"Valuing Sustainability in Infrastructure Investments: Market Status, Barriers, and Opportunities" assesses the current landscape of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) integration in the infrastructure investment space. The assessment includes an overview of tools available to support investors and other actors in evaluating and quantifying ESG criteria and incorporating them into the infrastructure development and investment process.
The report draws on insights gained from interviews, desk research, and a stakeholder workshop held in June 2018 to analyze current practices for integrating ESG criteria into investment decisions and to identify barriers to further integration of ESG in the infrastructure sector. Finally, the report identifies key opportunities to facilitate ESG integration among the infrastructure investment community, and to increase the adoption of the existing tools and standards.
This report focuses on private investors due to their unique opportunities to influence the sustainability of infrastructure through direct ownership and stewardship of assets. However, the findings presented within on the availability of ESG tools and opportunities to incorporate ESG into different stages of infrastructure development may also be pertinent to other private and public sector investors, procuring entities, and infrastructure owners or operators.
This report was prepared in collaboration with WWF Switzerland.
Why Cadmus
As an innovator in sustainability finance, Cadmus is focused on delivering extraordinary results and transformative solutions.
- Innovative models and tools that address barriers to finance
- International leader in emerging infrastructure policy and practice
- Experience helping businesses make visible gains in sustainability performance
