Finance & Investment
The growing number of funds, tools, mechanisms and markets helping organizations, investors and the public put their money where their mouth is to drive sustainable change
Landmark Report Sets Out 7 Steps for Embedding Nature, Equity Goals into Global Financial Activity
The Taskforce on Nature Markets asserts an unprecedented shift towards accurately pricing nature in global markets must occur to deliver on nature, climate and equity goals. ... View More
What Is the Role of Climate Scenarios in the Investment Process?
Increased availability of a wide range of plausible climate scenarios can help steer financial institutions away from group think and reduce the long-term financial risks of climate change. ... View More
What CFOs Need to Know About Fast-Emerging Biodiversity-Credit Markets
When companies invest in biodiversity credits, the ‘unitization’ of biodiversity outcomes in the form of credits takes the guesswork out of designing the investment. But they are not intended to offset an equivalent, negative impact on biodiversi... View More
Climate Vault Aims to Spur Climate Action by Locking Away Carbon Permits
The organization works to purchase and vault CO2 permits from regulated cap-and-trade compliance markets — thus keeping major polluters from using them to emit and, theoretically, stopping pollution before it happens. ... View More
WWF: Funding Locally Tailored Food-System Innovation Is Essential for a Healthier, Abundant Planet
WWF’s new framework guides improved investment of innovation funds in food systems, so investors and businesses can work with local communities and stakeholders to identify the right innovations for the right impact in the right place. ... View More
FootPrint Coalition: Propelling Climate Tech to Create a World of ‘Radical Abundance’
Robert Downey Jr's FootPrint Coalition is taking a three-pronged approach to boosting environmental science and technology — including a science engine that funds non-traditional innovators, a VC fund for scaling promising solutions, and a media pl... View More
Inequality: The Sustainable Business Blind Spot
Climate change affects everyone but in vastly unequal ways. To address this and drive real, sustainable change, businesses must ensure their sustainability strategies do not exacerbate existing inequalities even further. ... View More
Investor Demand Propelling Corporate Plastic-Reduction Strategies
Kraft Heinz and Church & Dwight responded to shareholder proposals with new goals to cut virgin plastic use; now, 185 investors have called on 30 other CPG brands and retailers to accelerate their action on plastic. ... View More
Is the Voluntary Carbon Market Worth Saving?
Despite its flaws, I believe that the VCM is an essential tool in our climate toolkit. To ensure funding is channeled into real climate-action projects, we still must drive greater integrity and transparency. Here are four ways we can do that. ... View More
Estée Lauder Companies Advances Financial Literacy for Women in Shea Supply Chain
The ELC Charitable Foundation’s work supports programs at the intersection of environmental sustainability and social impact, including investments in communities around the ELC supply chain. ... View More
L'Oréal, Apple Continue to Cultivate Nature-Based Climate and Biodiversity Solutions
The two companies have expanded the scope and scale of their respective nature-focused impact-investment funds. ... View More
Pension Funds Committed to Net Zero Are Still Not Seeing the Forest for the Trees
According to Global Canopy and Make My Money Matter, the majority of pension providers in major climate coalitions do not have credible policies or commitments to tackle deforestation. ... View More
The Role of the CFO in Sustainability Reporting
With increased expectations to assume the role of climate controller in business, how should CFOs go about measuring the success of their organization’s environmental policies? ... View More
1% for the Planet Impact Fund Reaches First Anniversary with 6 Initial Investment Partners
Much like 1%’s regular giving, the Impact Fund is being used to support a variety of initiatives; and that path will continue to evolve as the fund does. ... View More
Investor Coalition to Engage Seafood Sector on Key Nature Risks, Impacts
New WWF research shows some banks and investors recognize the potential for ESG risks in seafood but most lack robust or actionable policies. ... View More
Economic Centers in China, US Top Global Ranking for Climate and Extreme Weather Risks
“Since extensive built infrastructure generally overlaps with high levels of economic activity and capital value, it is imperative that the physical risk of climate change is appropriately understood and priced." ... View More
Understanding the Important Difference Between ESG Risk and ESG Impact
It is important to know the difference between these terms — and the potential for there to be some divergence between how a company performs on either measure. A company with a high impact rating and low ESG risk doesn’t necessarily mean it’s ... View More
NZAOA Updates Protocols to Provide Clearer Path to Portfolio Decarbonization
Investment portfolio emissions make up the lion’s share of an asset owner’s footprint. The Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance’s newest Protocol aims to fight inertia in pro-climate financing and get investor portfolios in line with science by 2050. ... View More
Investors Can No Longer Ignore China’s Lagging ESG Performance
For brands that pulled out of Russia after the invasion of Ukraine, the cost was in the billions. But Russia is a tiny economy compared to China; and the costs of inaction on ESG issues could be multitudes of magnitude bigger. ... View More
