Worldwatch Institute
Climate Impact & Sustainability Data (2013)
Reporting Period: 2013
Environmental Metrics
ESG Focus Areas
- Ecological Economics
- Sustainable Development
- Human Well-being
- Economic Growth
- Environmental Limits
- Social Equity
- Governance
Climate Goals & Targets
Environmental Challenges
- Climate instability
- Species extinctions
- Scarcities of freshwater, minerals, and energy
- Unsustainable economic growth model
- Inequality
- Unsustainable monetary system
- Overexploitation of resources
Mitigation Strategies
- Shifting economic goals from growth to sustainable human well-being
- Respecting ecological limits
- Implementing green taxes
- Redistributing income
- Moving toward 100% reserve requirements for banks
- Improving macroeconomic accounting
- Promoting common ownership of resources
- Strengthening democracy
- Reducing working hours
- Investing in public goods
- Implementing policies to reduce inequality
Supply Chain Management
Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities
Physical Risks
- Climate Change
Transition Risks
- Economic slowdown due to debt