Ecosystem Services: Innovation Case Studies

Ecostar

Case Study | Free

Stories and case studies

Flourishing Business Canvas

Flourishing Enterprise Co-lab

Framework / Guidelines | Free | Dec 31, 2022

The Flourishing Business Canvas is a new generation of visual collaborative tool to design business models that are fit-for-the-21st Century: socially beneficial,... Read More

Understand, measure, forecast and communicate your impact!

Startup Impact Benchmark

Website | Free

This website provides access to tools and research relevant for understanding, measuring, forecasting and communicating sustainability impact from startups.

Ecosphere+

Ecosphere+

Website | Paid

On a mission to scale up climate action and transform landscapes and livelihoods by placing a value on the ecosystem services that support our planet and creating a demand... Read More

Stakeholder identification and changes (Lean Impact Measurement Webinar part 3)

Startup Impact Benchmark

Course | Free | Mar 27, 2018

This video helps you to understand who benefits/suffers from your activities, what changes you achieve for these stakeholders and how to select the three most important... Read More

Oppla

Oppla

Website | Free

Oppla is a new knowledge marketplace; a place where the latest thinking on ecosystem services, natural capital and nature-based solutions is brought together.

Finding Capital for Sustainable Livelihoods Businesses

World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD)

Book / Report | Free

Finance guide for business managers.

Investing in Breakthrough CVC

Volans

Book / Report | Free

The result of a research project undertaken to better understand how some corporate venture capital (CVC) funds are investing in deals that provide both financial return as... Read More

Global Fashion Agenda

Danish Fashion Institute (DAFI)

Other | Free

Global Fashion Agenda is a global leadership forum on fashion sustainability founded in 2016 and anchored around Copenhagen Fashion Summit, the world’s principal event on... Read More

Textile Calculator

Brown and Wilmanns Environmental

Calculator / Equations / Formula | Paid

The Brown and Wilmanns Environmental Textile Environmental Calculator (BWE TEC) helps textile, apparel, and footwear companies deliver environmental performance to their... 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.

The Impact Compass

Stanford Graduate School of Business - Center for Social Innovation

Calculator / Equations / Formula | Free

This website allows measuring impact potential of an organization using six impact dimensions. A total score is calculated, a visual representation of the 6 dimensions is... Read More

Making of Making Powered by NIKE MSI

Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC) | Nike

App | Free | Dec 08, 2016

MAKING is a tool to inspire designers and creators to make better choices in the materials they use. We know that every decision a designer makes in the product creation... Read More

What we learned from 200 startups who raised $360M

DocSend

Other | Free

Slide show of findings from research on 200 startups raising capital.

Unlocking Capital for Sustainability-Oriented Ventures: 7 Key Lessons for Entrepreneurs

Sustainability Initiative at MIT Sloan

Template / Workbook / Spreadsheet | Free | Nov 05, 2016

Entrepreneurship is challenging in all cases, and raising capital can be especially difficult. For sustainability-oriented entrepreneurs who aspire to realize a positive... Read More