Global Projects

Measuring corporate impacts on ecosystem services

Developing natural capital analytics to assess the impacts of companies and their assets, in collaboration with the Morgan Stanley Institute for Sustainable Investing.

Biodiversity, Ecosystems, and Landscape Assessment (BELA) Initiative, Global

The BELA initiative integrated natural capital and ecosystem service approaches into the World Bank’s operations – from inception to planning to implementation. The BELA work in 11 countries influenced nearly a billion dollars in development finance.

People, Planet, Prosperity: Mainstreaming Nature in Policy & Investment Decisions (Global)

Co-developing natural capital approaches that inform policy and investment decisions for development and conservation goals in pilot countries around the world.

Natural Capital Index/Nature's Frontiers, Global

Quantifying potential improvements in economic returns, greenhouse gas emissions, water quality, and biodiversity through more efficient and effective land use change for countries globally. Project partners: NatCap at Stanford & UMN, and the World Bank.

Sustainable Infrastructure Development, Global Arctic

Improving the ability of governments, private investors, and other decision-makers to assess the long-term sustainability of infrastructure projects in the global Arctic and elsewhere.

Mapping small dams and reservoirs with Earth Observation and computer vision, Global

We are developing an open-source computer vision algorithm to detect the location of dams from high resolution satellite imagery, enabling us to map the location of dams worldwide

GreenFin- Multilateral Development Banks

Green Finance projects in the Latin America and Caribbean aims to help decision makers better understand how different policies and investment targeting nature-based solutions can help stimulate economic recovery and socio-cultural resilience .

Green Finance and Livelihoods

The Natural Capital Project is working with multilateral development banks (MDBs) and three countries to advance national-level development plans to set standards, policies, and spatial zoning guidelines.

Environmental Profit and Loss Accounts, Global

Developed a new framework with the biodiversity and ecosystem services experts and leaders in corporate sustainability to improve the representation of biodiversity and ecosystem services in natural capital accounting.

Corporate Supply Chain and Sourcing, Global

Unilever is serious about its commitment to producing more sustainable products, growing production while reducing its negative impacts on greenhouse gas emissions, biodiversity, and other benefits from ecosystems.

Biosphere Futures, Global

The Biosphere Futures project offers an online database of scenario planning case studies from all over the world.