Research topic
Tools
Financial tools in use today don’t adequately address the growing systemic risks of climate change and the uncertainty this brings. And social and environmental impact metrics that can be translated into investment decisions remain a sticking point. What are some of the innovative ideas that could reshape the current reporting and assessment system to expand measures of ‘success’? Explore ideas below.
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Impact Management Project: Resources and Examples | Database | 02 Dec 2020 | Impact Management Project |
Editor’s choice
Here, the Impact Management Project provide a range of practical tools, templates and examples for impact management. |
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Online Tools for the Financial Sector | Website | 26 May 2021 | UN Environment Programme Finance Initiative |
Editor’s choice
The United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative provides tools to help stakeholders integrate sustainable finance practices and policies into their activities. These include tools to analyse impacts, transition risks, and the opportunities and risks from exposure to natural capital. |
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The Importance of Biodiversity Risks | Report | 27 Nov 2020 | Institute and Faculty of Actuaries | 10 mins |
Editor’s choice
In this paper, IFOA highlights the urgent need for actuaries to consider the importance and the impacts of global biodiversity risks into their practice. |
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Impact Investing Network Map | Database | 27 Oct 2020 | The Case Foundation |
The Impact Investment Network Map is a compelling visual database of the impact investing landscape. |
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Paving The Way Towards An Harmonised Biodiversity Accounting Approach For The Financial Sector | Report | 16 Oct 2020 | Partnership for Biodiversity Accounting Financials | 105 mins |
This reports highlights the harmonised principles underlying biodiversity impact assessment methodologies that financial institutions should adopt to evaluate the impact of investments on biodiversity. www.pbafglobal.com/files/downloads/PBAF_commongroundpaper2020.pdf |
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Measuring Stakeholder Capitalism: Towards Common Metrics and Consistent Reporting of Sustainable Value Creation | Report | 24 Sept 2020 | World Economic Forum | 170 mins |
In collaboration with network partners, the World Economic Forum has worked to identify a set of universal, material ESG metrics and disclosures that capture sustainable, long-term value creation that embraces the wider demands of people and planet. |
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The State of Impact Measurement and Management Practice, Second Edition | Report | 21 Jan 2020 | Global Impact Investing Network | 113 mins |
In this report, GIIN provides a comprehensive overview of investors motivations, investment practices and market trends that have been shaping the impact investing space in recent years. |
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Measuring Prosperity | Report | 05 Jun 2019 | Centre for the Understanding of Sustainable Prosperity | 59 mins |
In this paper, CUSP reflects on the traditional assumptions of economic growth to understand what defines a good indicator and how long-term value based evaluations should be incorporated. |
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EU Taxonomy Technical Report | Report | 01 Jun 2019 | European Commission | 818 mins |
The methodology employed to develop and the results thereafter of the EU Taxonomy is detailed in this paper. The EU Taxonomy provides a common language for investors to coalesce around investments that encourage carbon mitigation whilst avoiding harm to society or the environment. |
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Assessing the impact practice of impact investments | Framework | 01 Mar 2019 | New Philanthropy Capital | 20 mins |
See here the light-touch and practical framework that NPC have developed to compare organisations’ impact approach to best practice. www.thinknpc.org/resource-hub/assessing-the-impact-practices-of-impact-investments/ |
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How to Invest in the Low-carbon Economy | Report | 06 Jun 2018 | Principles for Responsible Investment | 54 mins |
PRI present a guide for investor strategies to align investment portfolios with a lower carbon, more resilient economy. The guide focuses on three main areas of; low-carbon investment opportunities; integrating climate-related risks, and; phasing out investments in thermal coal. www.unpri.org/climate-change/how-to-invest-in-the-low-carbon-economy/3210.article |