Sustainable Business

Bloomberg
Bloomberg contains current and historical financial information on individual equities, stock market indices, fixed-income securities, currencies, commodities, and futures.

Business Green
News and in-depth analysis of green business and environmental issues including industry-leading analysis, interviews with green business leaders and politicians, policy and technology briefings and white papers.

Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) (SharePoint space requiring College username and password)
The Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) climate change corporate response dataset contains comprehensive quantitative and qualitative data from companies publicly disclosing their environmental information to CDP. It includes over 100 questions covering topics such as climate risks, low-carbon opportunities, emissions management, and governance and strategy around climate change. The dataset also includes sector-specific modules, full alignment with the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) and improved alignment with other reporting frameworks, and an emphasis on forward-looking metrics. Further information on the CDP data.

EBSCOhost Business Source Ultimate

  • Academic journal articles: major source
  • Company Profiles: International Datamonitor Profiles from the world’s largest companies
  • Country Reports: Including economic competitiveness reports, political risk yearbooks and emerging markets monitor
  • Market Research Reports: market research handbooks and Datamonitor Marketwatch reports
  • Industry Profiles: Country and geographic areas analyses, including market forecast data and reports from the EIU covering key industries
  • SWOT analyses from Gartner Inc, working papers, case studies and analyst and executive interviews

Economist Intelligence Unit reports
The Economist Intelligence Unit is the research and analysis division of the Economist Group, providing forecasting and advisory services through research and analysis, such as monthly country reports, five-year country economic forecasts, country risk service reports, and industry reports. Imperial College London subscribes to EIU reports on the following countries: China; France; Germany; Italy; India; Poland; Greece; Spain; the United Kingdom; and the United States of America.

Engineering Village
Coverage includes renewable energy, sustainable design, transport and environmental engineering.

Factiva
Provides access to 3,500 newspapers, 4,200 journals and magazines, up to 700 updated newswires (Dow Jones, Reuters, etc.), 25 million company profiles, industry profiles, quotes and charting for stocks, funds, markets, indices and currencies and the EUR-Lex Database. Library subscription does not include access to the Factiva app.

IBISWorld
IBISWorld is a comprehensive collection of European industry market research and industry risk ratings. It includes statistics, analysis, forecasts and Brexit Impact Reports.

IEA Datasets via UK Data Service

Requires registration. Datasets include:

  • CO2 emissions from fuel consumption
  • Energy prices and taxes
  • Energy technology research and development
  • Renewables information
  • World energy statistics and balances

JSTOR Business Collection
Archive of major academic business journal articles, covering economics, finance, accounting, marketing, risk assessment and management. Search as part of complete JSTOR collection or choose Advanced Search to narrow to business only; alternatively browse by sub-topic within Business and Economics.

OECD iLibrary 
Publications from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Please use Firefox or Chrome to download tables and charts.

Passport and Passport Industrial (Euromonitor)
Euromonitor International intelligence and analysis on industries, countries, and consumers. Contains 3 million economic and demographic statistics, 1 million consumer lifestyle statistics and 17,000 market, company and country reports. The Passport: Industrial section also provides analysis of the industrial makeup of the world’s 18 largest economies. Each economy is split into 177 industries with cross-country and cross-industry comparable statistics.

Preqin
Preqin provides information on private equity and venture capital companies, funds and deals. Imperial College Library’s Preqin subscription includes access to the following six modules: 1) Private Equity, 2) Real Estate, 3) Private Debt, 4) Natural Resources, 5) Venture Capital, and 6) Cashflow.

Responsible Investor
Includes the latest thinking on sustainable finance for investors globally across all asset classes. Delivers news, market analysis, and data examining ESG and sustainability across financial markets. Provides readers with an understanding of how investors are incorporating ESG into their investment policies and processes.

SciTech Connect
Technical reports, journal articles, conference papers, books, multimedia, and data information from the US Department of Energy from the 1940s onwards.

Statista
A statistics portal that provides direct access to quantitative data on media, business, finance, politics; offers comprehensive industry reports on 1000 industry topics, market forecasts and infographics. Registered users have access to individualised functions including saving favourites, receiving alerts, creating own collections and exporting.

Sustainalytics Global Access
Sustainalytics Global Access provides ESG data on the sustainability of listed companies based on their environmental, social and corporate governance performance. It covers 4,500 companies and all major global indices. 

World Energy Outlook 2020 (WEO2020) - login required
World Energy Outlook 2020 – including annexes, figures, and tables
International Energy Agency (IEA)