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

Reporting matters: Striking a balance between disclosure and engagement

World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD)

Framework / Guidelines | Free

This publication marks our fifth edition of Reporting matters. Our research has confirmed that many organizations find it challenging to meet the increasing number of... Read More

The 3% Solution

World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) | CDP

Framework / Guidelines | Free | Jun 18, 2013

Many of the world’s leading companies have made major strides in addressing climate change over the last decade. By establishing climate targets, they pushed themselves to... Read More

Is your nonfinancial performance revealing the true value of your business to investors?

Ernst & Young

Book / Report | Free

EY member fi rms are able to conclude from several years of research of ESG reporting that there is a global trend toward increased interest in nonfi nancial information on... Read More

Wage Fairness: It’s not just about the money

Fair Labor Association (FLA)

Article | Free | Mar 09, 2011

Dimensions of wage fairness are explored. Most corporate social responsibility work on wages has focused on whether a workplace meets a certain level of compensation,... Read More

Water and Human Rights: Exploring the Roles and Responsibilities of Business (2009)

CEO Water Mandate | Institute for Human Rights and Business

Article | Free | Feb 27, 2009

Primary Functions:Understanding early underpinnings of the Mandate’s guidance on respecting the human rights to water and sanitationThe authors of this paper take the... Read More

Human Rights: The Foundation of Sustainable Business

United Nations Global Compact (UNGC)

Report | Free

Celebrates the 70th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) and builds upon the UN Global Compact Progress Report. The report highlights insight and... Read More

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

How to Improve the Impact and Scale of Social Programs: Anglo American’s Collaborative Regional Development

Sustainable Business Now

Case Study | Free

Jon Samuel and Mzila Mthenjane discuss how Anglo American, Exxaro and partners have designed and adapted the Collaborative Regional Development (CRD) and Impact Catalyst... Read More

openLCA

GreenDelta

Suite of Tools | Free | Jan 01, 2022

openLCA is an open source and free software for Sustainability and Life Cycle Assessment. Fast and reliable calculation of Sustainability Assessment and/or Life Cycle... Read More

Water Risk Monetizer (2014)

Ecolab USA | Trucost

App | Free

Primary Functions:Access actionable information to help businesses understand and quantify water-related risks in financial termsThe Water Risk Monetizer estimates the... 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.

Biodiversity Footprint Tool

Plansup

Calculator / Equations / Formula | Free

This tool enables a business to measure its impact on biodiversity based on the two major pressure factors ‘Land use’ (type of management and number of hectares) and... Read More

ecoGenomics Biodiversity Assessment Tool

Applied Genomics

Calculator / Equations / Formula | Paid

As Technical Advisors to the Natural Capital Protocol, we're interested in how to best support your business whilst balancing the needs of the natural environment. This... Read More

Environmental Prices Handbook 2017 | Methods and numbers for valuation of environmental impacts

CE Delft

Calculator / Equations / Formula | Free

Environmental Prices, also called shadow prices, are prices for environmental goods. In our societies, prices are used to express value and guide decision making.... Read More