Maplecroft have developed a suite of over 100 indices and interactive maps designed to enable the easy identification and comparison of political, economic, social and environmental risks worldwide.
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Business Integrity and Corruption Index
The Business Integrity and Corruption Index examines the prevalence and persistence of corruption in the public and private sectors, as well as the efficacy of the efforts of governments to combat corruption.
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Access to Remedy Risk Index
The Access to Remedy Index enables a comparative assessment of provisions for remedy to victims of human rights violations across countries. -
Aid Index
The Aid Index explores the political economy of aid, examining the contributions made by the governments of developed countries and their role in development, specifically the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals. -
Arbitrary Arrest and Detention Index
Arbitrary arrest and detention is the imprisonment or detainment of a person without charge or trial. The Arbitrary Arrest and Detention Index measures business risk of complicity, especially if the violation is used to protect business interests or if the business in some way helps facilitate arbitrary arrest and detention. -
Avian Influenza Index
The Avian Influenza Index assesses the risk posed to human health, and, by association, economic activity in each country by an outbreak of an avian influenza pandemic. -
Brazil Integration Index
The Brazil Integration Index is part of the Maplecroft emerging powers series. It is a composite index of world trade, foreign direct investment, portfolio investment and migration data, to gauge the extent of Brazil’s economic relationships with other countries. -
Business Environment Index
The Business Environment Index assesses respect for property rights and the comprehensiveness, transparency and consistent application of the business-relevant regulation in each country. -
Business Integrity and Corruption Index
The Business Integrity and Corruption Index examines the prevalence and persistence of corruption in the public and private sectors, as well as the efficacy of the efforts of governments to combat corruption. -
Business Partner, Sourcing and Supply Chain Complicity Risk Index
The Business Partner, Sourcing and Supply Chain Complicity Risk Index assesses the risk to responsible business of complicity with violations of four core labour standards committed by business partners abroad and along the supply chain. -
Business and Macroeconomics Risk Index
The Business and Macroeconomics Index assesses the risk that the basic legal and macroeconomic environment poses to companies across countries. -
CO2 Emissions from Energy Use Index
The CO2 Emissions from Energy Use Index assesses the risk to business operating in countries which may be subject to future international regulation of CO2 emissions and/or pressure from public interest groups. -
CO2 Emissions from Land Use Index
The CO2 Emissions from Land Use Change Index provides insight into changes in forest biomass due to deforestation, reforestation as well as other land use change in a country. -
Capacity to Contain Infectious Diseases Index
The Capacity to Contain Infectious Diseases Index assesses the ability to respond to and contain outbreaks of infectious diseases (either existing or emergent), taking into account wealth and the quality of health, education and communications. -
Carbon Resources Index
The Carbon Resources Index assesses the distribution of reserves of the major fossil fuels – oil, gas and coal – and explores trends in production and consumption of these fuels. -
Child Labour Index
The Child Labour Index measures the prevalence and type of child labour as well as government efforts to combat child labour. -
Child Rights Index
The Child Rights Index assesses different aspects of the risks and dangers that children face in each country. -
Child Soldiers Index
The Child Soldiers Index measures the prevalence, severity and historic nature of the use of child soldiers, distinguishing between government and guerrilla use. -
China Integration Index
The China Integration Index is part of the Maplecroft emerging powers series. It is a composite index of world trade, foreign direct investment, portfolio investment and migration data, to gauge the extent of China’s economic relationships with other countries. -
Civil and Political Rights Index
The Civil and Political Rights Index measures the risk of complicity for responsible business in violating any of these rights. -
Climate Change Vulnerability Index
The Climate Change Vulnerability Index evaluates the risk relating to the lack of capacity of individuals, communities, economies and societies to mitigate the risks from changes in patterns of natural hazards and impacts on ecosystem services as a result of climate change. -
Complicity and Rule of Law Risk Index
The Complicity and Rule of Law Risk Index assesses the extent to which a business may be accountable for complicity in human rights violations perpetrated by the state or business partners. -
Conflict Intensity and Risk Index
The Conflict Intensity and Risk Index assesses the intensity of recent and current conflicts across countries, taking into account state and non-state actors. A forward-looking perspective is also considered in the analysis by including situations of potential outbreaks of violent conflict arising from growing political or social tension, a ceasefire or peace treaty. -
Conflict and Political Violence Risk 2009 Index
The Conflict and Political Violence Risk Index measures the risk and intensity of conflict and political violence, as well as its impact on society. -
Corporate Governance Index
The Corporate Governance Index assesses the risk of failures of corporate governance, and includes analysis of both the quality of existing legal structures and the extent to which the law is enforced. -
Corruption and Transparency Index
The Corruption and Transparency Index is based on the Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI 2009) compiled by Transparency International (TI), a leading NGO committed to combating corruption worldwide. The Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) 2009 charts corruption in the public sector and politics as perceived by business people, academics and risk analysts -
Democratic Governance Index
The Democratic Governance Index evaluates democracy and political freedom in a country and measures the potential reputational risk or risk of complicity for responsible business operating in a non-democratic country or dictatorship. -
Dependency On Commodity Exports
The Dependence on Commodity Exports Index evaluates the risk of a volatile economic performance deriving from excessive specialisation on one or few exports. -
Digital Inclusion Index
The Digital Inclusion Index tracks the digital divide by measuring the relative difference in ICT opportunity levels among economies and provides information on different telecommunication indicators, so countries can be easily compared. -
Disappearances Index
The Disappearances Index measures the risk of complicity in disappearances and abductions, or to the security risk of employees and suppliers of being ‘disappeared’ or abducted. -
Discrimination Index
The Discrimination Index assesses the risk of complicity of responsible business in discrimination, especially if active societal or governmental discrimination exists in a country. -
Displacement Index
The Displacement Index assesses the risk posed to individual countries and their business environments by human displacement (refugees and internally displaced persons). -
Dynamic Political Risk Index
The Dynamic Political Risk Index is comprised of twelve political risk indices under the themes of governance framework, political violence and business and macroeconomics. The term dynamic is used to suggest that these risks can change quickly due to direct government action, business activities or to action by sub-state or other politically-motivated groups. -
Economic Diversification Index
The Economic Diversification Index assesses the risk of the reliance of a country’s economy on primary commodities, and in particular a non-diverse mix of commodities. -
Education 2009 Index
The Education Index assesses the risk posed to individual countries, and the business environment within those countries, from the lack of educational attainment, where educational attainment leads to individual receptiveness to ongoing training and capacity building. -
Efficacy of Corporate Boards Index
Based on the World Economic Forum survey data on efficacy of corporate boards: characterising corporate governance by investors and boards of directors to range from little accountability to investors and boards to exerting strong supervision of management decisions. -
Emerging Powers 2009 Integration Index
This map is part of the Maplecroft emerging powers series. It shows the extent to which the emerging powers (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) are integrated into the world economy. The Emerging Powers Integration Index combines the five individual countries' trade and foreign investment data. -
Energy Security Long-term Risk Index
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Energy Security Short-term Risk Index
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Ethical Behaviour of Firms
Based on the World Economic Forum survey data for Ethical behaviour of firms; comparing the corporate ethics (ethical behaviour in interactions with public officials, politicians, and other enterprises) of firms in a given country with those of other countries in the world. -
External Debt Index
The External Debt Index profiles the external debt situation of developing and emerging economies, and offers an in-depth analysis of external debt and its implications over the last decades. -
Extrajudicial or Unlawful Killings Index
The Extrajudicial or Unlawful Killings Index evaluates extrajudicial killings of civilians committed by governments, the security forces and/or those acting on their behalf as well as unlawful killings carried out by armed groups or other actors.
