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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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Stockholm Resilience Centre

Academic Institutions
Stockholm Resilience Centre (SRC), launched in 2007, is leading science centre seeking to address the complex challenges facing humanity. SRC is a joint initiative between Stockholm University and the Beijer Institute of Ecological Economics at The Royal Swedish Academy Sciences.
Organisation
1 research item

Climate risk disclosure by Australia’s listed companies

Australian Securities and Investments Commission
Due to the foreseeable risk of climate change that companies face today, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission has conducted a surveillance project examining climate risk disclosure of companies in the ASX-300. ASIC's report sets out findings and high-level recommendations for listed companies and their directors on climate risk disclosure.
Research
30 September 2018

Environmental Defense Fund

Issue Focused NGOs & Think Tanks
The Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) is an international non-profit organisation who have more than 2.5 million members. EDF is aiming to solve society's environmental problems such as climate change, by linking science economics and law to ensure solutions are innovative, cost-effective and equitable.
Organisation
1 research item

The impact investing journey: Aligning portfolio with purpose

The Russell Family Foundation
This report describes how a philanthropic organisation uses impact investing throughout its portfolio. Society has changed its view on ethical investing, and The Russell Family Foundation has implemented this in their mission. Three pillars of their portfolio target social, environmental and financial areas of investing, and these allow them to achieve their company objectives.
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23 October 2018

The Russell Family Foundation

Issue Focused NGOs & Think Tanks
The Russell Family Foundation was founded to create a quiet, sustained, positive impact in the larger community. Their vision for impacting others is seen through their investment in targeting social, environmental and financial goals.
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1 research item

Novethic

Government Organisations & Departments
Novethic specialise in sustainable finance research and offer the financial industry resources to facilitate the transitions to a sustainable, low carbon and inclusive economy. They offer services and resources to assist finance professionals with research, ESG labelling schemes and capacity development support for advocates of sustainability.
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1 research item

Responsible Investment Association Australasia

Finance Industry Groups
Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) advocates for responsible investing and a sustainable financial system in Australia and New Zealand. Dedicated to its members, RIAA offers research, events and a professional network that engages its members to create a more responsible finance sector.
Organisation
15 research items

From risk to resilience: Engaging with corporates to build adaptive capacity

Four Twenty Seven
This report outlines how investors can identify whether certain companies are at a heightened risk as a result of extreme weather events. Additionally, it addresses how communications between corporate companies and investors can mitigate these risks and respond accordingly, thus promoting better adaptability to the financial risks of climate change.
Research
30 June 2018

Four Twenty Seven

Commercial Research Providers
Four Twenty Seven is the leading provider of market intelligence on the economic risk of climate change. It tackles the physical risk head-on by identifying the locations of corporate production and retail sites around the world and their vulnerability to climate change hazards such as droughts, floods, sea-level rise, tropical storms.
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1 research item

British Institute of International and Comparative Law

Issue Focused NGOs & Think Tanks
British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL) is a leading independent law research centre. It provides informed and practical legal ideas for a global community through offering high quality research projects, seminars and publications that encompass public and private international law, comparative law and European law.
Organisation
1 research item

Australian Council of Superannuation Investors

Finance Industry Groups
Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) provides strong advice on environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues on behalf of its members. It seeks to achieve improvements in the practices of its member superannuation funds and enhance the ESG performance of companies.
Organisation
2 research items

Planetary boundaries: Exploring the safe operating space for humanity

The nine planetary boundaries offer an approach to global sustainability where humanity can safely operate and avoid major human-induced environmental change on a global scale. The article argues that three of the planetary boundaries are already transgressed, including: climate change, biodiversity loss and the global nitrogen cycle.
Research
31 December 2009

Climate change: Awareness to action

Australian Prudential Regulation Authority
Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has highlighted the financial risks of climate change facing financial services organisations, saying that they are material, foreseeable and actionable now. APRA’s survey of 38 entities summarises the activities that those entities are adopting to mitigate financial risks. This information paper provides APRA's insights into responses to their survey.
Research
20 March 2019

Circular economy: From review of theories and practices to development of implementation tools

The paper provides an overview of the literature on Circular Economy theoretical approaches, strategies and implementation cases. After analysing different Circular Economy approaches and the underlying principles, the paper then proceeds with developing tools for Circular Economy implementation. The tools discussed include a strategies database and an implementation database.
Research
23 November 2017

The toll from coal: An updated assessment of death and disease from America’s dirtiest energy source

Clean Air Task Force
Emissions from the coal-fired power plant industry in the form of fine particle pollution, global warming, ozone smog, acid rain and regional haze, cause significant negative effects on human beings. Research shows that death or disease from coal-based electricity production in the United States, can be reduced if the pollution from coal plants is addressed.
Research
30 September 2010

Clean Air Task Force

Issue Focused NGOs & Think Tanks
Clean Air Task Force is a nonprofit environmental organisation that works to help safeguard against the worst impacts of climate change. They achieve this by catalysing the rapid global development and deployment of low carbon energy, and other climate-protecting technologies, through research and analysis, public advocacy leadership, and partnership with the private sector.
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1 research item
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