Financial quantification: applying return and cash-flow methods
Introduction: always model the counterfactual To compete for capital, sustainability must be framed in the same quantitative language as any other business investment: return, risk (…)
Tag: Business Case for Sustainability
Activating the organization for climate mitigation and adaptation
15% Only 15% of companies disclosing to CDP have a dedicated C-suite position for sustainability, such as chief sustainability officers 21% Only 21% of companies surveyed by (…)
Financial quantification: discount rate and the financing greenium
Our previous article, Financial quantification: navigating the greenium and revenue management, explored how businesses are able to capture a price premium in sustainable products and services. In capital markets, the concept plays (…)
Financial quantification: navigating the greenium and revenue management
This article discusses the “greenium” in the context of pricing of sustainable products and services, both consumer and B2B, compared to conventional options. In a (…)
Integrating climate with financials: Internal Carbon Pricing
1753 companies in 56 countries are using internal carbon pricing (ICP) in 2024 +89% increase in organizations using ICP from 2021 to 2024 14% of (…)
Introduction: Financial quantification of sustainability
Articulating sustainability matters in financial terms, specifically through quantitative measures, to ensure that business value drivers and their effects on EBITDA and Enterprise Value (EV) are clearly understood within this framework.
Financial quantification: leveraging the (inter)dependencies of sustainable investments
Translating sustainability initiatives into financial terms is nuanced. Their impacts unfold across multiple dimensions of the business and over varying time horizons, making attribution and (…)
Integrating climate with financials: Climate as an overlay to financial planning
3/4 of the largest companies globally now report sustainability information with financial disclosures in annual or integrated reports, and roughly 85% of them use double materiality, or (…)
Weaving climate considerations into corporate operations
Headline stats: 1/3 Only one-third of companies disclosing to the CDP have implemented climate scenario analysis 50% 50% of Scopes 1 and 2 emissions reduction can be reached at net (…)
BCTI empowers Corporate Leaders to Take Action on a Just Transition, Human Rights, and Living Wages
The Business Commission to Tackle Inequality (BCTI) is proud to release three Executive Action Briefs, designed for forward-thinking corporate leaders committed to driving social progress while (…)