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Empowering 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.
About Us | Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment
About Us. CCSI’s work proceeds from a conviction that the world needs to mobilize trillions of dollars in new investment to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals and accelerate the energy transition. Conventional approaches and entrenched paradigms are falling short, and we have no time left to lose.
Our Team | Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment
Our Team. 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 ...
Critical Minerals | Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment
Critical 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 ...
Our Work | Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment
CCSI 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.
Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment
The Sabin Center for Climate Change Law and the Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment established the Climate Law and Finance Initiative (CLFI) to drive transdisciplinary research and engagement that advances global understanding of the role of the interrelated areas of law, policy, and finance in addressing the climate crisis. Supported by ...
Sustainable Business | Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment
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 frameworks that leave companies to cherry-pick ...
Climate Change | Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment
Climate 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.
Circular Economy | Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment
It focuses on five key areas: 1) Designing products for durability, repair, and recycling; 2) Enabling the repair and recycling of products; 3) Collaborating with other firms to enhance circularity; 4) Contributing to circular economy standards and policies; and 5) Publicly reporting on circularity goals and progress.