Climate Change Data

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

• Ecological Sustainability
• Social Justice
• Economic Soundness

Environmental Achievements

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Social Achievements

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Governance Achievements

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Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

• The global recession and its impact on employment.
• The unsustainable nature of quantitative economic growth.
• The need to shift from an economy based on unlimited growth to one that is ecologically sustainable and socially just.

Mitigation Strategies

• Shifting from quantitative to qualitative economic growth.
• Restructuring tax systems to internalize environmental costs.
• Reassessing production processes to identify and phase out ecologically destructive activities.
• Reforming international finance and monetary systems.
• Shifting from a product orientation to a service orientation.
• Promoting value shifts from material consumption to human relationships and community building.

Supply Chain Management

Supplier Audits: Not disclosed

Responsible Procurement

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Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Physical Risks

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Transition Risks

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Opportunities

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Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: Null

Certifications: Null

Third-party Assurance: Not disclosed

UN Sustainable Development Goals

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Sustainable Products & Innovation

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Awards & Recognition

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Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

• Renewable Energy
• Energy Efficiency
• Green Construction
• Water
• Green R&D
• Cleantech

Environmental Achievements

• Increased investments in renewable energy from $2.58 trillion in Q4 2013 to $2.66 trillion in Q2 2014.
• Significant investments in energy efficiency totaling $1.3 trillion in Q2 2014.
• Growth in green bonds, reaching $10 billion in Q2 2014, a $1 billion increase from Q1.

Social Achievements

• Growth of assets managed by impact bond manager SNW Asset Management from $5 million to nearly $97 million in a 20-month period (January 2013 - Q2 2014).
• Increased adoption of transition strategies, including allocating a significant portion of portfolios to green transition sectors (e.g., Mercer's recommendation of 40% in 2012).

Governance Achievements

• Emergence of SASB (Sustainability Accounting Standards Board) as a leader in sustainability accounting standards, with notable figures like Michael Bloomberg and Mary Schapiro involved.
• Growing adoption of ESG (environmental, social, and governance) factors in investment decisions, although US asset managers lagged behind those in other regions.

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

• Government agencies and political leaders remained hamstrung by legacy fossil fuel sectors.
• Obsolete economic models persisting, leading to underestimation of renewable energy's cost-effectiveness.
• Mispricing of assets due to the exclusion of externalities in economic models.
• Lobbying activities of US utilities hindering the transition to sustainable energy.
• Lagging adoption of ESG factors by US asset managers.

Mitigation Strategies

• Advocating for full disclosure of lobbying activities and political campaign funding.
• Promoting new thinking on integrated supply management and reframing energy storage as a new asset class.
• Developing new financial models that incorporate externalities and reflect the true cost of fossil fuels.
• Encouraging retraining of asset managers to broaden their knowledge base and overcome cognitive capture by defunct economic models.
• Highlighting the growing investments in renewable energy and resource investments, guided by organizations like the Climate Bonds Initiative and Green America.

Supply Chain Management

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Transition Risks

• Stranded assets due to low-carbon regulations.

Opportunities

• Investments in renewable energy and energy efficiency.

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: SASB, GRI, IIRC, ICAEW

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

• Renewable Energy
• Energy Efficiency
• Life Systems
• Green Construction
• Corporate Green R&D

Environmental Achievements

• Significant growth in renewable energy investments, reaching $3.16 trillion from 2007 to 2015.
• Increased investments in energy efficiency, reaching $1.69 trillion from 2007 to 2015.
• Growth in investments in water infrastructure and clean water initiatives, reaching $728 billion from 2007 to 2015.

Social Achievements

• Growth in community investing, reaching $114.6 billion from 2007 to 2015.
• Expansion of e-learning investments, reaching $66.4 billion from 2007 to 2015.
• Emergence of Fintech for sustainability, including peer-to-peer lending and crowdfunding, adding $42.5 billion to the Life Systems total in 2015.

Governance Achievements

• Increased focus on corporate social responsibility and ethical auditing standards.
• Growing adoption of full-spectrum accounting and integrated reporting models.
• Increased shareholder engagement driving reforms and accountability.

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

• Obsolete economic models and the use of the term "externalities" to ignore social and environmental costs.
• Continued subsidies to fossil fuels hindering the transition to renewable energy.
• Climate change denial and resistance to environmental regulations.
• Challenges in quantifying and tracking investments in certain sectors.
• Risks associated with emerging technologies such as nanotechnology and the Internet of Things.

Mitigation Strategies

• Advocating for full-spectrum accounting and integrated thinking.
• Promoting the adoption of sustainable development goals and COP21 agreements.
• Highlighting the economic benefits of renewable energy and energy efficiency.
• Engaging with stakeholders to promote transparency and accountability.
• Careful assessment and selection of emerging technologies based on sustainability criteria.

