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2025 Financial System Benchmark
This second iteration of the Financial System Benchmark assesses 400 influential banks, insurers, asset managers and asset owners globally – including sovereign wealth funds, pension funds and development finance institutions. It is unique in aligning institutions that together can trigger a domino effect of positive change across the financial system. The assessment covers key sustainability areas in governance, climate, nature and social issues.
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Financial System Benchmark
2025 SDG2000 data set
Data set
Shaping tomorrow: The 2,000 most influential companies for the SDGs
Report
WBA highlights power and potential of world’s 2,000 most influential companies to protect people and planet
Press release
The Methodology for the 2026 Digital Inclusion Benchmark
Methodology
Digital Inclusion Benchmark
Data sets from the Gender Benchmarks (2020-2023)
Data set
Gender Benchmark
2024 Automotive and Transportation Manufacturers Benchmark Insights Report
Report
ACT Core
Navigating Nature: The ‘alphabet soup’ of biodiversity initiatives
Blog
Nature Benchmark
The Methodology for the 2026 Ocean Benchmark
Methodology
Ocean Benchmark
Where are we at with the New Urban Agenda’s progress?
Blog
Urban Benchmark
Research shows global automotive transition stalls as companies struggle to scale electrification efforts
Press release
ACT Core
The state of play on business and human rights: Trends and insights from five iterations of the Corporate Human Rights Benchmark (2018–2023)
Report
Corporate Human Rights Benchmark
The Methodologies for the Corporate Human Rights Benchmarks (2020-2024)
Methodology
Corporate Human Rights Benchmark
2024 ACT Framework
Methodology
ACT Core
COP16 reflections: the good, the bad and the unresolved
Blog
Nature Benchmark
Data set from the 2024 Urban Benchmark
Data set
Urban Benchmark
New research reveals urban companies are failing to build inclusive, affordable and sustainable cities
Press release
Urban Benchmark
New research reveals urban companies are failing to build inclusive, affordable and sustainable cities
Press release
The Methodology for the 2026 Corporate Human Rights Benchmark
Methodology
Corporate Human Rights Benchmark
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