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.
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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 (…)
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 (…)
OP2B Reinforces mission with strategic leadership appointments amid Europe’s agricultural turning point
OP2B strengthens its leadership with the appointment of Jan Derck van Karnebeek (CEO, Royal FrieslandCampina) and Ewan Andrew (President, Global Supply & Chief Sustainability Officer, Diageo) as Co-Chairs. Their expertise will drive regenerative agriculture, support European farmers, and influence CAP reforms, advancing OP2B’s mission to transform 40M hectares by 2030.
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 (…)
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 (…)
Four steps that financial institutions can take to integrate deforestation into financial disclosure
My interest in protecting forests began when I was aged 12, when one of my school teachers shared photographs of the deforestation in the Amazon (…)
New guidance for financial institutions on why and how to integrate deforestation into financial disclosure
WBCSD outlines four steps to integrating deforestation into climate- and nature-related financial disclosure to help financial institutions improve transparency on material risks and meet net (…)
The finance sector can accelerate the transformation to a net-zero built environment – Here’s how
Real estate is the world’s most valuable asset class representing two-thirds of global wealth.