Business Ethics and ESG

Carbon Disclosure Project

• Cities, States and Regions Open Data Portal - datasets on climate-related risks and opportunities, emissions, mitigation, adaptation, energy, water from more than 1,200 city, state and regional governments.
• Climetrics – rates over 18,000 funds every month representing around a third of the total assets of the global investment fund industry.
• Data and insights – these reports analyze the wealth of data submitted to CDP, giving vital insight to companies, cities, investors and policymakers.

Chief Executives for Corporate Purpose

• Investing in Society – source for trends on the corporate sector’s shift to be increasingly purpose-driven.

Corporate Register

• The world's largest online directory of corporate responsibility (CR) reports; includes reporting statistics by country.

Global Reporting Initiative

• Carrots & Sticks - database of mandatory and voluntary instruments that either require or encourage organizations to report sustainability-related information. The data covers instruments in 64 countries.

Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility

• Reports and Publications around the following issues: corporate governance, domestic health, environment, financial practices and risk, food safety and sustainability, global health, human rights, water stewardship and sustainability.

International Institute for Sustainable Development

• Articles – evidence-based policy analysis, fresh perspectives on a longstanding debate, easy-to-grasp explanations of a complex topic.
• Publications - reports, briefs, guides, and other materials covering sustainable development themes.

KnowESG

• Company ESG Profile - Integrated sustainability data hub.

Morningstar Sustainalytics

• Company ESG Risk Ratings - provides analytical environmental, social and governance (ESG) research, ratings and data to institutional investors and companies

NASDAQ

• Reporting Guide 2.0: A Support Resource for Companies (May 2019) - a primer on the current practice and enduring value of ESG management and data reporting. It incorporates 30 ESG metrics to track and disclose companies performance on environmental, social and governance matters.

OECD

• Corporate governance publications

Oxford University Centre for Corporate Reputation

• Publications
• Reputation Magazine – includes recent publications, research initiatives and other activities, and also includes interviews with leaders from business and other organizations. You can subscribe to the magazine or request a case study here.

PwC Governance Insights Center

• Board governance insights - insights on a broad array of governance topics like board composition, risk oversight, audit committee issues, talent and culture, shareholder engagement, new and prospective directors, ESG, emerging tech, and more.

PEI

• Responsible Investor - source for news, market analysis and data examining ESG and sustainability across financial markets.
• Reports

US SIF: The Forum for Sustainable and Responsible Investment

• Examples of ESG criteria used by sustainable investors.
• The US SIF Foundation conducts research on a range of sustainable and impact investment issues. A number of these reports are available here.
• Report on US Sustainable Investing Trends
• Research on sustainable and impact investment issues by US SIF members