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The environmental pillar in ESG (environmental, social, and governance) assesses an organisation’s impact on the planet. It includes issues such as climate change, biodiversity, waste management and water management. Strong environmental practices help businesses reduce risks, comply with regulations, and drive long-term sustainability.

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Action on climate-linked migration and displacement: Empowering refugee and migrant led organisations

Climate Outreach
Analyses climate-linked migration, highlighting impacts on displacement patterns and vulnerabilities. Evaluates roles, motivations and barriers for refugee- and migrant-led organisations, and proposes funding and policy interventions to strengthen their engagement in climate advocacy and support adaptive, rights-based responses.
Research
17 August 2021

Climate Outreach

Issue Focused NGOs & Think Tanks
Climate Outreach is a UK-based climate communication charity specialising in public engagement with climate change. It provides research, tools and training to help organisations develop effective climate narratives, reach diverse audiences and inspire action, supporting governments, businesses and NGOs to communicate climate issues in accessible, people-focused ways.
Organisation
7 research items

ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes

Academic Institutions
ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes (CLEX) is an Australian climate science research centre focused on understanding and predicting climate extremes. It produces research, reports and briefing notes on extreme weather, drought and climate risk, supporting policymakers and industry to assess impacts of climate change and improve resilience and forecasting capabilities.
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3 research items

Private doubts, collective conformity: the Power and fragility of climate narratives

This article examines why current climate frameworks persist despite widespread professional skepticism, highlighting institutional incentives and “preference falsification” as key drivers. It calls for more open, cross-sector dialogue focused on diagnosing real problems and unlocking practical, system-level solutions.
Article
30 March 2026

Nature-based solutions

ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes
This report explains nature-based solutions as ecosystem protection, restoration and management measures that can support climate mitigation, adaptation and biodiversity. It stresses their carbon-storage limits, vulnerability to disturbance, and the risk of overreliance in net-zero claims without deep emissions cuts.
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13 June 2024

Investor climate action plans series

The Investor Agenda
This series provides guidance for investors on developing and assessing climate action plans using the ICAPs Expectations Ladder. It outlines approaches across investment, corporate engagement, policy advocacy, disclosure and governance to support alignment with net zero pathways and improve management of climate-related risks and opportunities.
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1 October 2024

Seafood traceability engagement series

Farm Animal Investment Risk and Return (FAIRR)
This series examines how investor engagement can drive improved traceability in global seafood supply chains. It focuses on assessing company progress, encouraging adoption of traceability systems, and supporting investors in identifying and managing environmental and social risks within complex seafood value chains.
Benchmark/series
4 February 2026

Responsible exit principles for oil and gas companies

Carbon Tracker Initiative
Sets out voluntary principles for responsible oil and gas asset exits, focusing on decommissioning, buyer due diligence, transparency and stakeholder engagement to reduce climate, financial, legal and social risks from asset transfers and support an orderly transition.
Research
23 September 2024

Life, Climate Volatility, and What Comes After the Final No: Part 3—AFTER THE FINAL NO.

This final article in a three-part series explores how to navigate resistance to systemic change. Drawing on personal experience, it outlines a framework for resilience—building alliances, embracing interdisciplinary thinking, and storytelling—empowering leaders to persist through setbacks and turn persistent “no” into transformative, collective “yes.”
Article
25 March 2026

Life, Climate Volatility, and What Comes After the Final No: Part 2—CLIMATE VOLATILITY

This second article in a three-part series reframes climate change as volatility rather than warming. Drawing on finance and systems thinking, it explores how risk pricing, redesigned economic incentives, and nature-based solutions can build resilience, urging leaders to manage climate as the ultimate systemic risk.
Article
25 March 2026

Life, Climate Volatility, and What Comes After the Final No: Part 1 - LIFE

Written by Ken Coulson, a former global finance executive turned sustainability strategist, this first article in a three-part series explores humanity’s origins as a cosmic accident. It reframes Earth’s natural systems as a fragile inheritance under threat, urging a shift from extraction to stewardship through a unifying cosmic perspective on climate, responsibility, and systemic change.
Article
25 March 2026

Corporate climate governance

European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI)
Examines how mandatory climate disclosure regimes reshape corporate governance by integrating climate risk into decision-making. Develops a spectrum from “thin” to “thick” governance, showing a shift towards stakeholder-oriented models, enhanced risk management, and long-term value optimisation, with implications for fiduciary duties and corporate strategy.
Research
29 August 2025

Doughnut economics for regenerative business design

An edited volume applying Doughnut Economics to business design, using case studies and critical reflections to examine how purpose, networks, governance, ownership and finance can support regenerative and distributive business models. It focuses on redesigning firms to operate within ecological and social limits.
Research
9 March 2026

Climate-nature scenario development for financial risk assessment

Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)
This report develops integrated climate-nature scenarios for financial risk assessment, showing that combined climate and nature policies provide a fuller view of agricultural, biodiversity and ecosystem-service risks than separate approaches, with implications for central banks, supervisors and future stress-testing frameworks.
Research
12 November 2024

You Built This

This article argues that modern investment strategies fuel economic extraction while often underperforming simpler alternatives. It calls on investors to realign portfolios with productive, community-oriented investments that generate real economic and social value.
Article
23 March 2026

The circular economy: A 'triple play' solution for achieving China's climate objectives

Ellen MacArthur Foundation
The report argues that a circular economy can help China meet climate goals by cutting emissions in hard-to-abate sectors, securing critical materials for renewable energy, and improving climate resilience, while outlining policy actions on design, resource management, investment, measurement, and cross-sector collaboration.
Organisation
23 December 2024
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