corporate governance and reputational risks related to political spending.
Online tool/database
19 November 2024

CPA-Zicklin Index of Corporate Political Disclosure and Accountability

Center for Political Accountability
This benchmark series evaluates corporate political disclosure and accountability practices among major US companies. It provides a structured analysis of transparency, board oversight, and spending policies for the S&P 500 and Russell 1000, enabling stakeholders to assess political risk and governance standards across different industries.
Benchmark/series
6 November 2025

Intentional Endowments Network (IEN)

IEN is a peer-learning network supporting endowments and foundations to integrate climate and social inequality considerations into investment strategies.
Online tool/database

Council for Inclusive Capitalism

Issue Focused NGOs & Think Tanks
A global nonprofit community of business leaders and organisations mobilising the private sector to build a more equitable, sustainable, and trusted economic system.
Organisation
1 research item

EarthAction

Issue Focused NGOs & Think Tanks
A global civil society network founded at the 1992 Earth Summit, EarthAction unites over 2,600 partner organisations across 165 countries to mobilise citizens and policymakers in support of a more just, peaceful, and sustainable world.
Organisation
1 research item

Shareholder proposals and corporate governance in a season of regulatory uncertainty

This report analyses the 2025–2026 proxy season following the SEC's suspension of its no-action review process. Shareholders filed approximately 20% fewer proposals; companies filed over 100 fewer exclusion notices. Exclusions disproportionately affected novel and revised proposals, with proponents increasingly turning to litigation and alternative strategies to preserve shareholder rights.
Research
27 April 2026

Trellis Group

Commercial Organisations
Trellis Group (formerly GreenBiz) is a US-based sustainability media, events, and peer-network platform empowering sustainability professionals to confront the climate crisis.
Organisation
1 research item

AlphaGlass: Interpretable characteristic-based portfolio choice

National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
AlphaGlass is an interpretable machine-learning framework for characteristic-based portfolio construction that directly optimises the Sharpe ratio. Applied to U.S. equities from 2000 to 2021, it achieves a monthly out-of-sample Sharpe ratio of 0.47, outperforming random forests, neural networks, and EBM benchmarks, while providing transparent attribution to firm characteristics.
Research
4 May 2026

How a surge in defence and dual-use technology investment could reconfigure the global AI race

Chatham House
This Chatham House paper examines four trends — rising defence and dual-use investment, the growth of 'patriotic tech', the push for sovereign AI, and concerns over an AI valuation bubble — that could multipolarise the global AI race, and offers recommendations for private sector preparedness.
Research
1 April 2026

Measuring the impact of data centers in the United States economy: Monetary damage from air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions

National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
This NBER working paper quantifies the environmental costs of US data centre electricity use in 2025. Using facility-level data for approximately 2,800 data centres, it estimates gross external damages of $24.6 billion from air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions, with Texas and Virginia accounting for 30% of the national total.
Research
1 April 2026

Retreat or respect? Diverging corporate paths on human rights in a time of turbulence

Business and Human Rights Resource Centre
This BHRC report examines how top US companies are responding to mounting pressure on human rights standards. It identifies three corporate pathways: active deregulatory lobbying by Big Oil and Big Tech, quiet retreat from human rights commitments, and continued adherence. Survey data from April 2026 reveals significant reductions in human rights staffing and budgets.
Research
29 June 2026

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Issue Focused NGOs & Think Tanks
The Thomson Reuters Foundation is the independent corporate charitable foundation of Thomson Reuters, working to strengthen free, fair, and informed societies through media freedom, legal services, and responsible business initiatives.
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