Yarra Valley Water’s biodiversity journey
Opportunity to conduct biodiversity footprinting As Melbourne’s largest water utility, Yarra Valley Water (YVW) recognised its responsibility towards sustainability and wanted to demonstrate its commitment and progress to restorative practices. The company sought GIST Impact’s help to progress in its biodiversity journey, to develop its first Integrated Profit & Loss Report and benchmark its environmental […]
Sectoral biodiversity analysis in two levels
Challenge An institutional investor (£700+ billion AUM) with a commitment to becoming a nature-positive firm needed to assess the biodiversity impact and environmental materiality of their portfolio. Their goal was to inform strategic investmentdecisions, including reallocation from high- to low-impact sectors and investees. Conducting Biodiversity Footprinting GIST Impact produced company-specific biodiversity footprints for portfolio investees […]
Industry reveal: What is the natural capital impact of the top pharmaceutical companies?
We recently looked at the top pharmaceutical companies across developed markets to assess how successful they’ve been in reducing their natural capital impacts. Our analysis found that only 3 of the largest companies (by revenue) in developed markets outperformed the sector average in terms of reducing their overall natural capital impacts (measured by impact intensities […]
GIST Impact featured in Wipro’s whitepaper on impact accounting
Recently we were featured in a whitepaper by our esteemed client, Wipro on the “The Rise of Impact Accounting” – check out the full piece below to learn how impact measurement enables companies to deliver standardised and comprehensive reporting by harnessing quality big data and advanced technology. Over the past seven years, Wipro has trusted GIST Impact […]
Unpacking Nature’s Value: Taking Biodiversity Impact Measurement from Science to Action
We’re excited to share our latest article – “Unpacking Nature’s Value: Taking Biodiversity Impact Measurement from Science to Action” – published in the Veolia Institute FACTS Report 2023. In the piece, our GIST Impact colleagues Mahima Sukhdev, Anupam Ravi, Snehal Bhosale and Aromi Salot, discuss practical approaches for measuring and valuing biodiversity and ecosystem services, including: Scroll below to read the full article, within […]
SME Spotlight: Preserving tradition, embracing sustainability at Marieta Linda
SME Impact Champions Series SME360X is a user-friendly platform designed to help supply chain leaders, financial institutions, trade bodies, and banks support SMEs in their value chains to measure, quantify and benchmark their environmental impacts. At GIST Impact, we have worked together with the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) and UPS to co-develop the SME360x […]
SME Spotlight: How Tad Udyog is championing sustainable impact in the bamboo sector
Insights from SMEs around the world on how they’re embedding impact in their businesses using data and analysis from impact assessment platform SME360x.
SME Spotlight: Embedding an impact-led approach to sustainability at Uppi’s Craft
Insights from SMEs around the world on how they’re embedding impact in their businesses using data and analysis from impact assessment platform SME360x.
Groundbreaking Comparative Study Reveals Natural Farming Shows Improved Yields, Livelihoods and Health
GIST Impact and the Global Alliance for the Future of Food have launched a new report, Natural Farming Through a Wide-Angle Lens – a first-of-its-kind study comparing the economic, social and health impacts of natural farming with other farming systems in Andhra Pradesh, India.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) Report – Gender Diversity
In today’s globalised and interconnected world, diversity, equity, and inclusion are critical components for any successful business. Achieving true diversity and inclusion requires ongoing effort and measurement. The GIST Impact Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) report aims to provide insights into the current state of diversity and inclusion within the top 350 EU companies by […]