ESG Resource Library

CVCA’s

ESG Resource Library

Explaining the benefits, providing context for implementing an ESG strategy, and highlighting value creation opportunities to capitalize on.

Welcome to CVCA’s ESG Resource Library. Here you will find information and data related to environmental, social, and governance (ESG) and ESG targets and performance.

ESG Standards

UN Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI)

ESG Metrics

UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Sustainability Accounting Standards Boards (SASB)

IRIS CIRIS+ Catalogue - Global Impact Investment Network (GIIN)

Overview of ESG Reporting and Courses for LPs and GPs

ESG Roadmap and Resources - ILPA

ESG & Responsible Investment Glossary of Terms

MSCI | ESG 101: What is Environmental, Social and Governance?

World Business Council for Sustainable Development

Reporting Guidelines

Impact Management Project

World Economic Forum (WEF) Stakeholder Capitalism Metrics

UN Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI)

Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)

ESG and DEI reporting templates for Canadian GPs

Climate Standards

Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP)

Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi)

Climate Disclosure Standards Board (CDSB)

Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD)

Climate Readiness and TFCD Compliance Platforms

Manifest Climate

ESG In The Media

The Expanding Case for ESG in Private Equity

Private equity should lead the charge on ESG

The mainstreaming of ESG in private equity

Private Equity Funds Embrace ESG for Good, While Seeking Profits

Private Equity Should Take the Lead in Sustainability

Venture capital must embed ESG to back the companies of the future

How VCs Can Help Startups Set (and Meet) ESG Goals

A Guide to getting started with ESG

5 Impact Investing Trends post COVID

ESG and Financial Performance