Scenarios and projections

International Energy Agency (IEA)

Website | Free

Various climate scenarios and projections by the International Energy Agency (IEA). This looks at different scenarios like 2, 4, and 6  degrees celsius.

A Review of Climate Science Based GHG Target Setting Methodologies for Companies

CDP

Book / Report | Free | Apr 01, 2015

Full-text (PDF) | Most companies are currently not setting the emissions targets necessary to meet the global goal of a 2⁰C temperature increase from pre-indust...

Reporting Landscape Map

Corporate Reporting Dialogue

Framework / Guidelines | Free

The Corporate Reporting Landscape Map provides a snapshot of corporate reporting initiatives and is intended to be a simple navigational tool. Users of the map should... Read More

Mapping Public Water Management by Harmonizing and Sharing Corporate Water Risk Information

World Resources Institute (WRI) | Sustainability Initiative at MIT Sloan

Book / Report | Free | Mar 07, 2018

In response to water crises across the globe, data on biophysical conditions associated with water risk have increasingly been collected and understood. However, a complete... Read More

Diversity and Inclusion Index | ESG Data

Thomson Reuters

Data / List of Values | Paid

Index and ESG data that cover measures of diversity, inclusion and people development for 5000+ publicly listed companies.

Natural Capital Assessments at the National and Sub-national Level

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) | World Conservation Monitoring Centre (WCMC)

Framework / Guidelines | Free | Mar 01, 2016

Natural Capital Assessments at the National and Sub-national Level presents a stepwise guidance document to conducting a natural capital assessment. The steps presented in... Read More

ESII Tool

Dow Chemical | The Nature Conservancy | EcoMetrix Solutions Group, LLC

Calculator / Equations / Formula | Free | Jan 01, 2016

Ecosystem Services Identification & Inventory (ESII) Tool lets people understand the benefits that nature provides and incorporate the value of nature into decision... Read More

Local Ecological Footprinting Tool (LEFT)

University of Oxford

Calculator / Equations / Formula | Paid | Jan 01, 2016

LEFT is a web-based decision support tool to help industry evaluate patterns of relative ecological value across a landscape to inform land use planning and minimize... Read More

3Pillars S-ROI Software

EarthShift Global

Calculator / Equations / Formula | Paid

Software that calculates the business case for sustainability

Business Case Examples: Environmental Issues

Solution Matrix LLC

Article | Free

Case studies of environmental business cases.

The Business Case for Sustainability

BrightWorks

Article | Free

Sustainability _ as a conceptual framework for the organization of priorities and allocation of resources _ provides a unique platform for reducing costs, identifying and... Read More

Sustainable Development Goal 5 (SDG 5)

United Nations Division for Sustainable Development

Website | Free

Sustainable Development Goal 5 (SDG 5) -  Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls Gender inequality persists worldwide, depriving women and girls of their... Read More

ENERGY STAR Guidelines for Energy Management

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Framework / Guidelines | Free

The 43-page ENERGY STAR Guidelines for Energy Management contains a step-by-step road map for continuous improvement, based on best practices from the nation's leaders in... Read More

Disclose what matters: Bridging the Gap Between Investor Needs and Company Disclosures on Sustainability

Ceres

Report | Free | Aug 15, 2018

Disclose What Matters analyzes the sustainability disclosures of the world's largest companies and finds that most companies are using comparable and industry-wide... Read More

Water Risk Monetizer (2014)

Ecolab USA | Trucost

App | Free

Primary Functions:Access actionable information to help businesses understand and quantify water-related risks in financial termsThe Water Risk Monetizer estimates the... Read More