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Female Rights Index
The Female Rights Index measures the severity and prevalence of violations against females, with particular attention paid to discrimination in the workplace. -
Financial Inclusion Index
The Financial Inclusion Index assesses the extent to which households and firms have access to financial services by analysing use of formal financial intermediaries, eligibility for and affordability of financial services. -
Financial Market Index
The Financial Market Index assesses country specific risks to financial system stability over a short-term financial investment time horizon. -
Fiscal Risk Index
The Fiscal Risk Index analyses challenges to countries’ fiscal sustainability, particularly those arising from processes of demographic transition, in conjunction with national abilities to manage these challenges. -
Food Security Risk Index 2010
The Food Security Risk Index assesses the risk of food insecurity, providing quantitative assessments of access and availability of food and the stability of food production systems. The FSRI also comprises indicators to measure the nutritional outcomes of each country’s relative food security. -
Forced or Involuntary Labour Index
The Forced or Involuntary Labour Index measures the risk of complicity in the use of forced labour due to its prevalence and type, and its perpetrators. Government efforts to combat it are also taken into account. -
Freedom of Association and Collective Bargaining Index
The Freedom of Association and Collective Bargaining Index measures workers’ abilities to establish and join unions, to negotiate collectively and to promote their interests, including through strikes. -
Freedom of Conscience, Expression and Religion Index
The Freedom of Conscience, Expression and Religion Index assesses restrictions on the ability to hold, seek and receive opinions and beliefs, including those regarding religion. -
Freedom of Speech and Press Index
The Freedom of Speech and Press Index measures the prevalence, gravity and impunity of violations of free expression, including against the media. -
Geophysical Disasters Index
The Geophysical Disasters Index assesses the risk to human populations from natural disasters related to geophysical natural hazards (volcanoes, landslides earthquakes and tsunamis). -
Global Risks Index
The Global Risks Index assesses the strategic risks that impact across the global value chains of business, as well as the ability to national institutions to mitigate them. -
Governance Framework Index
The Governance Framework Index assesses the risk of relative stability of institutions as well as the extent of corruption, due process and effectiveness of legal and regulatory mechanisms. -
HIV/AIDS Index
The HIV/AIDS Index measures the risk posed by HIV/AIDS to human health and the extent to which a decline in health and lack of capacity to contain the disease impact the competitiveness and well-being of business and society in each country. -
Health and Safety Index
The Health and Safety Index measures the risk to occupational health and safety using data on numbers of accidents and fatalities in work-related accidents, absence from work and conventions ratified. -
Human Rights Defenders Index
The Human Rights Defenders Index evaluates business risk of complicity in violations against human rights defenders campaigning against some element of their business ventures or with respect to the rights of local communities affected by business activities. -
Human Rights Risk Index
The Human Rights Risk Index indicates the risk that responsible business is exposed to through possible association with, and exposure to, human rights violations at a country level. -
Human Security Risk Index
The Human Security Risk Index assesses the risk of human rights violations relating to personal security including: kidnapping, child soldiers, disappearances, torture, extrajudicial killings or unlawful killings, internal displacement and refugees and security forces and human rights. -
Hunger Index
The Hunger Index assesses the risk posed to individual countries and a conducive business environment within those countries, by hunger. It explores the prevalence of undernourishment, analysing the proportion of people in a population whose food intake is chronically insufficient to meet their minimum energy requirements. -
Hydro-meteorological Disasters Index
The Hydro-meteorological Disasters Index assesses the risk to human populations from natural disasters related to hydro-meteorological natural hazards (storms, floods, droughts and associated phenomena). -
Impact Of Conflict On Society Index
The Impact of Conflict on Society Index assesses how a society has been negatively affected by conflict and the challenges it may face in post conflict times. It analyses the use of sexual violence and child soldiers, the impact on refugees and internally displaced persons and aid dependency. -
India Integration Index
The India Integration Index is part of the Maplecroft emerging powers series. It is a composite index of world trade, foreign direct investment, portfolio investment and migration data, to gauge the extent of India’s economic relationships with other countries. -
Indigenous Peoples Rights Index
The Indigenous Peoples Rights Index measures the risk of complicity in violations committed against indigenous peoples, including violations of land and cultural rights. -
Influenza Pandemic Risk: Capacity to Contain Index
The Influenza Pandemic Risk: Capacity to Contain Index assesses the ability and resources of each country to contain an outbreak of human influenza and avert or slow down a full pandemic. -
Influenza Pandemic Risk: Risk of Emergence Index
The Influenza Pandemic Risk: Risk of Emergence Index assesses the risk of an outbreak of swine or avian influenza that can infect and be passed between humans. It focuses primarily on the proximity of, and relationship between, animals and humans. -
Influenza Pandemic Risk: Risk of Spread Index
The Influenza Pandemic Risk: Risk of Spread Index assesses the risk of the spread via humans of an infectious human influenza virus from a country where a swine or avian flu has emerged to other countries. -
Infrastructure Readiness Index
The Infrastructure Readiness Index measures the quality and coverage of communications systems, education services and ability of governments to respond and contain outbreaks of infectious diseases according to wealth. -
Internal Displacement and Refugees Index
The Internal Displacement and Refugees Index assesses the numbers of refugees and IDPs in each country and makes an expert qualitative assessment of how well they are protected by the government whilst examining how governments facilitate the integration of refugees and the return of displaced people. -
Investor Protection Index
Based on World Bank Doing Business component measuring the strength of investor protection. It is based on the extent of disclosure index, extent of director liability index and ease of shareholder suits index. -
Judicial Effectiveness Index
The Judicial Effectiveness Index measures the efficiency and effectiveness of the judicial system as a mechanism for providing remedy for human rights violations. -
Judicial Independence Index
The Judicial Independence Index measures the extent to which the judiciary is subject to outside influence and corruption, including from the government, business and other actors.
