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Mindful Money Impact Tool

Mindful Money
The Mindful Money Impact Tool provides transparency for New Zealand investors, allowing them to check fund holdings and filter for ethical criteria such as climate friendliness and human rights. It is a key resource for ESG analysis and values-aligned portfolio management.
Online tool/database
21 October 2026

The spectrum of worker participation in corporate governance

The Predistribution Initiative
This report explores diverse global models of worker participation in corporate governance. It finds that mandatory and exercisable rights drive higher engagement than voluntary systems. While established in Europe and growing in China, the technology sector remains an exception. Support spans the political spectrum and includes major institutional investors.
Research
29 October 2026

Inequality and system health and stability: Risks and opportunities for businesses and financial institutions

Taskforce on Inequality and Social-related Financial Disclosures (TISFD)
This TISFD discussion paper examines the pathways through which inequality affects societal, macroeconomic, and financial systems. It identifies twenty-seven private sector drivers and provides a four-stage pathway to help businesses and investors assess system-level risks and opportunities, particularly those amplified by artificial intelligence and climate change.
Research
3 November 2026

Boeing: What investors can learn from a cautionary tale in corporate governance

The Predistribution Initiative
This research briefing examines Boeing's systemic governance failures, tracing the transition from engineering excellence to short-term financialisation. It analyses how misaligned incentives, weak board oversight, and marginalised worker voices obscured operational risks. The report advocates for multi-stakeholder governance and institutionalising worker voice to manage long-term systemic risks.
Research
1 November 2026

Make it here: Building Australia’s clean industrial future

Beyond Zero Emissions Inc.
This report outlines Australia’s potential to generate $215 billion by 2035 by manufacturing clean technologies onshore. By leveraging mineral wealth and establishing Renewable Energy Industrial Precincts, Australia can shift from exporting raw materials to producing high-value batteries, wind turbines, and electric vehicles, creating 53,000 regional jobs.
Research
6 May 2024

Transition minerals in Eastern Europe and Central Asia

Business and Human Rights Resource Centre
A tracker from the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre monitoring environmental and human rights allegations linked to 20 critical transition minerals across 16 countries in Eastern Europe and Central Asia.
Online tool/database
24 April 2024

Modern approaches to modern slavery: Addressing risks and impacts in investor portfolios

Schroders
This research examines how investors can move beyond policy-based assessments to identify modern slavery risks. It introduces Schroders' risk model and Shift's business model red flags to address structural vulnerabilities and supply chain opacity, helping investors protect long-term value through targeted engagement and improved data disclosure.
Research
20 August 2026

Global electricity review 2026

Ember’s 2026 Global Electricity Review reveals that solar power met 75% of global demand growth in 2025, halting fossil generation rise. Renewables reached 33.8% of the mix, overtaking coal for the first time. The report highlights falling battery costs and the decoupling of demand growth from fossil fuel consumption.
Research
21 April 2026

Collective power: The struggle for protection for land and environmental defenders

Global Witness
Global Witness reports that 124 land and environmental defenders were killed in 2025, bringing the total since 2012 to 2,375. Colombia remains the deadliest country. The report advocates for collective protection mechanisms and highlights the criminalisation of Indigenous communities resisting land grabs in Peru and Indonesia.
Research
17 September 2026

NGFS note on the economic and financial impacts of extreme weather events

This NGFS report analyses the macroeconomic and financial impacts of extreme weather using 31 case studies. It highlights how hazards propagate through supply and demand channels, affecting growth and inflation. The document details transmission to the financial system and the critical role of resilience factors like insurance and data quality.
Research
12 May 2026

Decent work results and effectiveness of ILO operations: An ex-post meta-analysis of development cooperation evaluations, 2025

International Labour Organisation (ILO)
This report assesses 45 evaluations from 2025 to gauge the effectiveness of ILO operations. While strategic relevance and sustainability were strong, results for disability inclusion and environmental sustainability were weaker. Efficiency remains a primary area for improvement, particularly concerning resource leveraging and results-based management systems.
Research
4 August 2026

A mission-aligned World Bank: From ambition to delivery

UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose
This research examines the World Bank's adoption of mission-oriented frameworks, focusing on initiatives like Mission 300 and Mission Water. It proposes shifting from market-fixing models to market-shaping approaches, emphasising cross-sectoral portfolios, reciprocal public-private relationships, and the development of dynamic public sector capabilities to achieve sustainable development goals.
Research
15 April 2026

Decent work in the platform economy must include outsourced and migrant workers

Equidem
This Equidem briefing highlights how platform companies use outsourcing and algorithmic management to evade labour responsibilities. It calls for international standards to include migrant workers and subcontractors, addressing issues like recruitment debt, opaque management, and fragmented accountability across digital supply chains in regions including the Gulf and the Philippines.
Research
26 May 2026

Two decades of urban heat intensification and exposure across 1400 cities

This report analyses satellite-based land surface temperature and population exposure across 1400 global cities between 2002 and 2021. Findings indicate that urban surface temperatures rose significantly, with climate change amplifying heat exposure by 82% relative to population growth alone, particularly affecting continental and arid regions.
Research
25 May 2026

Warming and vegetation greening drive recent surge in flash droughts

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
This research identifies a global shift in flash drought drivers from precipitation deficits to a compound effect of warming and vegetation greening. Anthropogenic greenhouse gas forcing has triggered a surge in these rapid-onset events since 2017, exposing approximately 650 million people and significantly reducing terrestrial carbon productivity.
Research
27 May 2026

Large carbon dioxide emissions avoidance potential in improved commercial air transport efficiency

This study analyses 2023 flight data to evaluate aviation carbon efficiency. Findings suggest that operating routes at demonstrated optima could reduce emissions by 10.7%. Significant reductions are achievable through efficient aircraft models, all-economy layouts, and 95% load factors, offering a robust pathway for decarbonisation without limiting transport capacity.
Research
7 January 2026
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