Responsible Investment

Learn how Standard Life, an asset owner, is advancing a just transition by taking an integrated climate and human rights approach to their climate transition planning.

Learn how Working Capital Fund, a venture capital firm, has created a portfolio of just transition solutions by focusing on building a responsible supply chain. Through fund design, the firm has built a model that is not only viable but commercially compelling.

Helpful guidance for private capital investors looking to adopt a people-centered approach to their climate investment strategies, with practical tools, case studies, and due diligence questions for general partners and limited partners.

This joint publication by BSR and Shift (released September 2025), updates and expands Shift’s Business Model Red Flags tool to incorporate a climate lens into relevant parts of the tool.

This tool helps investment professionals identify high-risk areas of their portfolios and prioritize companies and/or segments for further assessment and engagement by considering business models, sectors, and country risk indicators.

Stakeholder Engagement Guide designed to help investors evaluate how well their portfolio companies engage with affected stakeholders or rights holders—the people most at risk from business activities.