WRI's goal is to protect the global climate system from further harm due to emissions of greenhouse gases and help humanity and the natural world adapt to unavoidable climate change.
WRI's Governance goal is to guarantee public access to information and decisions regarding natural resources and the environment.
WRI's Markets & Enterprise goal is to harness markets and enterprise to expand economic opportunity and protect the environment.
WRI's People and Ecosystems goal is to reverse rapid degradation of ecosystems and assure their capacity to provide humans with needed goods and services.
Sustainable Business and Markets
Private sector activities and ecosystems are interrelated. The private sector contributes to ecosystem change, while also depending on the goods and services ecosystems provide. WRI works to align ecosystem stewardship with the attainment of business goals. Our solutions:
- Corporate Ecosystem Services Review (ESR)—a structured methodology for corporate managers to proactively develop strategies for managing business risks and opportunities arising from their companies’ dependence and impact on ecosystems
- Mainstream ecosystem services in the financial sector—work with leading private financial institutions and multilateral institutions to incorporate ecosystem services into their core strategies
- Develop water quality trading markets—promote cost-effective investments in nutrient reductions
- Support responsible procurement of forest products—provide purchasers with reliable, impartial, and easy-to-understand advice on forest product procurement policies
