Oak Hill Advisors
Climate Impact & Sustainability Data (2023)
Reporting Period: 2023
Environmental Metrics
ESG Focus Areas
- Climate Change
Climate Goals & Targets
Environmental Challenges
- Lack of disclosure on key environmental metrics, strategy, and accountability by portfolio companies.
Mitigation Strategies
- Encouraging portfolio companies to measure and report greenhouse gas emissions.
- Advocating for disclosures consistent with the ESG Integrated Disclosure Project (ESG IDP) reporting template.
- Promoting awareness, disclosure, and management of climate factors.
Supply Chain Management
Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities
Physical Risks
- Rising sea levels
- Increased storm frequency
- Hotter and more frequent heat waves
- Shifts in seasonal patterns
- Ocean acidification
- Ice sheets melting
- Changes in marine ecosystems
- Biodiversity loss
- Land ecosystem shifts
- Extreme temperatures
- Climate-related migration
- Impacts on human health
Transition Risks
- Rising environmental regulation
- Changes in carbon taxes and financing costs
Opportunities
- Value creation from companies with low or zero greenhouse gas footprint
Reporting Standards
Frameworks Used: TCFD, SASB