Webinar Series: Valuing Sustainable Transport
Join us for a webinar series on valuing sustainable transport with SAVi in November, covering investment, systems thinking and integrated cost-benefit analysis.
The Sustainable Asset Valuation (SAVi)
The Sustainable Asset Valuation (SAVi) helps policy-makers and investors make informed decisions on financing sustainable infrastructure.
SAVi is an assessment methodology that provides policy-makers and investors with a comprehensive analysis of how much their infrastructure projects and portfolios will cost throughout their life cycles, taking into account risks that are overlooked in a traditional valuation.
SAVi uses a combination of system dynamics and project finance modelling to capture the full costs of environmental, social, economic and governance risks. Moreover, SAVi calculates the dollar value of externalities that result from infrastructure development.
Policy-makers and investors can therefore use SAVi to make investment decisions that are not only based on a holistic valuation of risks, but also on the extent to which their investments will contribute to fulfilling national development priorities, curbing climate change and addressing its effects, and achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Policy-makers and investors can thus use SAVi to steer capital toward sustainable infrastructure.
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You tell us about your infrastructure plans or projects. We will respond on how SAVi can be used to address your challenges and deliver sustainable infrastructure. Pro bono services may be available for stakeholders in emerging and developing countries.
How SAVi Works
SAVi combines robust science, systems thinking and financial valuation. Its three features—simulation, valuation, and customization—are inherently interlinked.
Simulation
SAVi combines the outputs of systems thinking and system dynamics simulation with project finance modelling. Read more »
Valuation
SAVi values the costs of risks and externalities, as well as the risks that can emerge from externalities over a project life cycle.
Customization
SAVi is customized for individual investment projects and portfolios. SAVi can therefore value the cost of risks, along with a range of wider externalities, that is directly material to each asset.
NON-MOTORIZED TRANSPORT NETWORK IN COIMBATORE, INDIA
Coimbatore, India
Conservation of Lake Dal
Srinagar, India
Public Bicycle Sharing System in Dwarka, New Delhi, India
New Delhi, India
Hydropower Projects on the Vjosa River
Vjosa River, Albania
Land Restoration in Sodo District, Ethiopia
Sodo, Ethiopia
Tree Planting in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
C3S Use Case: Stormwater Infrastructure Upgrades for Paterson Park Precinct
Johannesburg, South Africa
C3S Use Case: Green Buildings in South Africa’s Paterson Park Precinct
Johannesburg, South Africa
Nature-Based Coastal Protection in the Netherlands
The Netherlands
9.5 GW Offshore Wind Farm, North Sea
The Netherlands
C3S Use Case: Agroforestry and Climate Adaptation in Belgium
Welkenraedt, Belgium
Green Economy Policy in Cambodia
Cambodia
The Taiba N’Diaye Onshore Wind Farm
Thiès, Senegal
Bus Rapid Transit
Dakar, Senegal
The Economic Value of a Restored Beira Lake in Sri Lanka
Colombo, Sri Lanka
Contournement de Rabat
Rabat, Morocco
Announcements
Valuing Sustainable Transport
Our new Sustainable Asset Valuation (SAVi) report analyzes the added economic, social, and environmental benefits and avoided costs of a new non-motorized transport (NMT) network in Coimbatore, India.
Survey on Systemic Approaches and Simulation for Nature-Based Infrastructure
Thank you to everyone who joined us in early October for our virtual stakeholder consultations on systemic approaches and simulation for nature-based infrastructure (NBI). Your input is invaluable for this work and we are grateful for your time and thoughtful contributions. As the next stage in our process, we have now launched a new survey to collect further feedback. This five-minute survey will… Read more »
New B Capital-IISD Study: Quantifying and valuing ESG factors highlights profitability, societal benefits and climate resilience of onshore wind portfolio in Germany
New analysis by B Capital Partners AG (B Capital) and IISD, supported by the MAVA Foundation, has found that B Capital’s onshore wind portfolio in Germany yield greater profitability and more benefits to society than a comparable gas-fired power plant. These findings were the result of applying IISD’s Sustainable Asset Valuation (SAVi),which involves assessing how… Read more »
Call for Evidence: Natural Capital and Ecosystem Services along the Kagera River, Northern Tanzania
Closing date: 30 September 2020 The International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) and the Green Growth Knowledge Partnership (GGKP) will apply and customize the Sustainable Asset Valuation (SAVi) methodology for quantifying and valuing natural capital provided by the Kagera River and the surrounding ecosystems in northern Tanzania. We will pay particular attention to how natural… Read more »
Integrating Copernicus Climate Data in SAVi
IISD and KnowlEdge Srl (KE) are excited to be working with the EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) to integrate data from the Copernicus Climate Data Store into SAVi. Thanks to this collaboration, we are now able to make precise calculations on how infrastructure policies, portfolios and assets will perform under different climate conditions, adding… Read more »
SAVi at Urban Nature Labs Webinar on Financing Nature-Based Infrastructure
Oshani Perera and Georg Pallaske from the IISD Sustainable Infrastructure programme will be speaking on Thursday March 5, 2020, during a webinar run by Urban Nature Labs. The webinar, scheduled for 10-11 AM CET, will be devoted to the subject of financing nature-based infrastructure, and is part of the “Buddies” series organized by Urban Nature Labs. Perera will be discussing… Read more »
OECD 2019 Public Procurement Week: Unpacking Complexity
As a member of the OECD Working Party of Leading Procurement Practitioners, we presented and debated on SAVi analyses at the 2019 OECD Public Procurement Week in Paris, France, which was held from October 22-25, 2019. The presentation featured a discussion on the costs of climate risks, based on examples such as the SAVi analyses on… Read more »