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Corporate climate responsibility monitor series

NewClimate Institute
The Corporate Climate Responsibility Monitor is a recurring research series that independently assesses the transparency, integrity and credibility of corporate climate strategies. It evaluates how major global companies set, disclose and implement emission reduction targets, using a consistent methodology to enable year-on-year comparison across sectors.
Benchmark/series
1 July 2025

Canadian pension climate report card series

Shift: Action for Pension Wealth and Planet Health
The Canadian Pension Climate Report Card is an annual benchmark series assessing how major Canadian pension funds manage climate-related risks and align investment and stewardship practices with climate science. It applies a consistent, comparative framework using publicly disclosed information to evaluate governance, targets, engagement and integration over time.
Benchmark/series
24 January 2026

10 New insights in climate science series

Future Earth
The 10 New Insights in Climate Science is an annual series that synthesises recent peer-reviewed climate research across natural and social sciences. It provides a concise, policy-relevant overview of emerging scientific developments to inform decision-makers, practitioners, and stakeholders engaged in climate policy, finance, and governance.
Benchmark/series
21 January 2026

The global tipping points series

Global Systems Institute (University of Exeter)
The Global Tipping Points Report is a research series examining Earth system tipping points and positive tipping dynamics. It synthesises interdisciplinary evidence on systemic risks, governance considerations and pathways for transformation, supporting decision-makers in understanding non-linear climate and environmental change across global systems.
Benchmark/series
11 October 2025

State of supply chain sustainability series

MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics
The State of Supply Chain Sustainability is an annual benchmark series that examines how organisations define, govern, and implement environmental and social sustainability across global supply chains. It provides a consistent research framework to track evolving practices, pressures, and management approaches over time.
Benchmark/series
13 November 2025

Voices of Aotearoa: Demand for ethical investment in New Zealand series

Mindful Money
This annual research series examines public attitudes, expectations and behaviours relating to ethical, responsible and impact investing in New Zealand. It tracks how consumers engage with investment choices, transparency, fund practices and adviser interactions, providing a consistent evidence base to monitor evolving demand over time.
Benchmark/series
7 April 2025

Crushed series

Safe in India (SII)
CRUSHED is a longitudinal research series by the Safe in India Foundation assessing worker safety in India’s automotive manufacturing and supplier ecosystem. Drawing on annual field evidence across multiple years, the series tracks workplace conditions, governance practices, and enforcement gaps to support consistent analysis over time.
Benchmark/series
12 July 2025

European Centre for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR)

Finance / Corporate Focused NGOs & Think Tanks
European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights is an independent human rights organisation using strategic litigation and legal advocacy to advance accountability worldwide. ECCHR works on business and human rights, international crimes, migration, and democratic freedoms, producing casework, research, and public interventions for courts, policymakers, and civil society globally.
Organisation

The state of the climate series

This benchmark series provides concise annual assessments of the global climate, using consistent scientific indicators to monitor environmental conditions, human pressures, and system responses. It is designed to support structured analysis and comparison over time for researchers, policymakers, and finance and sustainability professionals.
Benchmark/series
8 October 2024

Peoples' climate vote series

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
The Peoples’ Climate Vote is a global survey series capturing public perspectives on climate change, policy priorities and collective action. Led by international institutions, it provides a consistent framework to understand how people experience climate impacts and how they expect governments, businesses and global actors to respond.
Benchmark/series
13 August 2024

Banking on climate chaos series

Banking on Climate Chaos Coalition (BOCC)
The Banking on Climate Chaos is a multi-year research series assessing how major global banks finance fossil fuel activities. It provides a consistent framework to review lending and underwriting linked to fossil fuels and expansion, supporting year-on-year comparison and broader analysis of banking practices.
Benchmark/series
26 June 2025

Endowment impact benchmark series

Intentional Endowments Network
The Endowment Impact Benchmark is a benchmark series that provides a structured assessment and benchmarking framework for endowments and foundations. It evaluates policies, governance, management and transparency related to sustainable and impact investing, enabling consistent comparison and ongoing progress tracking across participating institutions.
Benchmark/series
21 February 2025

Measuring companies’ environmental and social impacts: An analysis of ESG ratings and SDG scores

This study compares ESG ratings with SDG scores across major providers. It finds little correlation. SDG scores align with investor exclusions and EU Taxonomy assessments, while ESG ratings largely measure financial risk exposure, not real-world environmental or social impacts.
Research
4 April 2025

Global biodiversity loss, ecosystem collapse and national security: A national security assessment

UK Government
This UK national security assessment finds global biodiversity loss and ecosystem collapse pose high risks to food security, economic stability and geopolitics. Degradation is widespread, with potential ecosystem collapse from 2030–2050, intensifying migration, conflict, supply chain disruption and strategic competition without decisive intervention.
Research
19 January 2026

Database of Business Enterprises Pursuant to Human Rights Council Resolutions 31/36 and 53/25

Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
A document database maintained by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights providing structured access to official Human Rights Council documentation from sessions 31–36, including resolutions, reports, and meeting records, for reference, review, and archival research purposes.
Online tool/database

UNICEF USA’s child lens investing series

United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF)
This series outlines UNICEF’s Child-Lens Investing approach, providing practical guidance for investors to integrate children’s rights and well-being into investment strategy, due diligence, contribution, and measurement across asset classes. It supports consistent application of a child lens alongside established impact and ESG practices.
Benchmark/series
25 October 2023
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