The IISD Sustainable Asset Valuation is incorporating world-class climate science data from the EU's Copernicus Climate Data Store, which will help project developers, governments, and investors as they develop low-carbon infrastructure assets. Our new technical report on how we integrate this data is available now.
Can Albania’s Vjosa River become one of Europe’s largest conservation sites? Our SAVi assessment calculated the value of environmental, social, and economic impacts of two large hydropower projects along the river and analyzed how these would affect their net economic value overall.
Our assessment finds that mangrove restoration, organic agriculture, and the use of solar cookstoves provide significant environmental, social, and economic benefits for the communities in Senegal's Saloum Delta.
Our assessment of agroforestry projects in Welkenraedt, Belgium, integrated world-class climate data from the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S).
The Paterson Park Precinct is being considered for a possible "eco-district" in Johannesburg. We use data from the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) in our upcoming SAVi assessment of green building alternatives.
SAVi shows that the restoration of two wetlands in Sardinia, Italy, can generate a total of EUR 306 million in ecosystem services from 2020 to 2060. These wetlands are protected under the Ramsar Convention, given their importance for biodiversity.
Our assessment looked at the climate risks and potential financial performance of the #akono Hydropower project along KageraRiver, northern Tanzania.
When accounting for externalities and climate-related risks, the N’Diaye wind project has an Internal Rate of Return (IRR) of 14 per cent, while the IRR for diesel generating power for the same capacity is negative.
The cost of climate-risk related road disruptions for the Rabat bypass road amounts to 7.3 million EUR in additional expenditures for reparations over the road's expected lifetime.
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.
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.
SAVi combines robust science, systems thinking and financial valuation. Its three features—simulation, valuation, and customization—are inherently interlinked.
SAVi combines the outputs of systems thinking and system dynamics simulation with project finance modelling. Read more »
SAVi values the costs of risks and externalities, as well as the risks that can emerge from externalities over a project life cycle.
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.
Vjosa River, Albania
Sodo, Ethiopia
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Johannesburg, South Africa
Johannesburg, South Africa
The Netherlands
The Netherlands
Welkenraedt, Belgium
Cambodia
Thiès, Senegal
Dakar, Senegal
Colombo, Sri Lanka
Rabat, Morocco
