While climate change poses a number of risks to vulnerable communities and businesses around the world, many opportunities are unfolding for private companies to implement actions towards reducing risks to their business operations, as well as investing in adaptation action in vulnerable regions in a sustainable and profitable manner, including:
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New market opportunities and expansions;
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Development of climate friendly goods and services;
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Potential cost savings;
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Risk reduction measures, including physical operations;
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Climate proofing the supply chain;
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Enhanced corporate social responsibility.
This online database of case studies has been developed under the Private Sector Initiative (PSI) of the Nairobi work programme, and features good practices and profitable climate change adaptation activities being undertaken by private companies (sometimes in partnership with NGOs or the public sector) from a wide range of regions and sectors.
Adaptation activities may relate either to ensuring the resilience of business operations, or the provision of technologies or services that assist in the adaptation in vulnerable communities.
For any suggestions for additional examples to be included in this database, please download the submission form and email it to nwp@unfccc.int with the subject "PSI case study". For a sample of a submission click here.
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Title of business case |
Name of company |
Business sector |
Main adaptation area relevant to case study |
Country |
Water Vision Schiphol 2030: Creating a water sensitive airport |
Engineering and Project Management Consulting |
Transport, infrastructure and human settlements; |
The Netherlands |
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Bio-toilets: Building a climate resilient society through environmentally friendly sanitation |
Waste Management |
Transport, infrastructure and human settlements |
India |
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Ericsson |
Telecommunications |
Science, assessment, monitoring and early warning |
Uganda |
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Providing farming training and assistance |
Food and Beverages |
Education and training; |
China; Cote d'Ivoire; |
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Mainstreaming adaptation into projects: the Climate Safeguards System prototype |
Consulting and Environmental Services |
Science, assessment, monitoring and early warning |
Tunisia |
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EnterpriseWorks/VITA (EWV) a Division of Relief International |
Consulting and Environmental Services |
Business; |
Uganda |
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The SimCLIM modelling system for climate impact and adaptation assessment |
Information Technology Services |
Transport, infrastructure and human settlements; |
United States of America |
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Natural disaster insurance protecting Haiti's micro-entrepreneurs |
Fonkoze (Fondasyon Kole Zepol) |
Financial Services |
Business; |
Haiti |
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP; UNICEF UK |
Legal Services |
Human health; |
Mozambique |
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Energy and Utilities |
Water resources |
Australia |
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The effects of climate change on highway network policies and standards |
Construction and Engineering |
Transport, infrastructure and human settlements |
United Kingdom |
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Transport and Logistics |
Transport, infrastructure and human settlements |
France |
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Energy and Utilities |
Water resources |
United Kingdom |
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Financial Sector |
Transport, infrastructure and human settlements; |
Thailand |
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Rifugio Dorigoni |
Tourism and Recreation |
Food security, agriculture, forestry and fisheries; |
Italy |
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Nova Oceanic Energy Systems Inc. |
Energy and Utilities |
Oceans and coastal areas |
Dominican Republic; other Caribbean States |
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Network Rail Infrastructure Limited |
Transport and Logistics |
Transport, infrastructure and human settlements |
United Kingdom |
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Information Technology Services |
Education and training; |
All |
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Information Technology Services; |
Science, assessment, monitoring and early warning |
All |
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Investing in adaptation as part of corporate carbon management strategy |
CB Richard Ellis (CBRE); |
Real Estate Services |
Education and training; |
Madagascar |
Food and Beverages |
