机构投资者，银行和其他私营部门金融机构负责监督数万亿美元的可投资资本。他们选择如何部署这些资源将对公司，技术和项目的成功和蓬勃发展产生重大影响。这些金融参与者以应对环境和社会风险并支持可持续解决方案的方式分配资本至关重要。

WRI设想了一个未来，金融市场支持后代的可持续世界。在这一未来，所有投资者都将将可持续性视为基本决策的一部分，市场将将公司的可持续性绩效纳入估值，可持续投资将成为主流。

In the face of increasing resource scarcity and other global sustainability challenges, the profitability of businesses over the long-term is directly impacted by material sustainability risks and opportunities.

While there is growing interest to employ financial strategies that account for these factors — such as through favoring companies poised to thrive in a resource-constrained world — there are significant barriers to doing so. Not only are there no tested road maps for investors to follow, but key market participants have been slow to develop mainstream products and recommend them to clients. As a result, sustainable investment products with high quality returns are lacking, as are the data for evaluating sustainability risk and opportunity — particularly for certain sectors, regions and asset classes.

Leading businesses are already shifting management practices to prepare for this future. These companies are intentionally managing their sustainability performance to ensure that they will survive — and thrive — in the new economics of a resource constrained world. Long-term investors, banks, regulators and other key players can foster this new private-sector orientation toward sustainability, incentivizing sustainability performance while securing their own long term financial stability and security.

Learn more with WRI's Green Targets Tool

WRI’s Finance Center works to facilitate the transition toward sustainable private sector investment by focusing on:
•Sustainable investing
• Sustainable banking
•创新金融工具

In addition to typical desk research,WRI投资自己的资本in a prudent manner that incorporates how companies manage ESG risks and opportunities, while achieving a market return. This approach will help maintain and increase WRI financial resources to provide continuous support to carry out the Institute's mission.

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