Financial quantification: turning insight into evidence
This conclusion brings together the core lessons from the “Making it Count” series, which has provided a forward-looking toolkit for translating sustainability ambition into enterprise value.
Tag: Corporate Performance & Accountability (CP&A)
How internal carbon pricing can support capital allocation and risk management
Key Takeaways Executive Summary Despite some regions easing climate regulations, carbon pricing remains a critical financial consideration for businesses worldwide. By the close of 2025, 80 emissions trading systems (…)
The Case for Accelerating Corporate Performance & Accountability for Healthy & Sustainable Diets
Why Stronger Performance on Healthy, and Sustainable Diets Matters for Forward Looking Companies Food companies are entering a new era of scrutiny: investors, regulators, and (…)
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 (…)
WBCSD and One Planet Network announce launch of the Global Circularity Protocol for business (GCP) at COP30
Belém, 11 November 2025: The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) and One Planet Network (hosted by UNEP) have announced the official launch of the Global Circularity Protocol for business (…)
Materiality Tunnel Vision: Legal and Governance Perspectives
Materiality is a mindset that guides companies on what truly matters for resilience, credibility and long-term value
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 terminal value
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 (…)