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Kidnapping Index
The Kidnapping Index measures risk to employee safety (assessing frequency of kidnapping and motivation) and risk of association with kidnappings. -
Labour Rights and Protection Index
The Labour Rights and Protection Index measures the risk of association with, and involvement in, violations of labour rights within a given country. Comprised of seven indices (child labour; forced labour; trafficking; freedom of association and collective bargaining; discrimination, and working conditions). -
Legal and Regulatory Environment Index
The Legal and Regulatory Environment Index assesses the respect for the respect for the rule of law, the regulatory framework, corporate governance, incidence of corruption, respect for property rights and business partner and supply chain risk within a country. Deficiencies in each area highlight the risks to responsible businesses from non-adherence to international standards to complicity in human rights violations. -
Macroeconomic Environment Index
The Macroeconomic Environment Index assesses the key macroeconomic variables in each country to indicate the degree to which the macroeconomic environment is conducive to business. -
Malaria Index
The Malaria Index assesses the human and economic impacts of malaria in each country, explores the impact of malaria on development and highlights the role of business in malaria prevention. -
Minority Rights Index
The Minority Rights Index measures the risk of complicity in violations committed against minority groups, including discrimination, violence, and barriers to enjoying full societal participation. -
Natural Disasters Economic Losses: high frequency
The Natural Disasters Economic Losses (High frequency) Index explores the risk of economic losses relating to damage costs and deaths caused by natural disasters in countries with a high frequency of events, reflecting both the direct economic impact of natural disasters on property and infrastructure, as well as the potential indirect economic impact caused due to the impact on the population. -
Natural Disasters Economic Losses: low frequency
The Natural Disasters Economic Losses (High frequency) Index explores the risk of economic losses relating to damage costs and deaths caused by natural disasters in countries with a high frequency of events, reflecting both the direct economic impact of natural disasters on property and infrastructure, as well as the potential indirect economic impact caused due to the impact on the population. -
Natural Disasters Index
The Natural Disasters Index assesses the risk to human populations from all types of natural disasters, based on historical records between 1980 and 2010 and shows the global, long-term distribution of natural disasters and highlights countries where the population and business is most at risk. Incorporates data on geophysical, hydro-meteorological and biological disasters.
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Political Violence Index
The Political Violence Index assesses the risk to business relating to intensity, frequency and impact of politically-motivated violence. The risk of human rights violations relating to personal security are also evaluated. -
Poverty Index
The Poverty Index measures the level of risk of poverty in each country and is based on the Human Development Index 2008. -
Poverty and Development Index
The Poverty and Development Index assesses the level of development, defined as the opportunities available to live a healthy life, have a decent standard of living and access education. -
Regime Complicity Index
The Regime Complicity Index assesses the extent of democracy and political freedom and potential risk to business as a result of a corrupt judiciary. The effectiveness of security forces as well as their involvement in human rights violations indicates the potential need for private security. -
Regime Stability Index
The Regime Stability Index evaluates the risk to business of political turmoil and disruption of governance by examining the peaceful or violent nature of the last regime change and potential for unrest. The index also examines the recent history of coups, forced resignations of the executive and changes in the constitution as well as levels of democratic governance. -
Regulatory Burden: cost Index
Based on WB Doing Business indicators on the procedures needed to start a business, deal with construction permits, register property, pay taxes, trade across borders and close a business. -
Regulatory Burden: number of procedures Index
Based on WB Doing Business indicators on the procedures needed to start a business, deal with construction permits, register property, pay taxes, trade across borders and close a business. -
Regulatory Burden: time Index
Based on WB Doing Business indicators on the procedures needed to start a business, deal with construction permits, register property, pay taxes, trade across borders and close a business. -
Regulatory Framework Index
The Regulatory Framework Index assesses the ease of doing business in each country using data on procedures, time and cost involved in carrying out key activities throughout the main stages in the life of an investment. -
Reporting Environment Index
The Reporting Environment Index is based on the Freedom of Speech and Press, Human Rights Defenders and Judicial Independence indices, reflecting the awareness and reporting of human rights violations. -
Resource Curse Vulnerability
The Resource Curse Vulnerability Index captures the risk of remaining underdeveloped related to degree of dependence on minimally processed natural resources. -
Resource Security Index
The Resource Security Index assesses the reliability, access and affordability of three key resources; energy, food and water; as well as resource diversity, consumption and production. -
Respect for Property Rights Index
Assesses the protection extended to private property, including access to remedy. -
Rule Of Law Index
The Rule of Law Index evaluates the risk relating to the ineffectiveness of legal and regulatory practices, and assesses judicial independence, judicial effectiveness, and the comprehensiveness, transparency and consistent application of business-relevant regulation in a country. -
Russia Integration Index
The Russia Integration Index is part of the Maplecroft emerging powers series. It is a composite index of world trade, foreign direct investment, portfolio investment and migration data, to gauge the extent of Russia’s economic relationships with other countries. -
Security Forces and Human Rights Index
The Security Forces and Human Rights Index measures the effectiveness of state security forces and their involvement in human rights violations, as well as human rights violations committed by private security forces. -
Sexual Violence in Conflict Index
The Sexual Violence in Conflict Index assesses the risks to business of the impact of the use of sexual violence as a weapon in conflict. -
Social Resilience Index
The Social Resilience Index assesses the extent to which society has been impacted by conflict, poverty and natural disasters, as well as the capacity of that society to mitigate and adapt to these challenges. -
South Africa Integration Index
The South Africa Integration Index is part of the Maplecroft emerging powers series. It is a composite index of world trade, foreign direct investment, portfolio investment and migration data, to gauge the extent of South Africa’s economic relationships with other countries. -
