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United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Shifting Gears: How the world’s leading financial centres are entering a new phase of strategic action on green and sustainable finance is intended to stimulate dialogue on the role of financial centre action as green and sustainable finance develops. The report summarizes the results of FC4S's 2018 pilot of this assessment programme.
Inquiry into the Design of a Sustainable Financial System (UN Environment Inquiry)
Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI)

An India Advisory Council of the UNEP India Inquiry was convened by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI). This report, Delivering a Sustainable Financial System in India highlights key proposals emerging from their discussions for aligning the Indian financial system with sustainability.

In the Indian context, they call for the development of a more robust and resilient ‘sustainability-oriented market framework’ focused on banking, institutional investment, public finance institutions and foreign direct investment. They called for policy and regulatory innovation in five areas:

Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI)
This handbook, Green Growth Assessment & Extended Cost Benefit Analysis: A handbook for policy and investment decision makers, is an introductory guide for policy makers to apply the Green Growth Assessment Process (GGAP) and extended Cost Benefit Analysis (eCBA) in the planning process. Both tools provide an integrated framework to provide a qualitative and quantitative analysis of the economic, social, and environmental impacts of the projects.
United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment
To guide investors – both asset owners and investment managers – who are implementing ESG integration techniques in their investment decisions and processes, this report, A Practical Guide To ESG Integration For Equity Investing is the most comprehensive description to date of what ESG-integrated analysis is, and how it works in practice.
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
This paper, Investment Governance and the Integration of Environmental, Social and Governance Factors, examines how pension funds, insurance companies and asset managers approach environmental, social and governance (ESG) risks and opportunities in their portfolio investments.