Benchmarks and assessments

Ceres evaluates water stewardship practices among the 72 companies on the Valuing Water Finance Initiative focus list.

Ceres assesses companies in the North American food sector on their progress towards aligning with and accelerating the transition to a net zero emissions economy.

Ceres assesses major federal financial agencies on their actions to protect our capital markets, financial institutions, and communities from climate-related financial risks.

Ceres examines the climate-related risk management, governance and lobbying practices of S&P 100 companies in order to help companies find their voice as climate advocates and give investors actionable insight into best practices and performers

The Climate Action 100+ Net Zero Company Benchmark assesses the performance of the world’s largest corporate greenhouse gas emitters on their net zero transition, and against the initiative’s three high-level goals: emissions reduction, governance, and disclosure.

The fourth and final iteration of Feeding Ourselves Thirsty was released in 2021 provide investors with guidance and relevant data for evaluating the water risk management of publicly held companies in the Agricultural Products, Beverage, Meat, and Packaged Food industries.