Food security, agriculture, forestry and fisheries |
Peru |
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Climate change adaptation strategy for Kayonza Growers Tea Factory |
Food and Beverages |
Food security, agriculture, forestry and fisheries |
Uganda |
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Chemicals |
Food security, agriculture, forestry and fisheries |
Brazil |
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Consulting and Environmental Services |
Education and training |
Netherlands |
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Apple Vacations; |
Tourism and Recreation |
Tourism |
Caribbean; Central America |
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Ankur Scientific Technologies Pvt. Ltd. |
Energy and Utilities; |
Transport, infrastructure and human settlements; |
India |
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Anglo American |
Mining and Metals |
Water resources |
South Africa |
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Anglian Water |
Water Management |
Water resources |
United Kingdom |
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Insuring against climate impacts and rewarding sustainable business practices |
Financial Services |
Business |
Brazil; Egypt; India; |
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BASIX and ICICI Lombard |
Financial Services |
Food security, agriculture, forestry and fisheries |
India |
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Bayer |
Chemicals |
Food security, agriculture, forestry and fisheries |
Multiple |
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BHP Billiton |
Mining and Metals |
Human health |
Mozambique |
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Information Technology Services |
Science, assessment, monitoring and early warning |
United States of America |
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EEAB (Bogot Water and Sewage Company) |
Water Management |
Water resources |
Colombia |
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Egis |
Construction and Engineering |
Transport, infrastructure and human settlements |
France |
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Entergy Corporation |
Energy and Utilities |
Transport, infrastructure and human settlements |
United States of America |
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General Electric |
Water Management |
Water resources |
Algeria; China; India |
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Eskom |
Energy and Utilities |
Transport, infrastructure and human settlements |
South Africa |
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Coffee Under Pressure: Climate Change and Adaptation in Mesoamerica (CUP) |
Green Mountain Coffee Roasters (GMCR); International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT); Catholic Relief Services (CRS) |
Food and Beverages; Agriculture |
Food security, agriculture, forestry and fisheries |
El Salvador; Guatemala; Mexico; Nicaragua |
Greenfield Hydroponics Systems, Inc. |
Agriculture |
Food security, agriculture, forestry and fisheries |
India |
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GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) (Ribena) and Scottish Crop Research Institute |
Agriculture; Food and Beverages |
Food security, agriculture, forestry and fisheries; Science, assessment, monitoring and early warning |
United Kingdom |
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Provision of solar energy builds resilience of rural population |
HiNation AB |
Energy and Utilities |
Renewable energy systems |
Multiple |
Preventive weather forecasting for West African farmers to increase agricultural yield |
Ignitia AB, Ignitia Ghana Ltd |
Science and Technology |
Science, assessment, monitoring and early warning |
Ghana |
Himal Power Limited |
Energy and Utilities |
Transport, infrastructure and human settlements |
Nepal |
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Intel |
Information Technology Services |
Water resources |
United States of America |
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Intrawest |
Tourism and Recreation |
Tourism |
Canada |
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Adaptation to climate change impacts through diversification of farming systems |
ITC Limited |
Agriculture |
Food security, agriculture, forestry and fisheries |
India |
Water conservation through precision irrigation, a growing business |
John Deere |
Agriculture |
Food security, agriculture, forestry and fisheries |
Israel; |
Levi Strauss & Co. |
Retail |
Water resources |
United States of America |
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Mars; IBM; U.S. Department of Agriculture |
Food and Beverages; Science and Technology |
Food security, agriculture, forestry and fisheries |
Multiple |
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Consulting and Environmental Services |
Business; Science, assessment, monitoring and early warning |
United States of America |
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Adapting to climate change through changing growing patterns and spreading risks |
Meinert Enterprises |
Agriculture |
Food security, agriculture, forestry and fisheries |
Canada |
