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Tool Development and Forests & Finance Database
A research consultancy that has developed a variety of tools, such as the Forests & Finance Database that may incorporate strategic corporate research or supply and investment chain mapping, often with the aim to bolster investor engagement. The Forests & Finance Database seeks to help civil society hold financial institutions accountable for their financing of companies responsible for deforestation in Southeast Asia.
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• Profundo, Netherlands, profundo.nl/en
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Other examples of tools Profundo has helped develop include Coal Banks, which exposes commercial banks financing the coal industry; InsureourFuture, which seeks to pressure insurance companies to get out of coal, oil, and gas; Energy Finance in Japan, which looks at Japanese financial institutions invested in fossil fuel and nuclear power companies; Banking on Climate Change, which ranks Banks based on fossil fuel investments; Don’t Bank on the Bomb, about the nuclear industry and related investors; as well as Nuclear Banks, which ranks Banks invested in nuclear power.
Profundo is also a partner of Chain Reaction Research, which carries out sustainability risk analysis for financial sector actors and corporations.
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Global Coal Exit List
An online database of coal companies throughout the thermal coal value chain worldwide, including current activities and expansion plans. Aims to encourage financial institutions to divest from coal.
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•Urgewald, Germany, urgewald.org
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Fossil Banks
A public campaign with a ranking of banks that finance the fossil fuel industry. Provides bank profiles and includes information on financing by sector, including coal, fracking, tar sands, oil, and gas. fossilbanks.org
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•BankTrack, Netherlands, in collaboration with Urgewald, Sierra Club, 350.org, and other organisations
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Benchmarking
An investor and CSO initiative that ranks companies on human rights performance in the agriculture products, textile industry, extractive industries, and information and communication technology (ICTs).
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•Corporate Human Rights Benchmark (CHRB), Global, corporate-human-rights-benchmark
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Benchmarking
Ranks ICTs, apparel and footwear, and food and beverage supply chains based on forced labor risks. knowthechain.org
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•Know the Chain, USA. A partnership between Humanity United, the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre, Sustainalytics, and Verité.
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Benchmarking
Ranks internet, mobile, and telecommunications companies up against standards for freedom of expression and privacy on the internet. rankingdigitalrights.org
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•Ranking Digital Rights, USA. Run by the New America Foundation.
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Benchmarking and Financial Analysis
A non-profit think tank that benchmarks around 65 companies in the oil, gas, power and utilities sectors. Provides financial analysis for investors trying to understand the financial implications of addressing climate change.
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•Carbon Tracker, UK, carbontracker.org
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Benchmarking
Annually ranks companies and financial institutions involved in supply chains responsible for deforestation. Based on company self-reporting, the ranking is searchable by company or financial institution, industry, supply chain segment, headquarters, and commodities. Commodities tracked include palm oil, soy, beef, leather, timber, and pulp and paper. forest500.org
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•Forest500, a project of Global Canopy, UK, globalcanopy.org
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Benchmarking
Ranks palm oil producers, processors and traders; timber and pulp producers, processors and traders; natural rubber producers and processors based on company reporting related to commitments related to Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) risks. Companies are principally graded based on transparency, not performance. Some data compiled, such as company overview, land holdings, and media coverage may be of interest beyond the rankings themselves. It is necessary to open a free account to access the company profiles. spott.org
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•SPOTT (Sustainability Policy Transparency Toolkit), a project of the Zoological Society of London, UK, zsl.org
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Benchmarking
An online database that ranks garment brands by their commitment to provide workers with a living wage standard, as well as for their level of supply chain transparency. This is part of a campaign to mobilize consumers and lobby companies and governments to better respect labor rights.
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•Fashion Checker, Global, fashionchecker.org
•Clean Clothes Campaign, Global, cleanclothes.org