SAIL (Systems Aware Investing Launchpad) is a subscription-based platform developed to support system-level investing. It combines strategy development tools, benchmarking, reporting functions and collaborative resources to help institutional investors assess and manage systemic environmental, social and financial risks. The platform is designed to assist users in integrating long-term system-level considerations into investment decision-making and governance processes. Finance professionals may find it relevant for ESG integration, stewardship activities and portfolio-level risk analysis.

Organisation behind the tool

SAIL was developed and is maintained by The Investment Integration Project (TIIP), a US-based applied research and consulting organisation focused on system-level investing. TIIP works with institutional investors, asset owners and investment consultants on approaches that consider the interaction between investment performance and broader social, environmental and financial systems. The platform has also involved collaboration with investor networks and industry bodies, including the UN Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI), the Intentional Endowments Network (IEN) and the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR).

What the tool does

• Provides a structured framework for developing system-level investing strategies.
• Guides users through a six-step investment planning and implementation process.
• Supports drafting and refinement of investment beliefs, governance policies and stewardship approaches.
• Enables benchmarking and comparison of investors and asset managers across sustainability and system-level themes.
• Includes analytics and assessment tools for monitoring progress over time.
• Supports reporting aligned with frameworks such as PRI, GRESB and stewardship codes.
• Allows users to upload institutional documents and generate tailored reports.
• Includes collaboration features through discussion forums, learning labs and practitioner communities.
• Offers access to research, guidance materials and implementation resources related to system-level investing.

Target audience

The primary audience is institutional investors, including pension funds, endowments, foundations, sovereign investors, asset owners and investment consultants. Asset managers, ESG professionals, stewardship teams, researchers and policy-focused investment organisations may also use the platform.

Relevance to finance professionals

• Risk assessment – supports analysis of systemic risks such as climate change, inequality and financial system instability.
• ESG analysis – provides tools and reporting functions relevant to sustainability integration and stewardship activities.
• Investment governance – assists with development of investment beliefs, policies and manager due diligence processes.
• Market insights – enables comparison of investor and manager approaches across sustainability and impact themes.
• Long-term investment context – supports consideration of structural environmental, social and economic trends affecting portfolios.
• Reporting and compliance – helps streamline preparation of sustainability and stewardship disclosures.