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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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PFAS: From non-stick to stuck in court – Dashboard

Planet Tracker
The PFAS: From Non-stick to Stuck in Court Dashboard is an online tool developed by Planet Tracker to help investors assess PFAS litigation risk. It maps facility-level exposure across publicly listed companies, supporting ESG analysis, risk assessment and investment decisions related to environmental liabilities.
Online tool/database
31 March 2026

AI in your portfolio: Risks & opportunities

Intentional Endowments Network
Briefing paper outlining AI investment opportunities alongside systemic risks including bias, privacy, workforce disruption and environmental impacts. It highlights governance frameworks, due diligence tools and investor engagement strategies to support responsible AI investment practices and long-term portfolio resilience.
Research
21 April 2026

Hedging ambiguity with pro-social preferences: An illustration from green finance

National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
The paper argues that pro-social preferences can offset ambiguity aversion in green finance by acting as a behavioural hedge. Using ambiguity-based investment models, the authors show socially motivated investors may accept uncertain green assets, lowering effective hurdle rates and supporting private capital flows into sustainable projects.
Research
22 April 2026

SAIL: Systems Aware Investing Launchpad

The Investment Integrated Project (TIIP)
SAIL (Systems Aware Investing Launchpad) is an AI-enhanced platform developed by TIIP to support institutional investors in implementing system-level investing strategies. It provides tools for strategy development, benchmarking, reporting and collaboration, helping users assess and manage systemic environmental, social and financial risks.
Online tool/database

The Asset Owner Directory

Top1000funds.com
Top1000funds Asset Owner Directory is an interactive database covering large global institutional investors, including pension funds and sovereign wealth funds. It provides publicly sourced information on assets under management, asset allocation, performance, governance and key personnel, alongside archived articles and analysis to support research into investment strategy and industry trends.
Online tool/database

Navigating the impact valuation landscape: A practitioner’s guide to choosing value factors

Valuing Impact
A practitioner guide that maps available impact valuation methods and value factor sources, comparing their scope, methodology and use cases. It helps users select appropriate data sources for monetising social and environmental impacts, addressing fragmentation and inconsistencies across existing valuation approaches.
Online tool/database

ASEAN Taxonomy Navigator

Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS)
The ACCEPT Taxonomy Navigator is an online tool that enables users to explore and compare sustainable finance taxonomies, including the ASEAN Taxonomy. It provides a structured view of economic activities and classification criteria, supporting consistent assessment of sustainability alignment and aiding finance professionals in applying taxonomy requirements.
Online tool/database

OECD Green Finance and Investment library

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
OECD’s Green Finance and Investment series provides policy analysis and guidance to mobilise public and private finance for green growth. It examines how regulatory frameworks and investment strategies can scale funding for low-carbon, climate-resilient and resource-efficient infrastructure, technologies and businesses.
Research

Integrated decision-making framework

Capitals Coalition (CapsCo)
The Capitals Coalition’s Integrated Decision-Making Framework provides a structured approach to incorporating natural, social, human and produced capital into organisational decisions. It offers stepwise guidance, governance and technical tools to support consistent valuation of impacts and dependencies, enabling finance professionals to integrate sustainability considerations into decision-making processes.
Research
26 November 2025

Handbook of sustainable finance

This handbook explains sustainable finance concepts, ESG scoring, regulation, reporting, sustainable products, impact investing, biodiversity, climate risk measurement, transition and physical risk modelling, portfolio construction, stress testing and risk management for finance practitioners.
Research
9 February 2026

GRI Standards

Global Reporting Initiative
The GRI Standards are globally recognised sustainability reporting guidelines enabling organisations to disclose economic, environmental and social impacts in a consistent and comparable way. They support transparency, accountability and informed decision-making by helping organisations identify, measure and communicate material ESG impacts and contributions to sustainable development.
Research
1 January 2016

IFC's performance standards on environmental and social sustainability

International Finance Corporation
The IFC Performance Standards (2012) form part of the Sustainability Framework, setting requirements for clients to identify, manage, and mitigate environmental and social risks in financed projects. They comprise eight standards covering areas such as labour, resource efficiency, biodiversity, and community impacts, and are widely used as a global benchmark for responsible investment.
Research
1 January 2012

Tipping points: Decision making under deep uncertainty

J.P. Morgan Chase and Co.
Examines climate tipping points and their implications for financial decision-making under deep uncertainty. It outlines risks of abrupt, nonlinear climate shifts, limitations of traditional valuation models, and emerging approaches including scenario analysis, resilience planning and climate intervention, emphasising challenges in pricing, timing and managing long-term systemic risks.
Research
13 April 2026

2025 Southeast Asia fossil fuel divestment scorecard

RimbaWatch
Assesses 35 banks’ fossil fuel financing and climate policies in Southeast Asia, finding continued coal and gas funding despite commitments. International banks dominate financing, with policy gaps and loopholes persisting. The scorecard highlights misalignment with 1.5°C goals and calls for stricter divestment and increased renewable investment.
Research
24 May 2025

Advancing gender equality through gender lens investing

Altiorem
Examines gender lens investing as an approach integrating gender analysis into investment decisions to promote equality and returns. Outlines strategies, benefits, challenges, and case studies, linking to SDGs and emphasising measurement, engagement, and diverse investment practices.
Research
16 November 2023

Energy technology perspectives series

International Energy Agency (IEA)
The Energy Technology Perspectives is a series by the IEA that provides analysis of global energy systems, focusing on the development, deployment and innovation of clean energy technologies and their role in achieving sustainable, secure and low-emissions energy transitions across sectors and regions.
Benchmark/series
2 April 2026
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