Climate Change Data

ECOFACT AG

Climate Impact & Sustainability Data (JANUARY 2024, October 2022)

Reporting Period: JANUARY 2024

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

  • Nature conservation
  • Water management
  • Deforestation
  • Climate change
  • Just transition
  • Greenwashing
  • AI regulation
  • Sustainable finance
  • Corporate political conduct
  • Supply chain sustainability
  • Human rights

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

  • Mismanagement of water resources
  • High rates of deforestation
  • Greenwashing in the financial sector
  • Lack of transparency in corporate political activities
  • Inadequate preparation for climate change impacts by governments
  • Insufficient transition finance
  • Lack of robust business cases for nature conservation
Mitigation Strategies
  • Improved regulation and enforcement
  • Development of transition finance-friendly policies and products
  • Enhanced transparency and accountability in corporate political activities
  • Development of tools and frameworks for nature conservation and sustainable finance
  • Increased focus on accurate data and application of existing fraud legislation to combat greenwashing
  • Better measurements of transition finance
  • Companies investigating their banks' carbon emissions

Supply Chain Management

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Physical Risks
  • Extreme weather events
Transition Risks
  • Regulatory changes
  • Market shifts
Opportunities
  • Development of sustainable products and services

Reporting Period: October 2022

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

  • Climate Change
  • Human Rights
  • Environmental Risk
  • Governance

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

  • Widespread drought affecting various sectors
  • Insufficient voluntary standards in extractive industries for human rights and environmental risks
  • Potential negative consequences of offshore wind power
  • Growing environmental costs of crypto-mining
  • Climate change's impact on the economy
  • Food shortages caused by extreme weather
Mitigation Strategies
  • Increased cyber security investments by central banks
  • Self-regulatory approaches by Swiss Bankers Association (SBA) and Asset Management Association Switzerland (AMAS)
  • HSBC's plan to phase out investments in thermal coal
  • Development of open-source green finance tools by OS-Climate

Supply Chain Management

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Physical Risks
  • Historic drought
  • Extreme weather
  • Food shortages
Transition Risks
  • Climate regulation
  • Shifting consumer preferences

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: UN Global Compact, Principles for Responsible Investment