Corporate Governance

	Corporate Governance and Climate Change: The Banking Sector
	IThis report is the first comprehensive assessment of how 40 of the world's largest banks are preparing themselves to face the colossal challenge posed by climate change. (01/08)

	Corporate Governance and Climate Change, Making the Connection
	In this report, Ceres surveys 100 of the world's largest companies in 10 industry sectors and uses a "Climate Change Governance Checklist" to evaluate how these companies are addressing the issue.

	Carbon Disclosure Project
	2009 is an important year for the Climate Change negotiations when governments will seek to come to an agreement on the future framework for climate change.

	Global Climate Disclosure Framework for Automobile Companies
	IMarch 2009 - This disclosure framework focuses on the business issues and indicators specific to the auto sector, and can be used as a reporting tool through both the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) and the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI).

 

Corporate Strategies

	Climate Changes your Business
	This KPMG analysis of 50 authoritative studies aggregates findings and quantifies the levels of climate-related risks facing a wide range of business sectors in order to identify the specific risks and economic impacts that businesses must address.

	The Risk Intelligent Energy Company: Weathering the Storm of Climate Change
	This Deloitte & Touche LLP paper provides insight into identifying key climate change risks, discusses how a Risk Intelligent approach to Enterprise Risk Management helps to manage these risks, and offers guidance on how to adapt business models to the implications of climate change.

	Competitive Advantage on a Warming Planet
	This article by Jonathan Lash and Fred Wellington of the World Resources Institute argues that companies that manage and mitigate their exposure to the risks associated with climate change while seeking new opportunities for profit will generate a competitive advantage over rivals in a carbon-constrained future.

	Offsetting Emissions: A Business Brief on the Voluntary Carbon Marke
	his report from Business for Social Responsibility is intended for companies considering the purchase of voluntary offsets for their greenhouse gas emissions. It offers clear steps that guide early assessments and enable corporate decision makers to become educated consumers within voluntary carbon markets.

	Climate Change Strategy: The Business Logic Behind Voluntary Greenhouse Gas Reductions
	his report from Business for Social Responsibility is intended for companies considering the purchase of voluntary offsets for their greenhouse gas emissions. It offers clear steps that guide early assessments and enable corporate decision makers to become educated consumers within voluntary carbon markets.

 

Insurance

	From Risk to Opportunity: Insurer Responses to Climate Change
	This report focuses on the significant progress made by insurers to develop new products and services. It identifies 422 real-world examples from 190 insurers, reinsurers, rokers and insurance organizations from 26 countries.

	The Economic Justification for Imposing Restraints on Carbon Emissions
	This insights report discusses why government intervention is needed to impose restraints on carbon emissions and why an international policy is necessary. According to the authors, cap-and-trade policy is likely to be the most successful way of reducing carbon emissions. The report examines the economic reasons for government intervention, as well as mitigation policy options and issues.

	A Change in the Weather
	This article from insurance services company Marsh looks at the unique legal and regulatory risks climate change poses to companies. It also examines the fact that corporate behavior is being scrutinized more closely by shareholder activists.

	Climate Change and Insurance: An Agenda for Action in the United States
	The report identifies risks for the sector, emerging physical impacts that will likely be amplified with climate change, and develops actions that demonstrate how insurance providers can respond to these risks in a meaningful and responsible manner.

	Climate Change: Risks and Opportunities for Global Financial Services.
	This article from insurance services company Marsh looks at the unique legal and regulatory risks climate change poses to companies. It also examines the fact that corporate behavior is being scrutinized more closely by shareholder activists.

 

Finance

	CreditWeek Special Issue: The Credit Impact of Climate Change
	Features of this S&P special report on the credit impact of climate change include the varied credit effects of a portfolio approach to coping with climate change, the costs of potential regulatory compliance and their effect on U.S. utility credit, and the impact of stringent environmental legislation on the world's automakers.

	Global Clean Energy Investment Overview
	In this report, New Energy Finance, a financial services firm that specializes in low-carbon energy, analyzes the latest trends in clean energy investing. Investment in renewable energy and low-carbon technologies has more than doubled over the last two years, according to the report.

	Energy, Environmental and Social Index
	This Goldman Sachs report identifies specific environmental and social issues likely to be material for company competitiveness and reputation in the oil and gas industy, and attempts to quantify their potential impact on stock prices. Goldman Sachs concludes that BP and Royal Dutch Shell stand out for their environmental and social track record compared to their industry peers.

 

Investor Resources

	Mutual Fund Industry Opposition to Climate Change Resolutions Begins to Thaw
	This report analyzes the 2004-2007 voting records of 1,285 funds of 62 leading mutual fund firms, which illustrate that historic opposition toward such resolutions is softening. Some fund firms support many climate resolutions outright, and others abstain on most or all resolutions after opposing them in the past. Still, many mutual funds are acting inconsistently on climate change -- offering new climate-related funds and research products while continuing to oppose virtually all climate-related resolutions.

	The Size of the U.S. Energy Efficiency Market: Generating a More Complete Picture
	This report frames energy efficiency as an invisible powerhouse and an underappreciated investment opportunity. ACEEE seeks to quantify the size and scope of current investments in energy efficiency technologies both in terms of dollars invested and labor employed.

	Reducing U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions: How Much at What Cost | video
	Consensus is growing among scientists, policy makers, and business leaders that concerted action will be needed to address rising greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the United States. The discussion is now turning to the practical challenges of where and how emissions reductions can best be achieved, at what costs, and over what periods of time.