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.

Transportation

Transportation

  • Bus Rapid Transit
  • Sustainable Transport
  • Roads

Energy

Energy

  • Wind
  • Solar
  • Biomass
  • Hydropower

Water

Water

  • Water Supply
  • Irrigation
  • Wastewater treatment

Buildings

Buildings

  • Public Buildings
  • Urban Development Policies
  • Real Estate

Nature-Based Infrastructure

Nature-Based Infrastructure

  • Lakes and Wetlands
  • Reservoirs
  • Rainforests

Materials Management

Green Economy

Green Economy

  • Green Economy Policies

Green Public Procurement

How SAVi Works

SAVi combines robust science, systems thinking and financial valuation. Its three features—simulation, valuation, and customization—are inherently interlinked.

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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.

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 »

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