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International Finance Corporation
The International Finance Corporation, part of the World Bank Group, focuses on achieving development outcomes through support for the private sector in developing countries. It has a sustainability framework and works with financial institutions, regulators and stock exchanges to introduce environmental, social and governance standards.
The World Bank
The World Bank is an international organisation affiliated with the World Bank Group dedicated to providing finance, advice and research to developing nations to enhance their economic development. Predominantly the bank acts as an organisation attempting to fight poverty by providing developmentally assistance to middle and low income countries.
International Monetary Fund
International Monetary Fund is an organisation composed of 190 countries that work in collaboration to ensure the stability of the international monetary system. It engages in global financial and economic affairs to promote growth and sustainability as well as facilitate international trade and cooperation.
Cornerstone Capital Group
Capital Cornerstone Group is an investment advisor focused on developing and managing customised investment strategy specific to client's financial and values-based objectives. Clients are advised with strategies that allow the achievement of social and environmental targets without sacrificing financial performance.
Commonwealth Climate and Law Initiative
Commonwealth Climate and Law Initiative (CCLI) is a research, education and outreach project focused within four Commonwealth countries: Australia, Canada, South Africa and the United Kingdom. It examines the legal basis and obligations that directors and trustees have in response to climate change risk.
Measuring the economic impact of short-termism
Measures corporate long- and short-termism systematically. Assesses and quantifies the effects of each approach on corporate financial performance and microeconomic growth. Findings show that long-term approaches outperform short-term companies on key economic and financial metrics.
Tobacco: Reviewing the growing financial risks
Addresses the performance declines in the tobacco industry and presents evidence of how it can be a financial risk for investors. It examines industry trends and outlooks in the context of varying future scenarios and provides recommendations to support future investment decisions.
Criterion Institute
A non-profit think tank that works with social change-makers to demystify finance and broaden their perspective on how to engage with and shift financial systems. Working to transform relationships of power in finance by equipping leaders to engage systems of finance and reimagine new approaches to investment strategies.
The Lancet
The Lancet is an independent, international weekly general medical journal. The journal strives to make science widely available so that medicine can serve, and transform society, and positively impact the lives of people.
A blueprint for mobilizing finance against slavery and trafficking
The blueprint is the final report of the Liechtenstein Initiative Financial Sector Commission on Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking. The report covers goals and implementation strategies to strengthen the role of the financial sector in the global effort to end modern slavery and human trafficking, and accelerate action in line with the 2030 Agenda.
Fiduciary duty in the 21st century: Final report
This is the final report from a four-year, multi-stakeholder/multi-jurisdiction research and engagement exercise. It demonstrates that environmental, social and governance integration is a component of investors' fiduciary duty. In order to fulfill this duty, regulators and policymakers must better understand fiduciaries’ needs and establish policies that support this approach.
Supercharged: Challenges and opportunities in global battery storage markets
This reports analyses trends in the global battery storage market. It identifies key drivers as well as key constraints and identifies areas for policy makers to support its development.
Rethinking food and agriculture 2020-2030: The second domestication of plants and animals, the disruption of the cow, and the collapse of industrial livestock farming
Rethinking food and agriculture focuses on new technologies driving the transformation of the food and agriculture sectors and the implications for the cattle industry in the United States. It argues that 2020-2030 will see the current industrialised, animal-agriculture system be replaced with a Food-as-Software model.
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy is an open access digital encyclopedia dedicated to philosophy. Experts from around the world in philosophy create and update entries covering diverse topics including metaphysics, climate justice, feminism and ethics.
UN Women: United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women
UN Women are an entity established by the United Nations to address issues pertaining to female gender inequalities. The entity is responsible for promoting women's empowerment and gender equality and was founded to accelerate progress to meet the needs of women and girls worldwide.
TCFD good practice handbook
This Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) handbook provides examples of good practice climate-related financial disclosures across the four core TCFD elements of governance, strategy, risk management, metrics and targets from corporates across the G20.