Mario Cucinella Architects |
Construction and Engineering |
Transport, infrastructure and human settlements |
Spain |
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OBB |
Transport and Logistics |
Science, assessment, monitoring and early warning; Transport, infrastructure and human settlements |
Austria |
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PepsiCo India |
Food and Beverages |
Food security, agriculture, forestry and fisheries; Water resources |
India |
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Financial Services |
Science, assessment, monitoring and early warning |
Germany |
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Rabobank |
Financial Services |
Education and training |
Cambodia; India; Indonesia; Laos; Philippines; Vietnam |
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Disaster preparedness, local capacity building, and planning |
Riverside Technology |
Consulting and Environmental Services |
Science, assessment, monitoring and early warning; Education and training |
Bangladesh; Brazil; Ethiopia; Morocco; Romania; Sudan |
Reappraising normal - Designing to weather, climate, and climate change |
Rio Tinto |
Mining and Metals |
Water resources; Science, assessment, monitoring and early warning |
Australia |
Royal Engineers and Consultants |
Construction and Engineering |
Oceans and coastal areas; |
United States of America |
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SEKEM Holdings Group |
Food and Beverages; Consumer Packaged Goods |
Transport, infrastructure and human settlements |
Egypt |
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Working collectively to address the whisky industry's long-term risks |
Scotch Whisky Association (SWA); Scotch Whisky Research Institute (SWRI) |
Food and Beverages |
Food security, agriculture, forestry and fisheries; Water resources |
United Kingdom |
Science and Technology |
Water resources |
Germany |
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Swiss Re; Oxfam America |
Financial Services |
Food security, agriculture, forestry and fisheries; Science, assessment, monitoring and early warning |
Ethiopia |
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Starbucks Coffee Company; Conservation International |
Food and Beverages |
Food security, agriculture, forestry and fisheries; Science, assessment, monitoring and early warning |
Mexico |
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Tartari; Friendship |
Agriculture (fisheries) |
Oceans and coastal areas; Food security, agriculture, forestry and fisheries |
Bangladesh |
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An ounce of prevention - Linking the interests of homeowners, business, and insurance providers |
The Travelers Companies, Inc. |
Financial Services |
Oceans and coastal areas; Science, assessment, monitoring and early warning |
United States of America |
HSBC |
Financial Services |
Business; Transport, infrastructure and human settlements |
Brazil; United Kingdom |
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Naturally Advanced Technologies (NAT) |
Science and Technology |
Food security, agriculture, forestry and fisheries |
Canada |
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Sunlabob |
Energy and Utilities |
Food security, agriculture, forestry and fisheries |
Lao People's Democratic Republic |
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Suntory Limited |
Food and Beverages |
Education and training; Terrestrial ecosystems; Water resources |
Japan |
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Taking the uncertainty out of climate and weather for stakeholders |
The Climate Corporation |
Financial Services |
Food security, agriculture, forestry and fisheries |
United States of America |
Tata International Limited (Tata Consultancy Services) |
Telecommunications |
Education and training; Food security, agriculture, forestry and fisheries; Science, assessment, monitoring and early warning; Water resources |
India |
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Calvert Investments, Inc. |
Financial Services |
Business; Food security, agriculture, forestry and fisheries; Water resources |
United States of America |
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CEMEX |
Construction and Engineering |
Transport, infrastructure and human settlements |
Mexico |
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China Mobile Communications |
Telecommunications |
Education and training; Food security, agriculture, forestry and fisheries; Terrestrial ecosystems; Water resources |
China |
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Intact Financial Corporation; University of Waterloo |
Financial Services |
Food security, agriculture, forestry and fisheries; Science, assessment, monitoring and early warning; Terrestrial ecosystems; Transport, infrastructure and human settlements; Water resources |
Canada |
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Adapting to climate change by growing medicinal and aromatic plants |
Fasiam Agro Farms; Jammu & Kashmir Medicinal & Aromatic Plants (MAP) Growers' Cooperative |
Agriculture |
Business; Education and training; Food security, agriculture, forestry and fisheries |
India |