Supply Chain Management

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Physical Risks

• Droughts
• Sea Level Rise

Transition Risks

• Stranded Assets
• Regulatory Changes

Opportunities

• Renewable Energy
• Energy Efficiency

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: UN SDGs, COP21 agreements, GRI, SASB, IIRC, CDSB

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

• Renewable Energy
• Energy Efficiency
• Life Systems
• Green Construction
• Corporate Green R&D

Environmental Achievements

• Renewable energy investments reached $3.4 trillion, exceeding forecasts and driving cost parity with fossil fuels.
• Energy efficiency investments reached $1.7 trillion, positively impacting job creation and other economic metrics.

Social Achievements

• Growth of impact investing, driven by retail investors, family offices, and millennials.
• Increased focus on community investing, totaling $114.6 billion.

Governance Achievements

• Growing adoption of ESG factors in investment decisions, representing 30.2% of professionally managed assets in several regions.
• Increased focus on green bonds, with China as a major issuer.

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

• Lagging financial markets and obsolete models hindering green investment expansion.
• Resistance from fossil fuel interests and lobbying efforts against renewable energy.
• Challenges in monitoring and verifying the use of green bond proceeds.

Mitigation Strategies

• Development of new financial models, metrics, and platforms for impact investing.
• Increased shareholder activism and engagement to push for green initiatives.
• Development of standards and certifications for green bonds and projects.

Supply Chain Management

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Transition Risks

• Decline in value of fossil fuel assets.

Opportunities

• Growth of renewable energy and sustainable technologies.

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD)

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• All 17 UN SDGs

The report's focus on green technologies and sustainable finance aligns with the UN's Sustainable Development Goals.

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

• Renewable Energy
• Energy Efficiency
• Life Systems
• Green Construction
• Corporate Green R&D
• Climate Change
• Water
• Pollution
• Food, Aquaculture & Agriculture
• Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Environmental Achievements

• Cumulative USD $10,387,278,287,576.50 privately invested in green sectors worldwide since 2009.
• Achieved price parity of renewables with fossil fuels in many cases.
• Mexico's renewable energy grew toward the government's target of 13.9% of power to be green by 2022.

Social Achievements

• Growing evidence of climate change disruptions changed public opinion.
• Expansion of the plant-protein food sector worldwide.
• Community investments aimed at solving social or environmental problems.
• Increased demands for a global shift to ecologically-designed, circular, more equitable, inclusive and sustainable societies.

Governance Achievements

• The Climate Action 100 group of 58 investors in BP call for more progress toward the Paris climate targets.
• The Climate Majority Project, representing $1.8 trillion of 20 global pension funds demanding that the largest electric utilities commit to achieving net. Zero CO2 emissions by 2050.
• The Climate Action 100+ coalition of investors managing $32 trillion is confronting fossil companies directly.

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

• Science-denial as a significant financial risk.
• Financial systems and global markets still operating on obsolete models ignoring today’s new risks.
• Climate change disruptions (floods, fires, droughts, hurricanes and species losses).
• Over-reliance on freshwater resources for food production.
• Unsustainable aquaculture practices.
• Overfishing.
• Land degradation.
• Antibiotic-resistant diseases.
• Unhealthy diets.
• Deforestation.

Mitigation Strategies

• Shifting to science-based investing.
• Redirecting investments to address all 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
• Expanding the global food system using halophyte plants.
• Improving energy efficiency.
• Promoting the circular economy.
• Investing in renewable energy technologies.
• Implementing carbon pricing.
• Developing alternative sourcing strategies.
• Improving brine management strategies for desalination plants.
• Cleaning up pollution.
• Promoting sustainable agriculture practices.
• Developing plant-based meat alternatives.
• Reducing meat consumption.
• Protecting and restoring natural ecosystems.
• Developing new technologies for carbon capture and utilization.

Supply Chain Management

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Physical Risks

• Floods
• Fires
• Droughts
• Hurricanes

Transition Risks

• Stranded assets
• Regulatory changes
• Market shifts

Opportunities

• Renewable energy
• Energy efficiency
• Sustainable agriculture
• Carbon capture and utilization

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: TCFD, SDGs, CDP

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• Goal 2
• Goal 3
• Goal 6
• Goal 7
• Goal 8
• Goal 9
• Goal 12
• Goal 13
• Goal 15
• Goal 17

Investments in green technologies and sustainable practices contribute to achieving these goals.

Sustainable Products & Innovation

• Plant-based meats
• Insect-based foods
• Renewable energy technologies
• Sustainable agriculture practices