Seeking Return on ESG: Advancing the Reporting Ecosystem to Unlock Impact for Business and Society

Building an Effective Ecosystem for ESG’ - a collaboration between the World Economic Forum and its community - seeks to advance the state of environmental, social and governance (ESG) re...

Recycling our Infrastructure for Future Generations

"Recycling our Infrastructure for Future Generations" takes a closer look at an emerging approach to financing new infrastructure, which is known as “Asset Recycling”.

Migration and Its Impact on Cities

The World Economic Forum has released a report taking a deep dive on migration and cities, exploring the types, causes and patterns of migration, the most affected corridors and cities, t...

How Global Can Power Local: Harnessing International Investment to Develop Sustainable Local Capital Markets

This White Paper expounds on the work done in the last phase of the Forum project: Accelerating Capital Markets Development in Emerging Economies.

Case Studies in Retirement System Reform

The challenges of providing ageing societies with a financially secure retirement are well known. In most countries, standards of living and healthcare advancements are allowing people to...

We’ll Live to 100 – How Can We Afford It?

The challenges we face to provide our ageing societies with a financially secure retirement are well-known. Advances in healthcare, diet and nutrition have increased life expectancy aroun...

Inspiring Future Cities & Urban Services: Shaping the Future of Urban Development & Services Initiative

The World Economic Forum has released a new report, Inspiring Future Cities & Urban Services

Top Ten Urban Innovations

10 of the best urban innovations that are having a positive effect on quality of life and economic development.

Impact Investing: A Primer for Family Offices

Impact investing enables high net worth individuals to be explicit about their shared values and to reflect them in their investment and wealth management decisions. In addition, an impac...

Charting the Course: How Mainstream Investors can Design Visionary and Pragmatic Impact Investing Strategies

Each investor and investment institution needs to evaluate whether impact investing fits with its investment principles, future growth plans and strategic constraints – and where it does ...

Impact Investing – From Ideas to Practice, Pilots to Strategy II

Impact Investing – From Ideas to Practice, Pilots to Strategy

From Ideas to Practice, Pilots to Strategy is both an attempt – and an opportunity – to disseminate the best practices and lessons learned from the first movers, early adopters and bold i...

From the Margins to the Mainstream: Assessment of the Impact Investment Sector and Opportunities to Engage Mainstream Investors

Investors have great influence over the social, environmental and economic challenges of societies, yet operate within a market infrastructure and investment ecosystem where the incentive...