WSP Group; Foster + Partners |
Construction and Engineering |
Transport, infrastructure and human settlements; |
United Arab Emirates |
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Building reputations, securing resources: Teaming up for water conservation |
The Coca-Cola Company (TCCC); The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) |
Food and Beverages |
Education and training; Science, assessment, monitoring and early warning; Terrestrial ecosystem; Water resources |
Thailand; Vietnam |
Adapting to Climate Changes for Potato Production in The Andes |
PepsiCo South America, Caribbean and Central America Foods |
Food and Beverages |
Water resources |
Peru |
Product solutions for a future of more constrained resources |
Unilever |
Consumer Packaged Goods |
Water resources |
United Kingdom |
Acclimatise |
Information Technology Services; Consulting and Environmental Services |
Business |
United Kingdom |
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Climate change adaptation strategy for Kayonza Growers Tea Factory |
Food and Beverages |
Food, agriculture, forestry and fisheries |
Uganda |
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Chemicals |
Capacity building, education and training; Food, agriculture, forestry and fisheries; Science, asseessment, monitoring and early warning |
Multiple |
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Bayer |
Chemicals |
Capacity building, education and training; Food, agriculture, forestry and fisheries; Science, assessment, monitoring and early warning; Water resources |
Germany |
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Creating business value through ecological stormwater management |
Cook Composites and Polymers Co. (CCP) |
Composites Resins |
Capacity building, education and training; Science, assessment, monitoring and early warning; Water resources |
United States of America |
Dow |
Chemicals |
Water resources |
The Netherlands |
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Unilever |
Consumer Packaged Goods |
Capacity building, education and training; Food, agriculture, forestry and fisheries; Science, assessment, monitoring and early warning; Water resources |
Kenya and Tanzania |
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Syngenta |
Agriculture |
Capacity building, education and training; Finance and insurance; Food, agriculture, forestry and fisheries; Technology and Information & Communications Technology (ICT); Water resources |
Switzerland |
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Femsa Foundation |
Food and Beverages |
Capacity building, education and training; Finance and insurance; Science, assessment, monitoring and early warning; Water resources |
Mexico |
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Green Infrastructure, Waste Water Recycling and Organic Waste Integrated Treatment System |
Ecotelhado |
Construction and Engineering; Water Management; Energy and Utilities |
Water resources; infrastructure and human settlements |
Brazil |
EDP Energias do Brasil |
Energy and Utilities |
Science, assessment, monitoring and early warning; Infrastructure and human settlements |
Brazil |
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Telefonica Brasil S.A. |
Telecommunications; Water Management; |
Science, assessment, monitoring and early warning; Technology and Information & Communications Technology (ICT) |
Brazil |
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Green Farm Administradora de Imaveis Rurais e Preservado Ambiental |
Agriculture; Water Management |
Science, assessment, monitoring and early warning; Infrastructure and human settlements |
Brazil |
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Bolsa Floresta Programme: Helping riverine communities in the Amazon |
Bradesco Bank; Amazonas Sustainable Foundation; Amazonas State Government |
Finance |
Water resources; infrastructure and human settlements; Food, agriculture, forestry and fisheries |
Brazil |
Waycarbon |
Consulting and Environmental Services |
Science, assessment, monitoring and early warning |
Brazil |
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Integrated Biosystems applied in wastewater treatment of humid coffee |
O Instituto Ambiental (OIA), State Street Nicaragua (SSN) |
Consulting and Environmental Services |
Energy, Food, agriculture, forestry and fisheries, Terrestrial ecosystems, Transport, infrastructure and human settlements, Water resources |
Dominican Republic |
Bunge |
Agriculture; Food and Beverages; Water Management |
Food, agriculture, forestry and fisheries |
Colombia |
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Panama's Bay Wetlands Project for reducing the potential risk of flood around |
Copa Airlines |
Transport |
Oceans and coastal areas, Terrestrial ecosystems, Transport, infrastructure and human settlements, Tourism |
Panama |
Ilhas do Brasil; Bovespa Environmental and Social Stock Exchange; HSBC Institute |
Consulting and Environmental Services |
Oceans and coastal areas, Science, assessment, monitoring and early warning |
Brazil |
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Chiles de Nicaragua, S.A |
Agriculture; Food and Beverages |
Food, agriculture, forestry and fisheries; Water resources |
Nicaragua |