Topic: finance

Bringing clean energy to India’s rural poor consumers creates cascading economic and social benefits, in addition to profits.

This piece originally appeared in The Economic Times (India).

S&P, WRI Release Report on Climate Policy Scenarios and the US Chemicals Industry

This report seeks to ground the debate on climate finance in an objective analysis of ongoing efforts to finance mitigation and adaptation in developing countries.

A new mapping tool identifies and measures exposure to water risk.

An update on the role of climate finance in the international climate negotiations.

Kirsty Jenkinson talks about how New Ventures, WRI’s center for environmental entrepreneurship, helps environmentally-focused small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in emerging markets compete in a global economy.

Hungary’s toxic ‘red sludge’ is a stark reminder of why mining companies need to better disclose their water-related risks.

For investors and financial institutions, water risks in the mining sector are difficult to track.

This paper outlines potential water-related risks facing the mining industry and highlights important gaps in water-related disclosure.

Limited transparency around corporate sustainability risks can lead to investments that are bad for the environment, and investors’ bottom lines.

How can the financial community better understand the financial impacts of environmental trends?

This working paper frames the key challenges to analyzing the financial impacts of emerging environmental trends in South and Southeast Asia.

This report presents a framework to assess risks associated with energy security, water scarcity, and climate change for the real estate sector in Southeast Asia. It also discusses financial opportunities in the region’s growing green building market.

This report presents a framework for investors and analysts to assess the risk of impacts from water-related issues, including growing water scarcity and declining water quality, on thermal and hydroelectric power generation plants.

Environmental risks in the power, food and beverage, and real estate sectors can pose new challenges for investors.

Clean Power to the People

PRESS RELEASE: Study Finds Federal Climate Policy Scenarios Would Have Modest Credit Impacts for Most U.S. Chemicals Subsectors

Power, Responsibility, and Accountability: Re-Thinking the Legitimacy of Institutions for Climate Finance

Aqueduct: Understanding Water-Related Risks and Opportunities

From Copenhagen To Cancun: Climate Finance

Q&A: Kirsty Jenkinson on New Ventures and Environmental Entrepreneurship

‘Red Sludge’ Wake-up Call for Investors and Financial Institutions

Digging Beneath the Surface: Water Risks in Mining

Mine the Gap: Connecting Water Risks and Disclosure in the Mining Sector

Minding the Sustainability GAAP

Analyzing Environmental Trends in Asia

Analyzing Environmental Trends: Taking the Pulse of Asia’s Financial Community

Surveying Risk, Building Opportunity: Financial Impacts of Energy, Water and Climate Risks on Real Estate in Asia

Over Heating: Financial Risks from Water Constraints on Power Generation in Asia

Three New Reports Examine Financial Impacts of Environmental Risks in Southeast Asia

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