Strength of Auditing and Reporting Standards Index
Based on the World Economic Forum survey data for strength of auditing and reporting standards; assesses financial auditing and reporting standards regarding company financial performance in a given country. -
Structural Political Risk Index
The Structural Political Risk Index assesses either a long-term trend or a deeply ingrained feature of a country, such as its human rights record, its resource security or its vulnerability to natural hazards. The index also measures a country’s social resilience, including the long-term impact of past conflict on society or the country’s vulnerability to climate change. -
Terrorism Risk Index
The Terrorism Risk Index assesses the risk of a terrorist attack occurring in a country of operation, as well as the risk of it being a mass-casualty attack. -
Torture Index
The Torture Index measures the severity and frequency with which torture occurs, as well as the levels of impunity afforded to the perpetrators. -
Trafficking Index
The Trafficking Index measures the risk of exposure to trafficking based on the prevalence of trafficking, as well as government complicity and/or inaction. -
Transport and Communications Infrastructure Index
The Transport and Communications Infrastructure Index assesses the quality and coverage of transport and communications infrastructure in each country (roads, railways, air transportation, ports, fixed and mobile telephone subscribers, internet users). -
Tuberculosis Index
The Tuberculosis Index assesses the human and economic impacts of tuberculosis in each country, explores the impact of tuberculosis on development and highlights the role of business in tuberculosis prevention.
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Unsustainable Energy Use Index
The Unsustainable Energy Use Index evaluates the risk of being unable to source energy from low carbon sources and/or operating/investing/lending in an energy intensive economy. -
Water Security Risk Index
The Water Security Index assesses the risk posed by the relative availability of a reliable and suitable fresh water resource for both the local population and industry. -
Working conditions
The Working Conditions Index measures the prevalence and gravity of sub-standard working conditions, particularly in relation to the minimum wage, working hours and health and safety in the workplace.
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Global Risks Index
The Global Risks Index assesses the strategic risks that impact across the global value chains of business, as well as the ability to national institutions to mitigate them. Macroeconomic Risk Index
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Macroeconomic Risk Index
The Macroeconomic Risk Index assesses the risk that the national economic environment poses to companies across countries. -
Macroeconomic Environment Index
The Macroeconomic Environment Index assesses the key macroeconomic variables in each country to indicate the degree to which the macroeconomic environment is conducive to business. -
Economic Diversification Index
The Economic Diversification Index assesses the risk of the reliance of a country’s economy on primary commodities, and in particular a non-diverse mix of commodities. -
Emerging Powers Index
This index is part of the Maplecroft emerging powers series. It shows the extent to which the emerging powers (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) are integrated into the world economy. The Emerging Powers Integration Index combines the five individual countries' trade and foreign investment data. -
Fiscal Risk Index
The Fiscal Risk Index analyses challenges to countries’ fiscal sustainability, particularly those arising from processes of demographic transition, in conjunction with national abilities to manage these challenges. -
External Debt Index
The External Debt Index profiles the external debt situation of developing and emerging economies, and offers an in-depth analysis of external debt and its implications over the last decades. -
IPRI Risk of Spread Index
The Influenza Pandemic Risk: Risk of Spread Index assesses the risk of the spread via humans of an infectious human influenza virus from a country where a swine or avian flu has emerged to other countries. Security Risk Index
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Security Risk Index
The Security Risk Index assesses the risk to companies from politically-motivated violence across countries. -
Terrorism Risk Index
The Terrorism Risk Index assesses the risk of a terrorist attack occurring in a country of operation, as well as the risk of it being a mass-casualty attack. -
Conflict and Political Violence Index
The Conflict and Political Violence Risk Index measures the risk and intensity of conflict and political violence, as well as its impact on society. Governance Risk Index
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Governance Risk Index
The Governance Risk Index assesses the risk that the basic institutional environment and political stability poses to companies across countries. -
Rule of Law Index
The Rule of Law Index evaluates the risk relating to the ineffectiveness of legal and regulatory practices, and assesses judicial independence, judicial effectiveness, and the comprehensiveness, transparency and consistent application of business-relevant regulation in a country. -
Regime Stability Index
The Regime Stability Index evaluates the risk to business of political turmoil and disruption of governance by examining the peaceful or violent nature of the last regime change and potential for unrest. The index also examines the recent history of coups, forced resignations of the executive and changes in the constitution as well as levels of democratic governance. Resource Security Index
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Resource Security Index
The Resource Security Index assesses the reliability, access and affordability of three key resources; energy, food and water; as well as resource diversity, consumption and production. -
Energy Security Index
The Energy Security Index assesses the risk posed to the long-term availability of reliable and affordable supplies of fossil fuels in each country, based on data concerning energy reserves, production, consumption and trade flows. -
Water Security Index
The Water Security Index assesses the risk posed by the relative availability of a reliable and suitable fresh water resource for both the local population and industry. -
Food Security Index
The Food Security Index assesses the risk of food insecurity, providing quantitative assessments of access and availability of food and the stability of food production systems. The FSRI also comprises indicators to measure the nutritional outcomes of each country’s relative food security. Climate Change Index
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Climate Change Index
The Climate Change Index assesses the risks to business from climate change impacts and future international regulation of CO2 emissions and/or pressure from public interest groups. -
Climate Change Vulnerability Index
The Climate Change Vulnerability Index evaluates the risk relating to the lack of capacity of individuals, communities, economies and societies to mitigate the risks from changes in patterns of natural hazards and impacts on ecosystem services as a result of climate change. -
