Sustainable, Impact and ESG News and Investment Digest (week ending 26 April 2020)

A weekly round-up of developments in sustainable, impact and ESG news and investing.

In this week's digest:

• Altiorem: the "Wikipedia" of sustainable finance launched
• Hundreds of newsrooms join forces to promote climate solutions
• The importance of climate trade-off analysis
• How a breath of fresh air may change people's views
• Ashley Cooper's mission to raise awareness of global warming through photography

Altiorem

Altiorem has now been launched - the "wikipedia" of sustainable finance. It is a not-for-profit library and resource centre that:

• "Helps people understand the role finance must play in addressing sustainability challenges and building a better future for all."
• "Supports advocates for sustainable finance in making stronger arguments for change, and implementing solutions with real impact."
• "Helps a new generation of leaders gain a solid understanding of critical sustainability issues and their relevance to business and finance."

If you are involved in the industry and/or would like to become a member or contributor (free) and help shape the future please consider joining whether as a contributor or a member.

Altiorem

Hundreds of newsrooms join forces to promote climate solutions

More than 400 global newsrooms with an audience of around two billion people are collaborating on a project to investigate and spread information on climate solutions. The aim is the create a groundswell of positive news to drive change. The collaboration will be called "Covering Climate Now."

The Guardian

The importance of climate trade-off analysis

The C19 lockdown has highlighted what the world could be like without human intervention. Cities with smog how have clean air and views and dirty rivers are now clear, if only temporarily.

Trade-off analysis looks at the symbiotic relationship between humans and nature and the limits of human interaction before things start to break down. The analysis amalgamates economics and the natural sciences; specifically:

• Identification of stakeholders
• Estimation of new gains and losses for stakeholder groups
• Role of public and private stakeholders
• Anticipate how global governance structures can affect outcomes

Pushpam Kumar, Chief Environmental Economist at the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), explains what it means, its importance, and implications.

UN

How a breath of fresh air could change peoples views

C19 has revealed what cities with clean air, unpolluted rivers, and little traffic look like and how much healthier cities could be.

A post COVID-19 world provides an opportunity for a change of direction, to make a serious dent in CO2 emissions, and improve the lives and health for us and for future generation.

Forbes

Ashley Cooper's mission to raise awareness of global warming through photography

Having spent the last 13 years travelling to every continent to document the impact of climate change Ashley Cooper has released a book with 500 of the best images from the journey "Images from a warming planet".