Data platforms to help you navigate your sustainable finance journey.
Resource Hub – Data Platforms
Explore the key data platforms that provide science-based, comparable, and harmonised open-source datasets. The image below provides an overview of these, explaining what they are, as well as when and why to use them. In the table, you can filter by platform type, target audience, themes, and industries or sectors, or search directly using keywords. For the best experience, we recommend accessing this page on a laptop and viewing it in full-screen mode.
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| wdt_ID | Name | Description | Tool types | Targets | Themes | Industries/Sectors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ACT - Assessing Low Carbon Transition | Assess corporates’ climate strategy against the required low-carbon transition and associated sector-specific decarbonization trajectories. | Company Assessment, Target Setting | Financial Institutions, Companies | Target Setting, Transition | Agriculture, Aluminum, Automotive, Cement, Chemical, Consumer Goods, Cross-sectoral, Glass, Industrial, Oil & Gas, Paper, Real Estate, Steel, Transport, Utility |
| 2 | Adaptation, Biodiversity and Carbon Mapping Tool (ABC-Map) | Assess the environmental impact of National Policies and Plans (NDC, NAPs, etc) and investments in the agriculture, forestry and other land use (AFOLU) sector. | Maps, Scenario Analysis, Target Setting | Academia, Institutions, Companies | Adaptation, Biodiversity, Transition | Agriculture, Forestry |
| 3 | Aqueduct | Map water risks such as floods, droughts, and water stress, also linked to agriculture and food security. | Maps, Risk Assessment | Academia, Financial Institutions, Policy Makers, Companies | Water, Land Use | Agriculture, Cross-sectoral |
| 4 | Atlas data | Offer an all-in-one approach to data management and insights in financial inclusion. | Database | Asset Owners, Banks, Financial Institutions | Impact, Microfinance, Social | Cross-sectoral |
| 5 | B-Impact Assessment | Assess, manage, compare impact and improve a company's impact and benchmark against peers. Overall score and areas of improvements are provided. | Company Assessment | Asset Owners, Financial Institutions, Companies | Community, Environment, Governance, Impact, Social, Workforce | Cross-sectoral |
| 6 | Biodiversity Guidance Navigation tool | Guided natural capital self-assessment (biodiversity-inclusive), with interactive questions and supporting resources. Guide users through a biodiversity-inclusive natural capital assessment, following the steps outlined in the Natural Capital Protocol; Fr | Company Assessment | Financial Institutions, Companies | Biodiversity, Natural Capital | Cross-sectoral |
| 7 | WWF Biodiversity Risk Filter | Explore, map, assess, value and respond to biodiversity risks in companies' operations, supply chain and investments. | Maps, Risk Assessment | Academia, Policy Makers, Financial Institutions, Companies | Biodiversity, Climate, Deforestation, Land Use, Natural Capital, Risk, Water | Cross-sectoral |
| 8 | CA100+'s Net Zero Company Benchmark | Focus on companies that are key to driving the global net-zero emissions transition. Assess companies among the Climate Action 100+ focus on disclosure indicators, to clarify expectations and track progress. | Company Assessment | Financial Institutions, Companies | Reporting, Target Setting, Transition | Automotive, Aviation, Chemical, Cement, Coal, Consumer Goods, Cross-sectoral, Mining, Oil & Gas, Paper, Power Generation, Services, Shipping, Steel, Utility |
| 9 | Carbon Pricing Dashboard | Provide a map and key statistics on existing and emerging carbon pricing initiatives around the world. | Maps, Knowledge | Financial Institutions, Companies | Transition | Cross-sectorial |
| 10 | Carbon Tracker’s Company profiles | Provide in-depth analysis on the impact of the energy transition on capital markets and the potential investment in high-cost, carbon-intensive fossil fuels. | Company Assessment | Asset Owners, Financial Institutions | Climate, Risk, Transition | Coal, Energy, Oil & Gas |
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