The report outlines investor expectations for corporate just transition planning, offering a framework for assessing companies' strategies in transitioning to a net zero economy. It highlights key principles, including stakeholder engagement, economic stability, and social equity. Investors are advised to evaluate transparency, governance, and worker support measures to ensure responsible and sustainable corporate transitions.

This case study outlines the Environmental Impact Bond (EIB) model for funding coastal resilience projects. It focuses on Louisiana’s wetland restoration to mitigate storm damage and land loss. The EIB attracts private investment, enabling earlier project implementation, cost savings, and ecological benefits. It aligns financial incentives with conservation goals through performance-based returns.

The report analyses the environmental, equity, and just transition challenges of emerging aviation fuels. It highlights the sector’s carbon footprint, workforce impacts, and policy needs, advocating for transparent regulations, equitable resource distribution, and community engagement to ensure a sustainable and fair transition to low-emission aviation.

The report underscores the need for inclusivity in the digital revolution, highlighting gender disparities in STEM fields. Women are underrepresented in digital and engineering roles, limiting their access to future job opportunities. Policy interventions, improved workplace conditions, and equitable funding are essential to fostering diversity in technological innovation and ensuring sustainable, inclusive development.

Green Climate Fund (GCF) is a global fund established by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to support developing countries in tackling climate change. It provides financing for mitigation and adaptation projects, focusing on low-emission, climate-resilient development. Funded by governments, GCF plays a key role in international climate finance.

The report discusses leveraging public–private partnerships (PPPs) to build disaster- and climate-resilient infrastructure in Southeast Asia, addressing funding gaps, enhancing regulatory frameworks, and integrating resilience measures. It highlights Australian practices, aligning climate, disaster, and inclusion goals for sustainable infrastructure development.

The report from the Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) discusses the development and importance of sector transition pathways to support Australia’s decarbonisation. It highlights how clear pathways aligned with the Paris Agreement can guide investment, minimise risks, and foster collaboration among investors, governments, and companies to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050.

This report explores the barriers to expanding outcomes-based partnerships in public service delivery. It provides actionable strategies for policymakers, investors, and stakeholders to enhance policy innovation and effectiveness. Key insights include addressing institutional challenges, political dynamics, and public-private collaboration for sustainable impact.

The CARE Principles for Indigenous Data Governance emphasise collective benefit, authority to control, responsibility, and ethics to safeguard Indigenous data rights while promoting equitable participation. These principles complement FAIR data guidelines, ensuring data use aligns with Indigenous values, self-determination, and innovation in research and governance.

These Guidelines will assist readers to determine who they need to engage with, how to engage, and how to develop an effective engagement strategy. They have been designed to be read in conjunction with the Crown engagement with Māori framework. In this guidance document, “Engagement” refers to the range of methods and activities that are used to interact with Māori.

The case studies and guidance found in this document illuminates how just transitions for Māori (and planetary) wellbeing are operationalised on the ground. Investors aiming to align impact finance or more conventional capital flows with a just transition can find valuable insights in the form of both tangible examples and a visionary roadmap, demonstrating how justice is meaningful embedded in community transitions.

This manual explores the unique characteristics of indigenous food systems. It highlights their sustainability and resilience, particularly in the context of climate change, and underscores the importance of preserving and learning from these traditional practices.

The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) outlines the individual and collective rights of Indigenous Peoples globally. It addresses issues such as cultural preservation, land rights, and self-determination, ensuring that Indigenous Communities are protected and respected. The declaration aims to promote their well-being, participation in decision-making, and control over their development.

The IFC Performance Standard 7 provides guidelines for engaging with Indigenous Peoples to ensure respect for their rights, cultures, and traditional knowledge in development projects. It aims to achieve free, prior, and informed consent, mitigate adverse impacts, and foster benefits-sharing, ensuring sustainable and culturally appropriate development while reducing risks and enhancing relationships between investors, developers, and indigenous communities.

The Nagoya Protocol is an international agreement under the Convention on Biological Diversity, aiming to ensure fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising from the utilisation of genetic resources. It enhances legal certainty and transparency for providers and users of these resources, promoting sustainable use and conservation of biodiversity while respecting traditional knowledge and contributing to global environmental and development goals.

The Mo’otz Kuxtal Guidelines provide a framework for obtaining free, prior, and informed consent from Indigenous communities regarding the use of their traditional knowledge. For investors and financial institutions, these guidelines can inform corporate engagement on FPIC and help to identify and mitigate legal and reputational risks.