Oppla

Oppla

Website | Free

Oppla is a new knowledge marketplace; a place where the latest thinking on ecosystem services, natural capital and nature-based solutions is brought together.

The global apparel value chain, trade and the crisis: challenges and opportunities for developing countries

World Bank

Other | Free | Apr 01, 2010

This paper examines the impact of two crises on the global apparel value chain: the World Trade Organization phase-out of the quota system for textiles and apparel in 2005,... Read More

Executive Report: Innovating for Sustainability

Network for Business Sustainability (NBS)

Book / Report | Free | Dec 16, 2012

What's Included in this ReportA three-stage framework for sustainability innovation. Business leaders can use the framework to identify their current approach to... Read More

ELD Initiative: Practitioner's Guide: Principles of economic valuation for sustainable land management based on the Massive Open Online Course "The Economics of Land Degradation"

The Economics of Land Degradation (ELD)

Framework / Guidelines | Free | Jan 01, 2014

This Practitioner’s Guide reaches out to provide practitioners and decision-makers with the skills necessary to make an economic case for preventing or reversing land... Read More

Dow Jones Sustainability Indices

RobecoSAM

Website | Paid

Since the launch of the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) series in 1999, RobecoSAM has develope a series of sustainability indices, primarily targeted at the the asset... Read More

GEMI Methodology/ READS Tool

Repsol

Suite of Tools | Paid | Jan 01, 2021

The READS tool is based on the GEMI methodology, which allows for the quantification and valuation of environmental impacts on Natural Capital by following the approach... Read More

The Business Benefits of Sustainability

Everblu

Article | Paid

Businesses around the world are realizing that harmonizing business practices with environmental stewardship is not only the right thing it to do, it is also good business.

Template Startup Financial Model

David Teten

Calculator / Equations / Formula | Free

Free Excel spreadsheet for buidling a financial model.

Social innovation: what it is, why it matters & how it can be accelerated

Skoll Center for Social Entrepreneurship

Book / Report | Free

This report is about how we can improve societies' capacities to solve their problems. It is about old and new methods for mobilizing the ubiquitous intelligence that... Read More

Corporate Natural Capital Accounts

Natural Capital Committee | PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) | Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB)

Framework / Guidelines | Free | Jan 01, 2015

This study develops a methodology for corporate natural capital accounting. The study is structured around three main phases of work: Constructing a methodological... Read More

14 Types of Information Investors May Request as Part of their Due Diligence Checklist for Your Startup

Funding Sage

Article | Free

Checklist for due dilligence.

4-Part Startup Financing Workbooks

MaRS

Template / Workbook / Spreadsheet | Free

Four-part series covering business planning and financing, designed specifically for technology and life sciences companies.

Business Guide to Natural Capital Valuation

PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)

Framework / Guidelines | Free

https://www.pwc.co.uk/sustainability-climate-change/assets/pdf/pwc-environmental-valuation-methodologies.pdf   The guide describes how to value the environmental impacts... Read More

Measuring Impact in Impact Investing

Harvard Business School

Book / Report | Free

This document provides a valuable overview about different methods for impact assessment from the investor's perspective.

WBCSD Water Tool Box

World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD)

Suite of Tools | Free

The WBCSD has developed a certain number of tools, methodologies or principles that aim to support member companies’ sustainability journey.These different tools are... Read More