Library Guides: UGBA192P: Sustainable Business Consulting Projects: Research Reports and Articles

Research Reports

A blueprint for scaling voluntary carbon markets to meet the climate challenge
2021 McKinsey report summarizing results from the Institute for International Finance's Taskforce on Scaling Voluntary Carbon Markets

Conference Board This link opens in a new window
Research, best practices, and practical knowledge concerning management, leadership, and corporate citizenship.

Search "sustainability" to access their research in this area.
Proprietary, non-biased research includes studies of Fortune 500 companies on business trends, leadership decisions, performance excellence, ethics and corporate governance, HR, and forecasts of regional, national, and international economic conditions. 1995-present.
Mergent Online This link opens in a new window
Click "Investext" to search broker analyst reports (aka equity research reports)
Provides financial information on U.S.and international companies. The database consists of the following components: U.S. and International Company Data, Archives, Annual Reports, Factsheets Plus, Factsheets Express, Institutional Holdings, Insider Trades, Expanded Long-Term Debt, Equity Portraits, and Corporate Bond Portraits.

Article Indexes

Factiva This link opens in a new window
Newspapers, magazines, trade journals, wire services, transcripts, and more. Broad international and foreign language coverage. Special indexing for business searches.
Includes the exclusive combination of The Wall Street Journal (1979-present), the Financial Times, Dow Jones and Reuters newswires and the Associated Press, as well as Reuters Fundamentals, and Bureau van Dijk company profiles.
Business Source Complete This link opens in a new window
Scholarly journals, trade journals, magazines, reports, and more. Special indexing for business searches. Includes trade journals that may be relevant, such as the Journal for Cleaner Production.
Indexing, abstracts, and (in many cases) the full text of articles for the most important scholarly business journals as well as popular and trade magazines and newsletters.
PAIS International This link opens in a new window
Indexes books, journals, government documents, statistical directories, grey literature, research reports, conference reports, and web sources related to public policy, politics, economics, and social issues worldwide. (Public Affairs Information Service) [1915 - present]
Includes publications from over 120 countries. Some of the indexed materials are published in French, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish. The Archive covers English-language material only.
Agricultural & Environmental Science Database This link opens in a new window
Find citations for journals, conference proceedings, books, reports, and government publications in the agricultural and environmental sciences. [1960 - present].
AES incorporates the formerly titled "Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management" database - which includes Environmental Impact Statements - plus the databases AGRICOLA (1970-current) and TOXLINE (1999-current).
Compendex This link opens in a new window
Access to this resource will be discontinued effective 12/31/23 due to library budget cuts. Please use Scopus as an alternative resource. Indexes journals, conferences, technical reports and other materials related to the engineering and technical literature. (Ei Compendex Plus) [1884 - present]
Encompasses civil, structural, and mechanical engineering disciplines, as well as related fields in science and management.

Subject Headings

Below are a few subject headings in UC Library Search that you may want to browse:

Climatic changes -- Economic aspects
Carbon dioxide mitigation -- Economic aspects
Industrial management -- Environmental aspects
Environmental policy -- Economic aspects
Climatic changes AND Social responsibility of business

Strategic alliances (Business)

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UGBA192P: Sustainable Business Consulting Projects: Research Reports and Articles

Research Reports

Article Indexes

Subject Headings

Major Sustainable Business Journals