Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment
WEBNY–Brazil Climate and Energy Forum (continues Monday) Columbia Law School, Room TBA. 6:00 AM - 8:00 AM. Event time is displayed in your time zone. View All Events. Tweets by CCSI_Columbia. Aligning investment with sustainable development to improve human wellbeing, reduce inequality, and operate within safe planetary boundaries.
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WEBEmpowering governments to develop strong and strategic legal frameworks to govern investments. Encouraging and supporting corporations to contribute to sustainable development and respect human rights. Ensuring that communities and other stakeholders have a voice in the decisions that affect them.
Critical Minerals | Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment
WEBCritical Minerals. The road to a zero-carbon future is paved with mineral-intensive technologies. As we transition to renewables-based energy systems and economies globally, demand for critical minerals is projected to increase, presenting challenges as well as opportunities. The race for critical minerals makes CCSI’s decade of work in the ...
About Us | Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment
WEBAbout Us. The Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment (CCSI), a joint center of Columbia Law School and Columbia Climate School at Columbia University, works to strengthen the sustainable development potential of international investment, and to ensure that international investment is mutually beneficial for investors and the citizens of ...
Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment
WEBExtractives & the SDGs. When the UN Member States agreed on the set of 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), they set the global agenda for equitable, socially inclusive, and environmentally sustainable economic development until 2030. Extractive industry companies have the potential to become leading partners in achieving the SDGs.
Sustainable Business | Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment
WEB2 days ago · Sustainable Business. Businesses are increasingly recognizing their responsibility to balance the needs of both stakeholders — employees, frontline communities — and shareholders. However, translating this recognition into meaningful action has been challenging, with a proliferation of …
Our Work | Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment
WEBCCSI focuses on analyzing important topical policy-oriented issues and constructing and implementing an investment framework that promotes sustainable development and the mutual trust needed for long-term investments that can be practically adopted by governments, companies and civil society.
Our Approach | Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment
WEBWe disseminate and advance ideas for reforming investment frameworks and practices through convenings, publications, and formal and informal engagement with key stakeholders. We develop and provide tools, resources, training, and support to help stakeholders take steps to improve the sustainable development outcomes of investment.
Lisa Sachs | Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment
WEBLisa Sachs is the Director of the Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment (CCSI), a joint Center of Columbia Climate School and Columbia Law School. Since joining CCSI in 2008, she established and oversees CCSI’s interdisciplinary research and advisory work on the alignment of investment law, practice, and policy with the Sustainable ...
Climate Change | Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment
WEBClimate Change. We examine and develop solutions for policy, legal, financial, and data-related aspects of investment for climate change mitigation and adaptation. Our work spans economic sectors, with a focus on mining and metals, renewable energy, the financial sector, and agriculture and food systems.