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October 2018

State of the Practice: Sustainability standards for infrastructure investors

World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF), Stanford Global Projects Centers, Guggenheim Partner
This report evaluates the “state of the practice” for sustainability standards and rating or accounting systems within one asset class—infrastructure investment. It reviews the standards and assessment tools available to investors and developers to measure and report on the sustainability and resilience of their infrastructure investments.
12 February 2019
Online

Verra Webinar - Introducing the Sustainable Development Verified Impact Standard

Verra
On 12 February 2019 (5:00PM - 6:00PM CET) Verra is hosting a webinar on "Introducing the Sustainable Development Verified Impact Standard".
December 2020

Regulatory Indicators for Sustainable Energy 2020: Sustaining the Momentum

World Bank Group
Regulatory Indicators for Sustainable Energy (RISE) 2020 monitors and assesses policy and regulatory support for sustainable energy to promote energy efficiency and the use of renewable energy while expanding access to electricity and clean cooking fuels.
June 2012

Trade and Environment Briefings: Sustainability Standards for Consumer Goods

International Trade Centre (ITC), United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment), International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD)
Sustainability standards have emerged in the marketplace for food, textiles and a wide range of consumer goods and services, and their role continues to grow, particularly in emerging markets.
March 2019

Sustainable Finance Progress Report 2018

Inquiry into the Design of a Sustainable Financial System (UN Environment Inquiry)
The G20 Green Finance Study Group (GFSG) and Sustainable Finance Study Group (SFSG) have been looking at ways to overcome a variety of institutional and market barriers to scaling up private finance over the last three years. Seven options were outlined in the G20 Green Finance Synthesis Report released in September 2016, and the Green Finance Progress Report assessed progress against these seven options in the 12 months that followed. This report focuses on progress in sustainable finance developments from July 2017 to the current date.
January 2014

State of Sustainability Initiatives Review 2014: Standards and the Green Economy

International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)

The past decade has seen a rapid expansion in the development of voluntary sustainability standards (VSS) to address key sustainability issues for commodity supply chains.

May 2016

State of Sustainability Initiatives Review: Standards and the Blue Economy Report

International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), Finance Alliance for Sustainable Trade
This report State of Sustainability Initiatives Review offers a rare analysis of the market and performance characteristics of international sustainability standards operating across both the wild catch and aquaculture sectors.
October 2019

State of Sustainable Markets 2019 Report

International Trade Centre (ITC)
The State of Sustainable Markets 2019: Statistics and Emerging Trends provides a snapshot of substantial growth of sustainability standards for bananas, cocoa, coffee, cotton, oil palm, soybean, sugarcane, tea and forestry products.
21 October 2020

ASEAN Sustainable Capital Markets: Regulator's perspectives

ICMA and the ASEAN Capital Markets Forum (ACMF) will bring together a distinguished panel of senior regulators from Southeast Asia for a virtual event on ASEAN green, social and sustainability bond markets, with a focus on the Roadmap for ASEAN Sustainable Capital Markets.
May 2013

Sustainability Standards in China-Latin America Trade and Investment: A Discussion

International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)
This discussion paper summarises initial evidence on the growing trade and investment between China and Latin America in mining, forestry and agriculture, with a particular focus on Chile, Peru and Brazil.

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