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ESG Integration and analysis

Tools, methodologies, and frameworks for embedding ESG factors into financial analysis, valuation, credit assessment, underwriting, and portfolio management, while separating out broader strategic elements.

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Finnish Sustainable Investment Forum (Finsif)

Finance Industry Groups
Finnish Sustainable Investment Forum (FINSIF) is a membership-based organisation promoting sustainable and responsible investment in Finland. It connects asset owners, investors, service providers and policymakers, produces research and guidance, and hosts events to advance ESG integration, impact investing, stewardship, and sustainable finance market development through collaboration and policy engagement nationally.
Organisation

Shift: Action for Pension Wealth and Planet Health

Finance / Corporate Focused NGOs & Think Tanks
Shift: Action for Pension Wealth and Planet Health is a Canadian non-profit advancing climate-aligned pension investing. It engages pension beneficiaries, publishes research such as the Canadian Pension Climate Report Card, and advocates for responsible investment, climate risk management, transparency, and long-term financial security across public retirement systems in Canada today.
Organisation
1 research item

Endowment impact benchmark series

Intentional Endowments Network
The Endowment Impact Benchmark is a benchmark series that provides a structured assessment and benchmarking framework for endowments and foundations. It evaluates policies, governance, management and transparency related to sustainable and impact investing, enabling consistent comparison and ongoing progress tracking across participating institutions.
Benchmark/series
21 February 2025

Net zero atlas series

FTSE Russell
The COP Net Zero Atlas is an annual research series examining transition and physical climate risks across major economies. It provides a structured framework to assess national climate commitments, policy pathways and exposure to climate hazards, supporting comparative analysis for investors and policymakers.
Benchmark/series
1 November 2024

Measuring companies’ environmental and social impacts: An analysis of ESG ratings and SDG scores

This study compares ESG ratings with SDG scores across major providers. It finds little correlation. SDG scores align with investor exclusions and EU Taxonomy assessments, while ESG ratings largely measure financial risk exposure, not real-world environmental or social impacts.
Research
4 April 2025

Banking on Climate Chaos Coalition (BOCC)

Issue Focused NGOs & Think Tanks
Banking on Climate Chaos Coalition (BOCC) exposes global banks’ financing of fossil fuel projects and tracks lending and underwriting by the world’s largest banks to coal, oil and gas companies. Its annual Banking on Climate Chaos reports highlight fossil fuel finance data, frontline community impacts and drive climate accountability in banking.
Organisation
1 research item

City-scale climate hazards at 1.5°C, 2.0°C, and 3.0°C of global warming

World Resources Institute
City-Scale Climate Hazard Indicators under Warming Scenarios is a global dataset by the World Resources Institute providing projected heat and precipitation hazard indicators for 996 large cities under 1.5°C, 2.0°C and 3.0°C warming scenarios, supporting climate risk and urban planning analysis.
Online tool/database

RETScreen

Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
RETScreen is a clean energy management software developed by Natural Resources Canada to assess renewable energy and energy efficiency projects. It supports feasibility analysis, financial evaluation, energy performance tracking and greenhouse gas emissions analysis using integrated global climate, cost and benchmark datasets.
Online tool/database

Online Climate Scenario Analysis Narrative Tool

Climate Financial Risk Forum (CFRF)
An interactive climate financial risk tool developed by the UK Centre for Greening Finance and Investment to support scenario analysis. It enables users to explore climate transition and physical risk pathways for financial decision-making, stress testing, and research, with a focus on climate-related financial impacts.
Online tool/database

Upright Net Impact Model

Upright Project
Upright Platform offers impact-based ESG analytics that quantify companies’ positive and negative effects across environmental, social and economic dimensions. The S&P 500 ESG preset enables benchmarking of index constituents using monetised impact data to support portfolio analysis and comparability.
Online tool/database

Double Materiality Assessment Tool

&Bloom
The Bloom Sustainability Double Materiality Tool supports CSRD-aligned assessments by identifying, scoring, and prioritising impact and financial risks and opportunities. It combines structured stakeholder input with quantitative scoring to document materiality outcomes and provide audit-ready outputs for sustainability and ESG reporting.
Online tool/database

European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF)

Government Organisations & Departments
European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) is an independent intergovernmental organisation providing global numerical weather prediction and climate data. ECMWF supports forecasting, climate risk analysis, Copernicus services, research, and decision-making through high-resolution models, reanalysis datasets, and open scientific expertise.
Organisation
1 research item

Climate Impact Attribution

Carbon Brief
Carbon Brief’s Attribution Studies Interactive Map is a searchable database mapping published climate-event attribution research. It shows how climate change influenced the likelihood or severity of extreme weather events globally, categorised by country and event type, with visual indicators of study findings on human-caused warming.
Online tool/database

NatureAlign

Nature Finance
NatureAlign is a decision-support tool by Nature Finance that helps financial institutions identify, assess and respond to nature-related risks and opportunities by aligning portfolios, strategies and governance with nature-positive outcomes.
Online tool/database

TransitionArc

Climate arc
TransitionArc is a public-facing platform that aggregates leading corporate climate transition data and analysis, enabling comparison of companies’ progress on science-aligned targets and disclosure metrics to support investment, engagement and policy decisions. It streamlines disparate assessments into a coherent view of corporate transition performance
Online tool/database

Global Renewables Watch

Global Energy Monitor
Global Renewables Watch Atlas is an open, interactive database mapping utility-scale solar and wind projects worldwide. It provides project-level data on location, capacity, and development status to support analysis of renewable energy deployment, infrastructure planning, and investment-related research.

Global Renewables Watch is a project/initiative of Global Energy Monitor, which acts as the organisational author and is responsible for governance, data production, and oversight.
Online tool/database
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