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'Safeguarding Outstanding Natural Value' is our joint report with Aviva Investors and Investec Asset Management. This report focuses on the role of institutional investors in protecting natural World Heritage sites from extractive activity.

Extractive sector activities can contribute to significant and permanent environmental damage directly to landscape or water sources and indirectly by catalysing wide-scale social and economic shifts – especially in developing countries.

This should ring an alarm bell to any financial institution with exposure to the extractives sector wanting to understand and manage the potential risks of their investment.

  • If you're interested in a summary of this report's recommendations for investors, you can read these here.

 

For more information...

  • We've been developing a tool to help us map extractives activity and concessions as early as possible. This allows us to engage with investors early about alternative and sustainable land-use. Find out more about this tool here.
  • Visit our 'Engaging with Financial Institutions' page to find out more about our engagement with financial institutions and extracties companies.