CFA Institute Research and Policy Center (RPC) is a finance research hub turning investment research into insights that strengthen capital markets, advance ethics and improve investor outcomes. RPC publishes policy analysis, research reports and industry perspectives for investment professionals, regulators and policymakers, grounded in CFA Institute expertise and market trends.

Bain & Company is a global management consulting firm advising clients on strategy, operations, marketing, organisation and transformation across industries. It helps businesses solve complex challenges and drive performance improvement. Bain serves corporate and public sector leaders with tailored consulting services, proprietary insights and research.

B Lab U.S. & Canada certifies businesses as Certified B Corporations (B Corps) that meet high standards of social and environmental performance, accountability and transparency. It promotes inclusive, equitable economic systems in the United States and Canada and supports companies using business as a force for good.

McKinsey Health Institute (MHI) is a global health research institute embedded within McKinsey & Company. It produces public research, data tools and insights on population health, mental health, health systems and workforce productivity, supporting evidence-based decision-making across healthcare, policy and business.

Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) is an independent global health research institute based at University of Washington. IHME produces data, metrics and analysis on disease burden, mortality, risk factors and health systems, supporting evidence-based policy, planning and health impact assessment worldwide.

The ImPact is a global nonprofit membership network of families, family offices, foundations and businesses committed to impact investing that aligns capital with social and environmental goals. It offers insights, research, events and tools to help members integrate values-based investment strategies and create measurable impact through investment decisions.

International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (IAASB) is an independent international standard-setting body that develops high-quality international auditing, assurance, quality management and related services standards to strengthen public confidence in financial reporting and ensure consistent global audit practices.

This ESCAP policy brief examines climate finance options for scaling low-carbon transport in Asia–Pacific. It assesses funding gaps, barriers, and mechanisms—including subsidies, carbon pricing, green bonds, PPPs, and international finance—and recommends policy alignment, capacity building, investor matching, and diversified financing to accelerate investment.

This research models executive pay where CEOs suffer disutility from 'unfair' wages. Firms motivate effort by threatening zero pay for poor performance, offering a fair output share only above a threshold. This rationalises performance-vesting equity and pay-for-performance structures even without traditional moral hazard incentives.

This report synthesises discussions from an international round table on financing city-level climate action, highlighting how local governments overcome fiscal constraints through tailored funding scales, partnerships, innovative revenue mechanisms, and long-term approaches to deliver major decarbonisation programmes across Europe and North America.

Conservation International (CI) is a global non-profit that champions nature conservation to benefit both biodiversity and human societies. It uses science, fieldwork, policy and finance to protect critical land and marine ecosystems. Since 1987, CI has helped safeguard 13 million km² of land and sea across more than 70 countries.

The report finds agriculture particularly animal agriculture and diet, receives disproportionately little climate coverage. Only small fractions of articles mention meat or dietary shifts, despite their emissions significance. Coverage is declining overall, limiting public awareness and policy momentum. The analysis urges more accurate, comprehensive reporting on food-system climate impacts.

Brighter Green is a New-York-based public policy action tank advocating for equity, sustainability and rights. It conducts research and promotes policy reform addressing environmental protection, animal welfare, biodiversity, climate and food-system justice — especially in the global South.

Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) works to secure a future for all species by using science, law and creative media to protect endangered animals, plants and their habitats. CBD has helped gain federal protections for over 720 species and secured more than half a billion acres of critical habitat across the globe.

Transparentem is a non-profit organisation that investigates human-rights and environmental abuses — including child labour, forced labour and pollution — across global supply chains. Through detailed field investigations, supply-chain mapping, and engagement with companies, Transparentem pushes for remediation and systemic industry change to ensure fair working conditions and environmental justice.

K&L Gates is a global law firm offering a full spectrum of legal services — from corporate and finance to energy, intellectual property and regulatory advice. With more than 45 offices across five continents, it serves multinational corporations, growth companies and public-sector clients alike.