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BNP Paribas and the preservation of biodiversity

BNP Paribas
This document provides investors with a comprehensive overview of BNP Paribas' biodiversity position, illustrating how financial institutions can integrate biodiversity considerations into their investment policies. It serves as a guide for developing biodiversity-friendly investment strategies and aligning portfolios with environmental sustainability goals.
Research
4 May 2021

Aviva case study: Tackling deforestation – a central part of our climate and biodiversity efforts

Global Canopy
The Aviva case study demonstrates the company's efforts to tackle deforestation as part of their climate and biodiversity strategies. Aviva uses data from various sources to assess deforestation risks in its corporate holdings, real assets, and sovereign debt.
Research
30 January 2024

Assessing the nature-related issues of investees’ clients as a Colombian investment management consortium

Frontierra
Grupo SURA’s case study on nature-related issues applies TNFD's LEAP approach to assess deforestation risks within its agricultural investments across Brazil and Colombia. This initiative highlights the need for flexible, location-specific approaches, using geospatial tools and open-source data to identify and prioritise high-impact areas for sustainable risk management and disclosure.
Research
19 January 2024

Sustainability preferences: The role of beliefs

The study investigates how beliefs shape investor preferences for sustainable investments. Using incentivised survey methods, it finds that investors’ expectations of financial returns are higher for ESG-rated funds when aware of their ESG rating. This study highlights the biases in unincentivised surveys and the complex motivations driving socially responsible investments, suggesting that incentivised methods may better capture true investor beliefs about ESG fund performance.
Research
12 July 2024

Fiscal policy and sustainable finance: Enhancing the role of the financial sector in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals

Asian Development Bank (ADB)
The report explores how fiscal policy can mobilise private sector finance for sustainable development in Asia-Pacific. It emphasises green guarantees, subsidies, and roadmaps, showcasing ASEAN+3 successes in aligning fiscal policy with climate action to attract private investment and encourage sustainable economic activities.
Research
13 June 2024

Activating private investment in adaptation: Turning capital flight risk into the next multibillion opportunity

Investor Group on Climate Change
This report highlights the need to scale private investment in climate adaptation to mitigate capital flight from vulnerable areas. It outlines barriers like resilience valuation and fiduciary concerns, and recommends actions for governments and investors to facilitate resilience innovation, regulatory support, and shared understanding of physical risks, ensuring long-term economic stability and community protection.
Research
7 November 2024

Topo Finance's the carbon bankroll series

Topo Finance
This series explores how corporate cash and investments drive substantial carbon emissions through the financial system. It highlights the overlooked climate impact of cash held by corporations and offers insights for companies aiming to decarbonise their financial practices. The series provides guidance to help organisations align their financial management with climate goals, enabling proactive, systemic climate action.
Benchmark/series

Global partnerships case study: Measuring and managing financial inclusion outcomes

Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP)
This case study explores how Global Partnerships adopts outcomes-focused impact measurement and management (IMM) practices. It highlights the importance of tracking both development and intermediate outcomes in financial inclusion to ensure investments genuinely benefit underserved populations and achieve measurable social impact while mitigating potential risks.
Research
19 October 2024

Investing for financial inclusion: Four enablers for outcomes measurement and management

Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP)
The report outlines four essential factors for improving impact measurement and management (IMM) in financial inclusion. These enablers—shared IMM understanding, addressing operational barriers, integrating outcomes into decision-making, and enhancing transparency—aim to align stakeholders across the investment chain to prioritise developmental and intermediate outcomes for inclusive, sustainable finance.
Research
19 October 2024

Generative AI, the American worker, and the future of work

The report examines the impact of generative AI on American jobs, noting significant disruption in both cognitive and nonroutine tasks, particularly in middle- and high-wage sectors. It highlights the need for policies that engage workers in AI’s deployment, enhance worker rights, and ensure AI-driven advancements benefit workers while minimising risks.
Research
10 October 2024

Environmental crimes financial toolkit

This toolkit is a practical resource for finance professionals, outlining key indicators, typologies, and red flags related to environmental crime. Designed to support risk management and due diligence, the toolkit assists in identifying and mitigating financial exposure to environmental crime.
Online tool/database

Global coal exit list (GCEL)

Urgewald
The Global Coal Exit List (GCEL) is an online database offering detailed information on companies involved in coal mining, power generation, and associated infrastructure. It assists finance professionals in identifying and divesting from coal-related businesses, promoting sustainable finance practices aligned with reducing reliance on fossil fuels.
Online tool/database

Sustainable investing: Evidence from the field

This report surveys 509 equity portfolio managers on how they integrate environmental and social (ES) factors into investment decisions. Over 75% of respondents, including traditional investors, use ES factors, driven primarily by financial motivations. Constraints such as fund mandates influence these decisions, but most managers avoid sacrificing financial returns for ES performance.
Research
23 September 2024

The private investment landscape for a global circular economy for plastics: Insights from the Plastics Circularity Investment Tracker

The Circulate Initiative
This report explores the private investment landscape for plastics circularity, providing key insights from the Plastics Circularity Investment Tracker. It reveals that while $32 billion is invested annually, this is far below the $1 trillion needed to meet global 2040 targets. Emerging markets, which account for significant plastic pollution, receive only 6% of total investments.
Research
29 July 2024

Banking on biodiversity collapse series

BankTrack
This series examines the relationship between global finance and biodiversity collapse, focusing on the financial flows supporting deforestation and ecosystem degradation. It explores the role of banks and investors in funding forest-risk commodity sectors across key regions and highlights the gap between corporate sustainability commitments and real-world actions.
Benchmark/series

Modern slavery and remediation - an investor's guide

First Sentier Investors
This guide explores the role of investors in addressing modern slavery within their portfolios. It provides practical steps for identifying risks, engaging investee companies, and enabling remediation when harm occurs. It includes case studies, recommendations, and legal frameworks to help investors meet their obligations and protect human rights.
Research
18 October 2024
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