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Ownership stakes in private companies (not listed on exchanges), often through buyouts, venture capital, or growth financing.

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Navigating the reporting landscape

Accounting for Sustainability (A4S)
This guide provides an introduction to sustainability-related reporting for finance professionals. It covers mandatory reporting requirements and reporting frameworks, as well as key reporting components for sustainability. The guide also explores recent developments in reporting standards and the accounting profession, highlighting the future of corporate reporting.
Research
19 July 2021

Central banking and supervision in the biosphere: An agenda for action on biodiversity loss, financial risk and system stability

Central Banks and Supervisors Network for Greening the Financial System
This report explores the role central banks and financial regulators can play to mitigate biodiversity loss risks. The report establishes that biodiversity loss poses a financial risk to the economy and makes recommendations for action.
Research
23 February 2022

Social tipping dynamics for stabilizing Earth’s climate by 2050

This report identifies the key actors capable of rapidly decarbonising industry, society, and economy, suggesting six social tipping elements to stabilise Earth's climate by 2050. The research provides social tipping elements candidates with their associated social tipping interventions and estimated time for triggering tipping.
Research
4 February 2020

Guidance and case studies for ESG integration: Equities and fixed income

Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI)
The CFA Institute and Principles for Responsible Investment commissioned a survey on ESG integration, revealing that 56% of investors integrate governance into their equity analysis. Analysts may engage in ESG in fixed-income analysis to evaluate the risks and value of assets. ESG issues help investors arrive at estimates of fair stock value.
Research
7 September 2018

Impact investing decision-making: Insights on financial performance

Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN)
This report explores the financial performance of impact investments in private debt, private equity, and real assets, based on a scoping exercise of the industry's published research. Nearly nine in ten impact investors find that their portfolios are either meeting or exceeding their financial performance expectations.
Research
12 January 2021

A little less conversation, a little more action: 10 lessons learned from 10 years of helping investors to tackle climate

ISS
This report presents 10 lessons for investors on tackling climate change. Through this summary, the authors offer insights on methodologies for climate scenario analysis, the intersection of reporting and acting, an effective climate voting process, the role of regulators in transparent carbon neutral investments, among other topics.
Research
20 August 2021

Asset-level data and the energy transition: Findings from ET risk work package 2

Sustainable Finance Observatory
This report demonstrates the potential of asset-level data to manage risks and opportunities arising from the transition to a net-zero emissions economy. The authors develop a demonstrator database of assets across six carbon-intensive industries, calculating cumulative committed carbon emissions (CCCE) and potential reductions (RCCCE) through retrofits.
Research
10 April 2018

Tobacco free portfolios: The toolkit 12th edition

Tobacco Free Portfolios
This toolkit offers a framework for finance professionals to invest in tobacco-free portfolios. The toolkit covers various areas including the Tobacco-Free Finance Pledge, prospective investment risks and case studies, with a call to action for the industry to follow.
Research
28 January 2020

Navigating a new era of business and human rights

Business and Human Rights Resource Centre
This book highlights the intersection of corporate practices and human rights. It explores evolving challenges, regulatory landscapes, and the importance of collaborative, ethical business conduct. Key themes include transparency, state roles, and the human rights-based approach, offering insights for stakeholders to navigate this complex field.
Research
7 August 2019

Is regulation enough? A review of UK master trusts' ESG policies

ShareAction
This report explores the approach to climate change risk by UK's largest master trusts. It examines 16 master trusts' ESG policies and practices, focusing on the work of the trustees and their engagement with investee companies on ESG practices and risk management. The report draws attention to some positive developments, showing that some schemes have incorporated ESG and/or climate change factors into their asset allocation strategy.
Research
19 December 2019

Who owns a company?

This speech examines the evolution of corporate governance, focusing on the shift towards shareholder primacy. It discusses the incentive problems this model creates, such as short-termism and excessive risk-taking, and their economic consequences. The speech concludes by exploring potential policy responses to mitigate these issues.
Research
29 July 2015

Greenlight or gaslight? The transition minerals dilemma for Australia

Jubilee Australia
This report highlights the risks associated with the global dependency on transition minerals for a carbon-free future. It explores potential oversupply and undersupply risks, supply chain ethics, and the environmental impacts of mining such minerals in Australia.
Research
3 May 2023

Inclusive business financing: Where commercial opportunity and sustainability converge

Credit Suisse
This report explores how best to finance inclusive businesses, which have gained prominence for reducing poverty and inequality in developing countries. Drawing on case studies from across Asia, it examines bank debt and private equity as conduits for financing, and offers recommendations for improving the financing of inclusive businesses.
Research
12 June 2018

Sustainable investing in pensions: Top tips for sponsors of pension schemes

Accounting for Sustainability (A4S)
This report provides insight into embedding social and environmental risk into pension schemes to meet the growing economical demand. This guidance provides actionable top-tips for any sponsor to take the necessary steps to align their organisation's values with their pension scheme.
Research
30 June 2020

Study on sustainability - related ratings, data and research

European Commission
This study on sustainability-related ratings, data and research seeks to explore the sustainability data landscape and the issues related to the assessment and evaluation of sustainability performance. It examines various sustainability-related rating systems, methodologies, and data providers, with insights from asset managers, asset owners, and benchmark administrators.
Research
26 August 2021

Diversity washing

European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI)
This paper investigates the phenomenon of "diversity washing," whereby companies appear to prioritise diversity and inclusion (DEI) in their public discourse to a greater degree than their internal practices suggest. The authors use an empirical approach to evaluate the prevalence and effectiveness of this phenomenon.
Research
30 December 2023
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