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Global Biodiversity Score (GBS)

CDC Biodiversité
The Global Biodiversity Score (GBS) is a tool developed by CDC Biodiversité that helps businesses and financial institutions measure their impact on biodiversity. It provides a quantitative assessment, enabling users to integrate biodiversity considerations into decision-making and align with sustainability goals.
Online tool/database

CDC Biodiversité

Government Sponsored / Multilateral Organisations
CDC Biodiversité is a French organisation focused on biodiversity conservation and sustainable development. It works on integrating biodiversity into economic activities, offering innovative solutions for businesses and policymakers. CDC Biodiversité promotes sustainable finance, environmental impact assessments, and nature-based solutions to address global biodiversity challenges.
Organisation
1 research item

Food Systems Dashboard

Johns Hopkins University (JHU)
The Food Systems Dashboard is a comprehensive tool providing insights into global food systems. It offers data on food production, consumption, and nutrition, enabling users to analyse and compare food systems across countries. This tool supports informed decision-making for improving food security and sustainability.
Online tool/database

3 degrees more: The impending hot season and how nature can help us prevent it

This three-part journal explores the severe impacts of a 3°C temperature rise on climate, biodiversity, agriculture, human survival, and the economy, emphasising the need for urgent climate action and nature-based solutions.
Research
7 June 2024

SGS Economics & Planning

Commercial Research Providers
SGS Economics and Planning (SGSEP) offers expert consultancy in urban and regional planning, economics, and policy analysis. They provide tailored solutions for sustainable development, strategic planning, and economic evaluation. SGSEP assists governments, businesses, and communities in achieving effective and sustainable growth through evidence-based insights and innovative strategies.
Organisation
1 research item

An introduction to responsible investment: Biodiversity for asset owners

Principles for Responsible Investment
This introductory guide for asset owners explores the financial risks and opportunities associated with biodiversity loss. It explains the relevance of biodiversity to investment processes and outlines how asset owners can incorporate biodiversity considerations into their responsible investment policies, stewardship practices, and disclosures.
Research
9 April 2024

Financial crimes and land conversion: Uncovering risk for financial institutions

World Wide Fund for Nature (World Wildlife Fund – WWF)
This report outlines the risks financial institutions face due to land conversion and related financial crimes. It emphasises the convergence of land conversion with crimes like money laundering and corruption, highlighting the need for robust due diligence and risk assessment. It introduces an Environmental Crimes Financial Toolkit to aid institutions in mitigating these risks.
Research
22 April 2024

Respecting Indigenous rights: An actionable due diligence toolkit for institutional investors

Amazon Watch
This toolkit offers practical guidance for investors to respect Indigenous rights. It covers understanding and incorporating these rights into investment policies, assessing and addressing impacts, and ensuring Free, Prior, and Informed Consent. This toolkit aims to mitigate risks and uphold international human rights standards.
Research
26 April 2023

ForestMapper

Canopy Planet
ForestMapper is an interactive tool designed by Canopy to visually map ancient and endangered forests globally. It helps companies identify sustainable fibre sources and assess risks in their supply chains, featuring data layers on forests, species, carbon, and landscapes across various global regions.
Online tool/database

Canopy Planet

Issue Focused NGOs & Think Tanks
Canopy Planet is a non-profit organisation dedicated to protecting forests, species, and climate. With a focus on sustainable sourcing practices, it collaborates with companies to develop solutions that reduce deforestation and promote conservation. Canopy's work spans various industries, including fashion, packaging, and publishing.
Organisation
1 research item

Social and Human Capital Protocol

Capitals Coalition (CapsCo)
This protocol sets out principles for valuing human and social capital, helping businesses to measure the value of community relationships and employee talent. The goal is to help businesses make truly sustainable decisions; however, this is a nascent field requiring more detailed data, and tailored techniques, to ensure more accurate results.
Research
5 March 2019

2024 XDI gross domestic climate risk report

Cross Dependency Initiative (XDI)
The 2024 XDI report ranks over 2,600 regions worldwide according to the projected damage to the built environment from extreme weather and climate change, including floods, wildfires and sea-level rises, and which of these regions are likely to see the largest escalation in damage from 1990 to 2050.
Benchmark/series
29 February 2024

Resilience: Regenerative City Living Lab (Victoria University)

Academic Institutions
The Victoria University Resilience and Regenerative City Living Lab (VU RISE) focuses on urban sustainability, resilience, and regeneration. Through collaborative research and community engagement, VU RISE addresses challenges in urban environments, fostering innovation for sustainable city living.
Organisation
1 research item

American Association of Geographers

Issue Focused NGOs & Think Tanks
The American Association of Geographers (AAG) is a scholarly organisation dedicated to advancing geography and its application in understanding the world. It offers resources, conferences, and publications to geographers and promotes geographic research, education, and outreach.
Organisation
1 research item

Equitable Origin

Issue Focused NGOs & Think Tanks
Equitable Origin (EO) is a global non-profit organisation dedicated to advancing responsible resource management. Through rigorous standards and certification processes, EO promotes sustainable practices in the energy, mining, and agricultural sectors. Their focus on equitable and environmentally friendly operations ensures a balance between economic development and environmental conservation.
Organisation
1 research item

Climate horizons

Centre for Policy Development (CPD)
This report explores how Australian companies and investors should manage and disclose climate-related risks and opportunities. It suggests scenario-based analysis is a key tool for this, which can be consistent with Australia's international climate commitments and the recommendations of the Financial Stability Board's Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD).
Research
28 November 2017
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