Reports | Wednesday December 17, 2025
Advancing People-Centered Climate Action in Private Capital Markets
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Achieving global climate goals will require an estimated US$7.4 trillion in annual investment through 2030, underscoring the vital role of private capital in addressing the climate crisis. The transition across nearly every sector of the economy presents significant opportunities for value creation, but if done poorly, climate strategies can also generate significant risks for people, such as workforce displacement, land grabbing, and reduced affordability of essential services, and in turn generate material risks for investors.
To respond to this challenge, BSR is launching People-Centered Climate Action in Private Markets (PCAP), a global initiative aiming to accelerate alignment between climate strategies and human rights to advance a just transition to a low-carbon and climate-resilient economy. Grounded in international standards for responsible business conduct, PCAP brings together general partners (GPs), limited partners (LPs), civil society organizations, and other stakeholders to develop insights and resources, facilitate shared learning, and enable multi-stakeholder engagement.
Visit the PCAP website to explore practical tools and insights, including:
- People-Centered Climate Action: Guidance for Private Capital Investors: Guidance for private capital investors looking to adopt a people-centered approach to their climate investment strategies, with practical tools, case studies, and due diligence questions for general partners and limited partners.
- People-Centered Climate Action in Food Systems: Investor Guidance: Food systems sit at the heart of climate, nature, and human well-being, and transitioning to low-carbon, climate-resilient, and nature-positive food systems is essential. This report outlines how food system companies can apply human rights and environmental due diligence to identify, address, and account for climate-related human rights impacts and opportunities for stakeholder inclusion.
- Portfolio-Level Just Transition Tool: This tool applies a business model lens to assess how features of current or prospective investees interact with the climate transition, physical climate impacts, and human rights. It also includes example country risk indicators that reflect conditions that influence the likelihood that companies may undermine—or support—a just transition to a low-carbon, climate-resilient economy.
To learn more about and receive updates on PCAP, please reach out to our team.