This report introduces an orientation matrix to help investors navigate impact strategies through the lenses of assets, markets, and systems. It categorises investor intent and contribution mechanisms—signalling, engagement, market growth, and financial flexibility—illustrated by case studies from pension funds, ethical banks, and family offices.

Malk Partners’ fourth annual report examines ESG trends across private markets in 2026. It identifies a disconnect where strong LP and GP ambitions face capacity constraints at the portfolio-company level. Key themes include the growth of Responsible AI, decarbonisation strategies, and shifting regulatory landscapes in the US and Europe.

This newspaper report outlines Africa's strategic agenda for COP31, emphasising the urgent need to close the climate finance gap. It highlights that while Africa requires up to $277 billion annually for climate goals, it currently receives a fraction of this, primarily through debt-creating loans rather than grants.

This toolkit provides institutional investors with a foundational framework to enhance net zero stewardship. It details a five-step process involving portfolio analysis, alignment criteria setting, engagement strategies for priority companies, and voting policy development. The guide aims to help investors halve emissions by 2030 and achieve net zero by 2050.

This research analyses the Hermes U.K. Focus Fund, demonstrating how private shareholder activism generates significant abnormal returns. By investigating internal data, it finds that targeted engagements—including management replacement and corporate restructuring—account for 90% of fund returns, substantially outperforming market benchmarks through private rather than public interventions.

This report examines lessons from the Climate Adaptation and Protected Areas Initiative (2023–2026). It details the implementation of nature-based solutions across diverse landscapes, highlighting the importance of integrated risk assessments, community engagement, and gender inclusivity in strengthening climate resilience for globally significant ecosystems and their dependent communities.

This report synthesises 45 assessments across 29 countries to demonstrate the economic case for nature-based infrastructure. It reveals a median benefit-to-cost ratio of 3.21 and an internal rate of return of 38%. The study recommends reforms in public finance and planning to overcome institutional barriers and scale investment.

This guidance outlines a minimum social safeguarding process for Landscape and Jurisdictional Initiatives. It details four core stages—commitments, assessment, planning, and monitoring—supported by governance and grievance enablers. The report provides practical recommendations and case studies to help organisations protect stakeholders from unintended harm during project implementation.

This research analyses the subnational distribution of international adaptation funding across seven Central American and Caribbean countries from 2007 to 2022. It reveals that funding prioritises socioeconomic factors over projected climate exposure, suggesting a critical blind spot in targeting communities that are most vulnerable to future climatic shifts.

This BSR report assesses human rights impacts in the AI data supply chain. It identifies structural risks like buyer concentration and precarious platform models. Key findings highlight inadequate wages and psychological harm, offering strategic recommendations for companies to improve visibility and governance across their global sourcing practices.

This Bayesian meta-analysis of 49 Graduation studies reveals significant gains in household consumption, income, and assets. Programmes implemented since 2016 show an 87 per cent increase in benefit-cost ratios compared to earlier efforts. While larger transfers increase impacts, they do not necessarily improve cost-effectiveness over lower-cost interventions.

This research critiques the for-profit economy's destructive dynamics, including rising inequality and environmental collapse. It proposes a Not-for-Profit Economy model where businesses legally reinvest all surpluses into social benefit. The report outlines transformation strategies across five fronts to shift towards a sustainable, needs-based global economic system.

The global insurance landscape faces a risk management crisis, with natural catastrophe losses exceeding $100 billion annually. This report outlines four interventions to improve place-based resilience: improving risk-decision data, creating innovative financing structures, establishing trusted metrics, and realising co-benefits through multi-stakeholder coalitions to enhance insurability.

This report provides a practical framework for investors to assess the positive impact of climate adaptation and resilience investments. It applies the 'Five Dimensions of Impact' to private finance, categorising outcomes across people, planet, and economy. The guidance offers clear metrics to help scale and manage adaptation portfolios.

This study quantifies the biodiversity impacts of 47,616 renewable energy plants globally. While solar and hydro account for 90% of impacts, these are highly concentrated in a small number of projects. Better siting and firm-level screening can substantially reduce ecological harm without compromising energy transition goals.

This report examines the Cerrado das Águas initiative's efforts to build water resilience in Brazil’s coffee region. It details how the Regenerative Catalysts Programme strengthened financial structures and transition risk management, helping farmers adopt regenerative practices and shift from individual risk management to collective territorial stewardship.