Private Sector Investment and Sustainable Development

United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) | Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) | United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

Book / Report | Free | Jun 01, 2015

Provides an overview of the current and potential role of institutional investors, companies, banks and foundations in the design and implementation of a financing strategy... Read More

Natural Capital Protocol Toolkit

World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) | Natural Capital Coalition (NCC)

Website | Free

The Natural Capital Protocol is a framework designed to help generate trusted, credible, and actionable information for business managers to inform decisions.The Protocol... Read More

New Carbon Economy Consortium: Building Research Programs to Support 21st Century Economic Opportunity

Center for Carbon Removal

Book / Report | Free | Jun 06, 2017

What if we could turn a pollutant—CO2 in the atmosphere—into a valuable resource that can fuel our economy?   A new carbon economy is urgently needed to develop new... Read More

Breaking Through Gridlock: The Power of Conversation in a Polarized World

Breaking Through Gridlock

Book / Report | Paid | May 22, 2017

Jason Jay & Gabriel Grant share clear-cut and actionable pathways for having difficult conversations about polarizing issues in pursuit of a better world.

ENCORE

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

Suite of Tools | Free

ENCORE was developed by the Natural Capital Finance Alliance in partnership with UNEP-WCMC and was financed by the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) and... Read More

The Business Case for Responsible Corporate Adaptation: Strengthening Private Sector and Community Resilience (2015)

CDP | ND-GAIN | OXFAM | Rainforest Alliance | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) | DTU Partnerships | United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change | United Nations Global Compact (UNGC)

Article | Free | May 30, 2015

Primary Functions:Learn how companies can adapt to climate change through a collection of case examples, including some related to waterHighlights the benefits for... Read More

Supply Chain Solutions Center

Environmental Defense Fund (EDF)

Suite of Tools | Free

With the Supply Chain Solutions Center, you can take sustainability from ideas to actions – for the good of your business, for the good of our planet. The Supply Chain... Read More

S-Ray - Arabesque

Arabesque

App | Paid

Welcome to Arabesque S-Ray™, our unique tool that allows anyone to monitor the sustainability of over 7,000 of the world’s largest corporations. Smart and simple to use,... Read More

ELD Land Materiality Screening Tool

The Economics of Land Degradation (ELD) | World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD)

Template / Workbook / Spreadsheet | Free | Jan 01, 2016

The ELD Land Materiality Screening Tool is a tool designed to enable companies to better assess the significance of land to their business. The objectives of the tool are... Read More

Natural Capital Protocol - DOWNLOAD

Natural Capital Coalition (NCC)

Framework / Guidelines | Free

The Natural Capital Protocol is a decision making framework that enables organizations to identify, measure and value their direct and indirect impacts and dependencies... Read More

Fieldprint Platform

Field to Market

Calculator / Equations / Formula | Free

This tool has been developed for corn, cotton, rice, wheat, potatoes and soybean growers to better understand and communicate how management choices affect overall... Read More

Circular Economy Toolbox - Glossary

U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation Corporate Citizenship Center (CCC) Sustainability Consortium (TSC) Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA)

Other | Free

Glossary on Circular Economy terms.

GIST Impact Intensity Database (GIID)

GIST Impact

Suite of Tools | Paid | Jan 01, 2022

"GIST has developed its proprietary methodologies that are aligned to the VBA 0.1 methodology and the Natural Capital Protocol and Social & Human Capital Protocol to... 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

Value Driver Model: A Tool for Communicating the Value of Business Sustainability

Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) | United Nations Global Compact (UNGC)

Framework / Guidelines | Free | Dec 30, 2013

Utilizes key business metrics to determine the return on investment of corporate sustainability activities. The Model & Toolkit offer companies a simple and direct... Read More