CO2 Energy Emissions Index
The CO2 Emissions from Energy Use Index assesses the risk to business operating in countries which may be subject to future international regulation of CO2 emissions and/or pressure from public interest groups. -
CO2 Land Use Emissions Index
The CO2 Emissions from Land Use Change Index provides insight into changes in forest biomass due to deforestation, reforestation as well as other land use change in a country. -
Natural Disasters Index
The Natural Disasters Index assesses the risk to human health from all types of natural disasters, based on historical records between 1980 and 2008 and shows the global, long-term distribution of natural disasters and highlights countries where the population and business is most at risk. Incorporates data on geophysical, hydro-meteorological and biological disasters. Pandemics and Infectious Disease Index
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Pandemics and Infectious Disease Index
The Pandemics and Infectious Diseases Index assesses the risks to business of existing infectious disease spread and the ability and resources of each country to contain infectious diseases. -
IPRI Capacity to Contain Index
The Influenza Pandemic Risk: Capacity to Contain Index assesses the ability and resources of each country to contain an outbreak of human influenza and avert or slow down a full pandemic. -
HIV/AIDS Index
The HIV/AIDS Index measures the risk posed by HIV/AIDS to human health and the extent to which a decline in health and lack of capacity to contain the disease impact the competitiveness and well-being of business and society in each country. -
Malaria Index
The Malaria Index assesses the human and economic impacts of malaria in each country, explores the impact of malaria on development and highlights the role of business in malaria prevention. -
TB Index
The Tuberculosis Index assesses the human and economic impacts of tuberculosis in each country, explores the impact of tuberculosis on development and highlights the role of business in tuberculosis prevention. Societal Resilience Index
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Societal Resilience Index
The Societal Risk Index assesses the risks to business from social hazards and the ability to adapt to dynamic societal challenges across countries. -
Human Rights Risk Index
The Human Rights Risk Index indicates the risk that responsible business is exposed to through possible association with, and exposure to, human rights violations at a country level. -
Poverty and Development Index
The Poverty and Development Index assesses the level of development, defined as the opportunities available to live a healthy life, have a decent standard of living and access education. -
Impact of Conflict on Society Index
The Impact of Conflict on Society Index assesses how a society has been negatively affected by conflict and the challenges it may face in post conflict times. It analyses the use of sexual violence and child soldiers, the impact on refugees and internally displaced persons and aid dependency. -
Digital Inclusion Index
The Digital Inclusion Index tracks the digital divide by measuring the relative difference in ICT opportunity levels among economies and provides information on different telecommunication indicators, so countries can be easily compared. -
Displacement Index
The Displacement Index assesses the risk posed to individual countries and their business environments by human displacement (refugees and internally displaced persons).
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Dynamic Political Risk Index
The Dynamic Political Risk Index is comprised of twelve political risk indices under the themes of governance framework, political violence and business and macroeconomics. The term dynamic is used to suggest that these risks can change quickly due to direct government action, business activities or to action by sub-state or other politically-motivated groups. -
Structural Political Risk Index
The Structural Political Risk Index assesses either a long-term trend or a deeply ingrained feature of a country, such as its human rights record, its resource security or its vulnerability to natural hazards. The index also measures a country’s social resilience, including the long-term impact of past conflict on society or the country’s vulnerability to climate change. Governance framework
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Governance Framework Index
The Governance Framework Index assesses the risk of relative stability of institutions as well as the extent of corruption, due process and effectiveness of legal and regulatory mechanisms. -
Regime Stability Index
The Regime Stability Index evaluates the risk to business of political turmoil and disruption of governance by examining the peaceful or violent nature of the last regime change and potential for unrest. The index also examines the recent history of coups, forced resignations of the executive and changes in the constitution as well as levels of democratic governance. -
Rule of Law Index
The Rule of Law Index evaluates the risk relating to the ineffectiveness of legal and regulatory practices, and assesses judicial independence, judicial effectiveness, and the comprehensiveness, transparency and consistent application of business-relevant regulation in a country. -
Business Integrity and Corruption Index
The Business Integrity and Corruption Index measures the extent and endemic nature of corruption across state organs, as well as business involvement in the giving or taking of bribes or other corrupt practices, including facilitation payments. It also examines whether corruption allegations are fairly dealt with. -
Corporate Governance Index
The Corporate Governance Index assesses the risk of failures of corporate governance, and includes analysis of both the quality of existing legal structures and the extent to which the law is enforced. Political violence
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Political Violence Index
The Political Violence Index assesses the risk to business relating to intensity, frequency and impact of politically-motivated violence. The risk of human rights violations relating to personal security are also evaluated. -
Conflict and Political Violence Index
The Conflict and Political Violence Risk Index measures the risk and intensity of conflict and political violence, as well as its impact on society. -
Terrorism Risk Index
The Terrorism Risk Index assesses the risk of a terrorist attack occurring in a country of operation, as well as the risk of it being a mass-casualty attack. -
Human Security Risk Index
The Human Security Risk Index assesses the risk of human rights violations relating to personal security including: kidnapping, child soldiers, disappearances, torture, extrajudicial killings or unlawful killings, internal displacement and refugees and security forces and human rights. Business and macroeconomics
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Business and Macroeconomics Risk Index
The Business and Macroeconomics Index assesses the risk that the basic legal and macroeconomic environment poses to companies across countries. -
Regulatory Framework Index
The Regulatory Framework Index assesses the ease of doing business in each country using data on procedures, time and cost involved in carrying out key activities throughout the main stages in the life of an investment. -
