Sustainable markets

We work with partners to ensure that markets and market mechanisms contribute to food security, environmental sustainability, economic development and poverty reduction

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Mining

Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM)

Sustainable fisheries

Food systems

Extractive industries

A man looks up at a tree amid a forest, as the sun shines through the foliage behind.

News

New video series highlights the power of high integrity biocredit schemes to conserve nature

02 March 2026

Team of small-scale fish farmers in a boat, casting a net in the water.

Cutting edge work puts local people at the heart of policy and practice

Impact story 2 minute read

Towards collective action for water stewardship in Malawi: lessons from emerging practice

31 March 2026

Informal settlement in Mumbai situated next to train tracks with various electric wires going above it.

Insight

Rethinking electricity access in informal settlements

Enzo Leone and Sarah Wykes
22 October 2025

Two women from Rinconada, Jujuy wearing colorful clothing a hats, posing and looking at the camera.

Insight

A just energy transition? Impacts on Indigenous lands in Argentina

Victoria Fernández Almeida and Sullka Wara Quinteros
26 June 2025

Truck piled up high with cotton in India

Project

Improving cotton farmers’ resilience to climate change in India

March 2023 - ongoing

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Insights: linking business and sustainability

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Transforming energy systems

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Inclusive blue economy

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Profit with purpose: the role of business in achieving sustainable development

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Towards inclusive and responsible mining

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Business unusual: LDC-led climate action

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