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The EAPF commissioned Trucost to assess and analyse sixteen of their active and passive equity investment portfolios, with regard to their exposure to the embedded carbon emissions within fossil fuel …
Carbon & Climate
TEEB for Business Brazil
This study report under the coordination of Conservation International (CI-Brazil), recommends that companies should understand and incorporate into their decision making process, the economic value of biodiversity and ecosystems services …
Climate change creates a variety of risks for investors. The United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) highlighted climate and carbon risks in its 2013 report 'Portfolio Carbon: Measuring, …
The 'valuing Plastic' report looks at the business case for measuring, managing and disclosing plastic use in the consumer goods sector. The objective of this report is to help companies …
Brazil's financial sector is dependent on natural capital to support economic growth and ensure future returns for investors. Nature's assets are abundant in Brazil, from its farmland, forests and energy …
Green bonds offer the potential to raise billions in capital to fund renewable energy projects and a host of other sustainable technologies to enable the transition to a sustainable economy. …
Manufacturing
Cradle to cradle impact study: Technical report
Trucost was commissioned by the Institute to determine the impacts of Cradle to Cradle Certified product certification, and define a Framework that assists current and future stakeholders to carry out …
The eighth annual State of Green Business report continues GreenBiz's tradition of opening a window into how, and how much, companies are improving their environmental performance and how much their …
Policy & Finance
Engaging business on human rights: Issues for responsible and inclusive value chains (2015)
Through a series of interviews with CSR Asia's Strategic Partners and other expert stakeholders this paper outlines some of the contemporary human rights risks that are facing businesses who operate …
Policy & Finance
Creating shared value through inclusive business strategies
This paper demonstrates how it is possible to create shared value through inclusive business (IB) strategies and outlines practical steps which can be taken to develop an effective IB strategy.
Embedding sustainability is top priority for 2015, says research
In this report, we launch our new Super-League Table (SLT) for the global automobile original equipment manufacturers (OEMs).
