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Expert Guides showcase industry expert’ insights to strengthen finance, sustainability and impact professionals’ understanding of sustainable finance topics. The guides are developed to drive positive change and accelerate practical implementation.
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Understanding climate finance for resilient infrastructure
Climate finance is crucial for resilient infrastructure that adapts to climate risks. This guide explores mobilising finance, balancing adaptation and mitigation, innovative mechanisms, and addressing country-specific challenges, while assessing risks and barriers. It offers strategies to overcome obstacles and promote impactful, sustainable infrastructure investments.
Total Impact Portfolio: Constructing an investment portfolio with an impact lens
This guide explores Total Impact Portfolios (TIPs) an investment strategy integrates financial and impact objectives across all asset classes. It outlines practical steps to construct a TIP, distinguishing it from ESG integration through double materiality. Addressing key barriers, challenges, and misconceptions, the guide provides tools, frameworks, and case studies for implementation.
Driving positive social change through co-operatives and mutual enterprises (CMEs)
This guide explores how co-operative and mutual enterprises (CMEs) can produce positive social change, given their member-owned structure. Beyond the case study of Teachers Mutual Bank Ltd, the guide also highlights the scalability of CMEs, demonstrating the versatility of their business structure across financial institutions.
Applying the OODA loop for leadership and company engagement
As the global demand for climate action rises, financial institutions and professionals are navigating a new paradigm. Stakeholders need to be thinking strategically to navigate these complexities with precision and agility, adopting best-in-class strategic models to facilitate decision-making for a more sustainable future.
Framing and language for effective climate conversations
This guide offers expert insights and practical techniques towards framing and language for effective climate conversations. The guide focusses on engaging those ‘cautious’ and ‘concerned’ about the climate, i.e., “middle ground people”, as they make up a large percentage of the population.
Advancing gender equality through gender lens investing
Gender lens investing (GLI) involves a range of investment approaches that seek to improve gender outcomes. GLI strategies promote gender equality and women's empowerment, while also generating financial returns. This guide defines GLIs, explores the practical implementation of gender lens strategies with case studies and best practice, and highlights top ways to learn more.