Business Environment Index
The Business Environment Index assesses respect for property rights and the comprehensiveness, transparency and consistent application of the business-relevant regulation in each country. -
Macroeconomic Environment Index
The Macroeconomic Environment Index assesses the key macroeconomic variables in each country to indicate the degree to which the macroeconomic environment is conducive to business. -
Emerging Powers Index
This index is part of the Maplecroft emerging powers series. It shows the extent to which the emerging powers (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) are integrated into the world economy. The Emerging Powers Integration Index combines the five individual countries' trade and foreign investment data. Regime complicity
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Regime Complicity Index
The Regime Complicity Index assesses the extent of democracy and political freedom and potential risk to business as a result of a corrupt judiciary. The effectiveness of security forces as well as their involvement in human rights violations indicates the potential need for private security. -
Democratic Governance Index
The Democratic Governance Index evaluates democracy and political freedom in a country and measures the potential reputational risk or risk of complicity for responsible business operating in a non-democratic country or dictatorship. -
Civil and Political Rights Index
The Civil and Political Rights Index measures the risk of complicity for responsible business in violating any of these rights. -
Judicial Independence Index
The Judicial Independence Index measures the extent to which the judiciary is subject to outside influence and corruption, including from the government, business and other actors. -
Security Forces and Human Rights Index
The Security Forces and Human Rights Index measures the effectiveness of state security forces and their involvement in human rights violations, as well as human rights violations committed by private security forces. Business partner, sourcing and supply chain complicity risk
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Business Partner, Sourcing and Supply Chain Complicity Risk Index
The Business Partner, Sourcing and Supply Chain Complicity Risk Index assesses the risk to responsible business of complicity with violations of four core labour standards committed by business partners abroad and along the supply chain. -
Freedom of Association and Collective Bargaining Index
The Freedom of Association and Collective Bargaining Index measures workers’ abilities to establish and join unions, to negotiate collectively and to promote their interests, including through strikes. -
Child Labour Index
The Child Labour Index measures the prevalence and type of child labour as well as government efforts to combat child labour. -
Forced or Involuntary Labour Index
The Forced or Involuntary Labour Index measures the risk of complicity in the use of forced labour due to its prevalence and type, and its perpetrators. Government efforts to combat it are also taken into account. -
Discrimination Index
The Discrimination Index assesses the risk of complicity of responsible business in discrimination, especially if active societal or governmental discrimination exists in a country. Social resilience
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Social Resilience Index
The Social Resilience Index assesses the extent to which society has been impacted by conflict, poverty and natural disasters, as well as the capacity of that society to mitigate and adapt to these challenges. -
Impact of Conflict on Society Index
The Impact of Conflict on Society Index assesses how a society has been negatively affected by conflict and the challenges it may face in post conflict times. It analyses the use of sexual violence and child soldiers, the impact on refugees and internally displaced persons and aid dependency. -
Poverty and Development Index
The Poverty and Development Index assesses the level of development, defined as the opportunities available to live a healthy life, have a decent standard of living and access education. -
Climate Change Vulnerability Index
The Climate Change Vulnerability Index evaluates the risk relating to the lack of capacity of individuals, communities, economies and societies to mitigate the risks from changes in patterns of natural hazards and impacts on ecosystem services as a result of climate change. Economic diversification
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Economic Diversification Index
The Economic Diversification Index assesses the risk of the reliance of a country’s economy on primary commodities, and in particular a non-diverse mix of commodities. -
Dependency on Commodity Exports Index
The Dependence on Commodity Exports Index evaluates the risk of a volatile economic performance deriving from excessive specialisation on one or few exports. -
Resource Curse Vulnerability Index
The Resource Curse Vulnerability Index captures the risk of remaining underdeveloped related to degree of dependence on minimally processed natural resources. Resource security
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Resource Security Index
The Resource Security Index assesses the reliability, access and affordability of three key resources; energy, food and water; as well as resource diversity, consumption and production. -
Energy Security Index
The Energy Security Index assesses the risk posed to the long-term availability of reliable and affordable supplies of fossil fuels in each country, based on data concerning energy reserves, production, consumption and trade flows. -
Water Security Index
The Water Security Index assesses the risk posed by the relative availability of a reliable and suitable fresh water resource for both the local population and industry. -
Food Security Index
The Food Security Index assesses the risk of food insecurity, providing quantitative assessments of access and availability of food and the stability of food production systems. The FSRI also comprises indicators to measure the nutritional outcomes of each country’s relative food security. Infrastructure readiness
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Infrastructure Readiness Index
The Infrastructure Readiness Index measures the quality and coverage of communications systems, education services and ability of governments to respond and contain outbreaks of infectious diseases according to wealth. -
Transport and Communications Infrastructure Index
The Transport and Communications Infrastructure Index assesses the quality and coverage of transport and communications infrastructure in each country (roads, railways, air transportation, ports, fixed and mobile telephone subscribers, internet users). -
Education Index
The Education Index assesses the risk posed to individual countries, and the business environment within those countries, from the lack of educational attainment, where educational attainment leads to individual receptiveness to ongoing training and capacity building. -
Capacity to Contain Infectious Diseases Index
The Capacity to Contain Infectious Diseases Index assesses the ability to respond to and contain outbreaks of infectious diseases (either existing or emergent), taking into account wealth and the quality of health, education and communications.
