This paper explores the top risks for doing business that relates to environmental concerns and governance challenges five countries in the South Asia: Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka.
This report aims to assess how policymakers and other stakeholders understand green growth, why knowledge on green growth diverges across regions, and what common understanding can be integrated in the green growth framework to enhance the relevance of the index for policy decision-making.
This report presents the objectives, methodology, procedures and main findings of the OECD project "Strengthening public finance capacity for green investments in the EECCA countries". Between 2016-19, the project aimed to help set the partner countries (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Moldova) on a sustainable path of development by reducing the energy and carbon intensity of their economies.
This report presents the results and conclusions of the project “Introduction of Green Growth Indicators and Preparation of the Report on Green Growth in Kazakhstan”, carried out within the framework of the OECD Kazakhstan Cooperation Program. The main goal of the project is to assist Kazakhstan in integrating the measurement of green growth into the regular reporting and planning system, in implementing the concept for the transition to a green economy, and in assessing progress and achieving green growth at the macro level.
Enabling the Business of Agriculture 2019 presents indicators that measure the laws, regulations and bureaucratic processes that affect farmers in 101 countries. The study covers eight thematic areas: supplying seed, registering fertiliser, securing water, registering machinery, sustaining livestock, protecting plant health, trading food and accessing finance. The report highlights global best performers and countries that made the most significant regulatory improvements in support of farmers.
Food companies are not only at risk due to water scarcity, they are also responsible for it. Agriculture is rapidly draining aquifers in many regions of the world, and meat production is one of the biggest polluters of watersheds globally. This report provides investors with guidance and relevant data for evaluating the water risk management of 40 major companies in the agricultural products, beverage, meat, and packaged food industries. It also tracks their progress in managing their water risks as compared to performance in 2017 and 2015. This analysis can help food companies manage their water risks more effectively, which is critically important to their bottom lines.