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Social Licence to Operate
Social License to Operate (SLO) refers to the ongoing acceptance and approval of a company’s operations by employees, stakeholders, local communities, and the broader public. It is built over time through responsible business practices, ethical operations, and trust. Unlike regulatory approvals, SLO is an informal yet important measure of a company’s credibility and long-term viability. Maintaining SLO requires continuous evaluation of supply chains, environmental impact, and stakeholder relationships, ensuring that businesses align with societal expectations and mitigate reputational and operational risks.
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Scaling finance for the Sustainable Development Goals
Explores the role of corporate partnerships and financial intermediaries that can scale finance and increase capital and activities in regions that are key for the realisation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Through case studies, it illustrates various pathways for capital markets to maximise SDG investments at acceptable risk levels.
States of the apes: The impact of infrastructure development on biodiversity
The impact of infrastructure projects on biodiversity are examined, using apes to illustrate how investors can contribute to biodiversity protection. A sustainable approach to infrastructure development, which mitigates environmental, financial and reputational risks of investment, is presented.
Poverty Footprint
The Poverty Footprint is a tool that enables companies and partners to implement a people-centred assessment of corporate impacts on poverty. The report is used to better understand the impacts of operations and value chain on people and poverty, and to turn this learning into action.
How to read a financial institution's policy: Analysing cluster munitions divestment policies
Financial institutions consider cluster munitions companies as inappropriate business partners and have made efforts to restrict their investment. Unfortunately, their policies contain loopholes that could still allow their financing. Several steps have been introduced in order to help analyse a financial institution's policy and prevent cluster munitions exposure in portfolios.
Sustainable signals: Individual investor interest driven by impact, conviction and choice
The report highlights key findings from Morgan Stanley’s Sustainable Signals survey. It focuses on individual investor attitudes, adoption rates and barriers to sustainable investment’s position in mainstream strategies. It supports the case for asset managers and financial advisors to expand solutions and capabilities in order to keep pace with increasing investor demand.
Worldwide investments in cluster munitions: A shared responsibility
A 2018 report on worldwide investments in harmful cluster munitions. Two arms manufacturers recently ended production of cluster munitions, and more financial institutions and states are acting to end money going to producers. Despite declining investment from financial institutions, there are seven companies in the report still manufacturing.