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Legal and Regulatory Environment
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Legal and Regulatory Environment Index
The Legal and Regulatory Environment Index assesses the respect for the respect for the rule of law, the regulatory framework, corporate governance, incidence of corruption, respect for property rights and business partner and supply chain risk within a country. Deficiencies in each area highlight the risks to responsible businesses from non-adherence to international standards to complicity in human rights violations. Rule of Law
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Rule of Law Index
Assesses the risk relating to the ineffectiveness of legal and regulatory practices, and assesses judicial independence, judicial effectiveness, and the comprehensiveness, transparency and consistent application of business-relevant regulation in a country. -
Judicial Independence Index
Assesses the risk posed to business as a result of the judiciary being subject to influence or bribery. -
Efficacy of the Regulatory System Index
Assesses transparency in the regulatory environment, the quality of the regulations created and the performance of regulatory institutions and the state in consistent implementation of policies and regulations. -
Judicial Effectiveness Index
Based on World Bank Doing Business indicators that assess the require procedures, time and cost to resolve a commercial dispute. Business Integrity and Corruption
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Business Integrity and Corruption Index
Measures the extent and endemic nature of corruption across state organs, as well as business involvement in the giving or taking of bribes or other corrupt practices, including facilitation payments. It also examines whether corruption allegations are fairly dealt with. Corporate Governance
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Corporate Governance Index
The corporate governance index assesses the risk of failures of corporate governance, and includes analysis of both the quality of existing legal structures and the extent to which the law is enforced. The index is weighted to account for a country’s score on the Business Integrity and Corruption Index, as these factors are highly inter-related. -
Investor Protection Index
Based on World Bank Doing Business component measuring the strength of investor protection. It is based on the extent of disclosure index, extent of director liability index and ease of shareholder suits index. -
Ethical Behaviour of Firms Index
Based on the World Economic Forum survey data for Ethical behaviour of firms; comparing the corporate ethics (ethical behaviour in interactions with public officials, politicians, and other enterprises) of firms in a given country with those of other countries in the world. -
Strength of Auditing and Reporting Standards Index
Based on the World Economic Forum survey data for strength of auditing and reporting standards; assesses financial auditing and reporting standards regarding company financial performance in a given country. -
Efficacy of Corporate Boards Index
Based on the World Economic Forum survey data on efficacy of corporate boards: characterising corporate governance by investors and boards of directors to range from little accountability to investors and boards to exerting strong supervision of management decisions. Regulatory Framework
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Regulatory Framework Index
Assesses the ease of doing business in each country, using data on procedures, time and cost involved in carrying out key activities throughout the main stages in the life of an investment. -
Regulatory Burden: number of procedures Index
Based on WB Doing Business indicators on the procedures needed to start a business, deal with construction permits, register property, pay taxes, trade across borders and close a business. -
Regulatory Burden: cost Index
Based on WB Doing Business indicators on the procedures needed to start a business, deal with construction permits, register property, pay taxes, trade across borders and close a business. -
Regulatory Burden: time Index
Based on WB Doing Business indicators on the procedures needed to start a business, deal with construction permits, register property, pay taxes, trade across borders and close a business. Respect for Property Rights
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Respect for Property Rights Index
Assesses the protection extended to private property, including access to remedy. Partner, Sourcing and Supply Chain Complicity Risk
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Partner, Sourcing and Supply Chain Complicity Risk Index
Assesses the risk to responsible business of complicity with violations of four core labour standards committed by business partners abroad and along the supply chain. The four core ILO labour standards assessed are freedom of association and collective bargaining, child labour, forced or involuntary labour and discrimination. -
Freedom of Association and Collective Bargaining Index
Measures workers’ rights to establish and join unions, to negotiate collectively and to promote their interests, including through strikes. Assesses whether these rights are enshrined in law and respected in practice, government control or interference, as well as anti-union activity. -
Child Labour Index
Maplecroft’s child labour index measures the prevalence and type of child labour as well as government efforts to combat child labour. Pervasive occurrence of child labour, frequently including the worst forms (forced labour, trafficking, commercial sexual exploitation, slavery and use in illegal activities) with few efforts to combat it assessed as most serious. -
Forced or Involuntary Labour Index
Measures prevalence, type and perpetrators of forced labour, as well as government efforts to combat it. Takes into account use in formal/informal sectors. Forced labour by the government or security forces is assessed as most serious. -
Discrimination Index
Assesses the risk of complicity of responsible business in discrimination, especially if active societal or governmental discrimination exists in a country. LRE Legal Instruments 2010
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OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions
Assesses whether a country is a party to the convention and implementing legislation is in force. Assesses adequacy of domestic legislation and efficacy of application using the OECD Phase 1 (adequacy) and 2 (application) evaluation reports. -
UN Convention Against Corruption
Assesses whether a country is signatory to the convention, reviews the UNODC legislative guide on implementation of the convention, including a list of requirements. -
Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards
Assesses whether a country is signatory to the convention and how it is enforced, using the Norton Rose Arbitration Manual and the International Financial Law Review. -
Convention on the Service Abroad of Judicial and Extrajudicial Documents in Civil or Commercial Matters
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Convention on Establishing the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency
Indicates whether a country is party to the convention. -
Universal Copyright Convention/Berne Convention
Indicates whether a country is party to one or both conventions and uses specific country reports including Lex Mundi to assess implementation and enforcement. -
Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, C98, 1949
Indicates whether a country is party to the convention and reviews the ILO Committee on the Application of Standards reports to assess implementation and enforcement. -
Member of World Trade Organisation
Signals whether a country is a member of the organisation and whether there are unresolved disputes pending, assesses WTO Trade Policy Reviews for compliance by the country. -
Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes
Assesses if a country is party to the convention and whether domestic legislation has been implemented. -
Financial Action Task Force (FATF) Recommendations
Indicates whether a country is party to the FATF recommendations and its progress on implementation.
