The Behavioural Economics Guide 2024 provides an overview of advancements in behavioural economics, its application to policy, and current challenges. Key topics include using behavioural insights to address social issues, boost democratic trust, and mitigate environmental impacts. Practical tools like framing and priming are explored to influence consumer behaviour positively. The guide highlights the field's integration across disciplines and offers practical insights for policymakers, emphasising data-driven, ethical behavioural interventions.

This study analyses differences in climate change reporting across seven newspapers from Australia, Canada, and the UK. Using machine learning, it highlights variations based on country, political orientation, and key climate events. The research uncovers differing terminology and approaches, with more urgent language emerging over time, reflecting increasing global awareness of climate change.

This study examines whether green investing reduces political support for climate regulation. Using a pre-registered experiment involving a real referendum in Switzerland, the findings suggest that climate-conscious investments do not erode support for climate policies. The study provides evidence that sustainable investing and political engagement are complementary, not substitutes.

OpenSecrets' Federal Lobbying tool offers insights into lobbying activities within the US government. It tracks spending by companies, industries, and interest groups, providing finance professionals with data on how lobbying efforts may influence legislation and policy, helping inform decision-making on regulatory and governance issues.

Sub-Saharan Field Research and Consultancies (SFR) is a Nairobi-based organisation providing expert research, consulting, and training services across Africa. Specialising in social and environmental impact assessments, SFR supports sustainable development initiatives by delivering actionable insights. Clients include governments, NGOs, and private sector firms.

The report details how the oil and gas industry has systematically opposed renewable energy and electric vehicles through a long-standing narrative playbook. This opposition has hindered the global energy transition, contributing significantly to continued high emissions and delaying critical climate action.

The report outlines investor actions needed to align the aviation sector with the IEA's 1.5°C decarbonisation pathway, emphasising sustainable aviation fuels, significant investment in new technologies, demand management, and avoiding carbon offsets. It aims to accelerate the sector's transition to net-zero emissions, ensuring climate goals are met by 2050.

This report outlines global risks in 2024 and 2034, in an effort to provide insight to government and business leaders about the potential threats of the future. The report highlights potential global risks ranging from false information, economic uncertainty, climate change, AI dominance, to an increase in conflict and organised crimes.

Increased institutional ownership of US corporations has led to a discussion about the benefits and risks of asset management companies in control. This paper examines whether the political preferences of institutional investors affect the political contributions of portfolio firms. The results suggest that a large acquisition by an investor is associated with increased political giving by both the investor and acquired firm.

The role of health in Obama-era U.S. climate policies was analysed using a qualitative research approach. Findings show that the consideration of human health-related evidence and arguments facilitated the introduction of comparatively ambitious mitigation policies. This report suggests the importance of political will in the pursuit of climate mitigation policies.

This report assesses the climate and biodiversity policies and practices of 77 of the world’s largest asset managers, who collectively hold over $77 trillion in assets. The report finds that asset managers need stronger and more comprehensive net-zero targets, consistent with limiting biodiversity loss, and a greater focus on climate scenario analysis.

This report provides insight into the emerging responsible investment risks surrounding technology. The report covers four key areas of concern; bias and discrimination, manipulation and influencing behaviour, big tech and market dominance, and automation and the future of work, alongside case studies and recommended questions for asset owners.

This report details the importance of climate lobbying for the long-term interests of institutional investors. It covers recommendations for future engagement and case studies, and is primarily aimed at investment professionals. The report does not have any specific focus on discussing a list of companies, rather, it is an investor initiative that advocates for climate lobbying practices and investor expectations for companies globally.

This report assesses the first decade of implementation of the UN Guiding Principles for Business and Human Rights and the role of institutional investors in promoting investor responsibility to respect human rights. Enabling environments for rights-respecting investment have emerged, however, access to remedy for victims requires urgent attention, and other investment ecosystem actors must step up.

The 2023 benchmark report assesses the world’s most influential companies in the wind and solar sectors. It aims to encourage greater respect for human rights through recommendations on transparency, anti-corruption, and worker protections. The report reveals progress and areas of concern and offers guidance for companies, investors, and policy-makers.

The paper warns companies that their political spending may put them at risk of reputational damage and possible backlash. Their report gives specific examples, and outlines recommendations and policies that allow businesses to align their core values with political expenditures, while developing safeguards to protect their reputations.