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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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The Inevitable Policy Response: Preparing financial markets for climate-related policy/regulatory risks

Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI)
The Inevitable Policy Response (IPR) is a project to prepare investors for the investment risks associated with the most likely responses to climate change. The likely impacts of climate change and mechanisms in the Paris Agreement are likely to force substantial policy introduction in the near future with investment implications.
Research
31 December 2019

Charting Asia's protein journey

Asia Research & Engagement (ARE)
This report written by Asia Research and Engagement examines the impact of Asia's growing protein consumption, and analyses the environmental and social consequences of this trend. The authors also put forward possible ways through which producers, consumer, regulators, banks and investors can facilitate the transition to sustainable protein.
Research
3 September 2018

Energy Transition Advisors

Commercial Organisations
Energy Transition Advisors provide advisory and consulting services on energy markets to both the not-for-profit sector and for-profit sector. Their work aims to capture the transition away from fossil fuels towards more sustainable sources of energy.
Organisation
1 research item

ClimateWorks Foundation

Issue Focused NGOs & Think Tanks
ClimateWorks Foundation is a US-based foundation that mobilises philanthropy to solve the climate crisis, and ensure a prosperous future. ClimateWorks Foundation seeks to unlock a low-carbon future by facilitating effective public policy, business innovation and public support.
Organisation
2 research items

Investor action on climate change

Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI)
The report assesses the investment practices of signatories to the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) on the topic of climate change. In partnership between PRI and Novethic, the report includes themes such as long-termism, climate-related risks and opportunities, scenario analysis and innovation for a successful transition to a low carbon economy.
Research
30 September 2017

Sea Around Us

Scientific Bodies
Sea Around Us is a research initiative at the University of British Columbia that assesses the impact of fisheries on the marine ecosystems of the world, and offers mitigating solutions to a range of stakeholders. They provide free charts, and both reported and estimated catch data, from across the globe.
Organisation
1 research item

Asia Research & Engagement (ARE)

Commercial Research Providers
Asia Research and Engagement is an independent environmental, social and governance (ESG) risk and strategy consulting firm, working to integrate sustainability and governance factors into processes for investors, banks, companies and not-for-profits.
Organisation
11 research items

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
2 research items

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.
Research
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.
Organisation
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.
Organisation
1 research item

Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA)

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
17 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.
Organisation
1 research item
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