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Risk Index
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Human Rights Risk Index
The Human Rights Risk Index indicates the risk that responsible business is exposed to through possible association with, and exposure to, human rights violations at a country level. -
Complicity and Rule of Law Risk Index
The Complicity and Rule of Law Risk Index assesses the extent to which a business may be accountable for complicity in human rights violations perpetrated by the state or business partners. Human security
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Human Security Risk Index
The Human Security Risk Index assesses the risk of human rights violations relating to personal security including: kidnapping, child soldiers, disappearances, torture, extrajudicial killings or unlawful killings, internal displacement and refugees and security forces and human rights. -
Extrajudicial or Unlawful Killings Index
The Extrajudicial or Unlawful Killings Index evaluates extrajudicial killings of civilians committed by governments, the security forces and/or those acting on their behalf as well as unlawful killings carried out by armed groups or other actors. -
Disappearances Index
The Disappearances Index measures the risk of complicity in disappearances and abductions, or to the security risk of employees and suppliers of being ‘disappeared’ or abducted. -
Kidnapping Index
The Kidnapping Index measures risk to employee safety (assessing frequency of kidnapping and motivation) and risk of association with kidnappings. -
Torture Index
The Torture Index measures the severity and frequency with which torture occurs, as well as the levels of impunity afforded to the perpetrators. -
Internal Displacement and Refugees Index
The Internal Displacement and Refugees Index assesses the numbers of refugees and IDPs in each country and makes an expert qualitative assessment of how well they are protected by the government whilst examining how governments facilitate the integration of refugees and the return of displaced people. -
Child Soldiers Index
The Child Soldiers Index measures the prevalence, severity and historic nature of the use of child soldiers, distinguishing between government and guerrilla use. -
Security Forces and Human Rights Index
The Security Forces and Human Rights Index measures the effectiveness of state security forces and their involvement in human rights violations, as well as human rights violations committed by private security forces. Labour rights and protection
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Labour Rights and Protection Index
The Labour Rights and Protection Index measures the risk of association with, and involvement in, violations of labour rights within a given country. Comprised of seven indices (child labour; forced labour; trafficking; freedom of association and collective bargaining; discrimination, and working conditions). -
Child Labour Index
The Child Labour Index measures the prevalence and type of child labour as well as government efforts to combat child labour. -
Forced or Involuntary Labour Index
The Forced or Involuntary Labour Index measures the risk of complicity in the use of forced labour due to its prevalence and type, and its perpetrators. Government efforts to combat it are also taken into account. -
Trafficking Index
The Trafficking Index measures the risk of exposure to trafficking based on the prevalence of trafficking, as well as government complicity and/or inaction. -
Freedom of Association and Collective Bargaining Index
The Freedom of Association and Collective Bargaining Index measures workers’ abilities to establish and join unions, to negotiate collectively and to promote their interests, including through strikes. -
Discrimination Index
The Discrimination Index assesses the risk of complicity of responsible business in discrimination, especially if active societal or governmental discrimination exists in a country. -
Working Conditions Index
The Working Conditions Index measures the prevalence and gravity of sub-standard working conditions, particularly in relation to the minimum wage, working hours and health and safety in the workplace. Civil and political rights
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Civil and Political Rights Index
The Civil and Political Rights Index measures the risk of complicity for responsible business in violating any of these rights. -
Arbitrary Arrest and Detention Index
Arbitrary arrest and detention is the imprisonment or detainment of a person without charge or trial. The Arbitrary Arrest and Detention Index measures business risk of complicity, especially if the violation is used to protect business interests or if the business in some way helps facilitate arbitrary arrest and detention. -
Freedom of Conscience, Expression and Religion Index
The Freedom of Conscience, Expression and Religion Index assesses restrictions on the ability to hold, seek and receive opinions and beliefs, including those regarding religion. -
Freedom of Speech and Press Index
The Freedom of Speech and Press Index measures the prevalence, gravity and impunity of violations of free expression, including against the media. -
Human Rights Defenders Index
The Human Rights Defenders Index evaluates business risk of complicity in violations against human rights defenders campaigning against some element of their business ventures or with respect to the rights of local communities affected by business activities. -
Female Rights Index
The Female Rights Index measures the severity and prevalence of violations against females, with particular attention paid to discrimination in the workplace. -
Indigenous Peoples Rights Index
The Indigenous Peoples Rights Index measures the risk of complicity in violations committed against indigenous peoples, including violations of land and cultural rights. -
Minority Rights Index
The Minority Rights Index measures the risk of complicity in violations committed against minority groups, including discrimination, violence, and barriers to enjoying full societal participation. Access to remedy
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Access to Remedy Risk Index
The Access to Remedy Index enables a comparative assessment of provisions for remedy to victims of human rights violations across countries. -
Business Integrity and Corruption Index
The Business Integrity and Corruption Index measures the extent and endemic nature of corruption across state organs, as well as business involvement in the giving or taking of bribes or other corrupt practices, including facilitation payments. It also examines whether corruption allegations are fairly dealt with. -
Judicial Independence Index
The Judicial Independence Index measures the extent to which the judiciary is subject to outside influence and corruption, including from the government, business and other actors. -
Judicial Effectiveness Index
The Judicial Effectiveness Index measures the efficiency and effectiveness of the judicial system as a mechanism for providing remedy for human rights violations. -
Reporting Environment Index
The Reporting Environment Index is based on the Freedom of Speech and Press, Human Rights Defenders and Judicial Independence indices, reflecting the awareness and reporting of human rights violations.
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Climate change vulnerability
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Climate Change Vulnerability Index
The Climate Change Vulnerability Index evaluates the risk relating to the lack of capacity of individuals, communities, economies and societies to mitigate the risks from changes in patterns of natural hazards and impacts on ecosystem services as a result of climate change. -
Economy
The Economy sub-index of the CCVI measures the extent to which a country’s economic resources are available to mitigate the impacts of climate change, as well as indicating the degree of national financial inequality. -
Ecosystems
The Ecosystem sub-index of the CCVI measures the degree of ecological adaptive capacity of the natural environment as well as the anthropogenic pressure on ecosystems. -
Poverty, development and health
The Poverty, Development and Health sub-index of the CCVI evaluates the risk related to threats to the human population from under-development, poor standards of living and HIV. -
Population, settlement and infrastructure
The Population, Settlement and Infrastructure sub-index of the CCVI evaluates the current and future effects of population growth on climate change vulnerability, whilst also incorporating the exposure to sea level rise and interconnectedness of human settlements. -
Institutions, governance and social capital
The Institutions, Governance and Social Capital sub-index of the CCVI measures the perceived and actual organisational capacity to formulate and implement national policy on climate change. -
Resource Security
The Resource Security Index assesses the reliability, access and affordability of three key resources; energy, food and water; as well as resource diversity, consumption and production. Emissions and energy
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CO2 Emissions from Energy Index
The CO2 Emissions from Energy Use Index assesses the risk to business operating in countries which may be subject to future international regulation of CO2 emissions and/or pressure from public interest groups. -
CO2 Emissions from Land Use Change Index
The CO2 Emissions from Land Use Change Index provides insight into changes in forest biomass due to deforestation, reforestation as well as other land use change in a country. -
Unsustainable Energy Index
The Unsustainable Energy Use Index evaluates the risk of being unable to source energy from low carbon sources and/or operating/investing/lending in an energy intensive economy.
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Hunger Index
The Hunger Index assesses the risk posed to individual countries and a conducive business environment within those countries, by hunger. It explores the prevalence of undernourishment, analysing the proportion of people in a population whose food intake is chronically insufficient to meet their minimum energy requirements.
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