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Workshop on Metrics for Climate Transition - PPT Nico Fettes
1. 1
OECD Workshop on Metrics for Climate Transition
and Net-Zero, Session 1: Metrics and indicators
supporting net zero for different financial assets
Title:
How can we credibly measure the
climate performance of companies? -
A CDP approach
Presenter: Nico Fettes, Head of Product Development
Capital Markets, CDP Europe.
Paris, 22 February 2023
2. 2
About CDP
NON-PROFIT COLLECTING ENVIRONMENTAL DATA
Environmental
data collection
Environmental data
Companies &
Financial
institutions
Financial institutions
& Purchasing
organisations
Environmental data
Disclosure request
Authority
๏ป Collecting climate-related
data from companies since
2003
๏ป Over 700 institutional
investors support our work.
๏ป In 2022, over 18,000
companies disclosed
environmental data through
CDP
๏ป Largest database of self-
reported environmental data
3. 3
Measuring climate performance
We produce key outputs at company-level
1. Target ambition metrics
(forward-looking)
Emissions reduction
target ambition in ยฐC
2. Transition plan metrics
(present)
Transition plan elements
disclosure
3. Emissions metrics
(backward-looking)
Emissions disclosure
+
Trajectory in ยฐC
to satisfy the requirements of portfolio target setting frameworks (SBTi, NZIF)โฆ
and to enable company dialogue on disclosure and climate action.
Three complimentary categories of metrics
4. 4
Simplified example
Target ambition
โข Gross ambition: 50%
โข Boundary coverage: 70%
โข Net ambition: 35%
โข Climate benchmark: IPCC
heavy industry
Transition plan disclosure
โข Board oversight
โข Management incentives
โข Scenario analysis
โข CapEx alignment
โข โฆ
โข โฆ
Emissions trend
โข Disclosure completeness:
90%
โข Trend quality: 75%
โข Projected short term growth
rate: -3.5%
Outputs at company-level
> 2 ยฐC 60% < 2 ยฐC
End-user to determine final degree of alignment โ Red flags point to weaknesses in disclosure
5. 5
Opportunities, challenges and greenwashing risks
Opportunities Challenges
How to manage
greenwashing risks
Target ambition
metrics
Forward-looking;
Granular data available;
Greenwashing risks
Detailed target boundary
coverage check;
Combine with other metrics
Transition plan
metrics
Holistic
Lack of standards and
benchmarks
Develop benchmarks;
Conduct qualitative analysis
Emissions (trend)
metrics
Based on actuals
Volatility & data gaps;
lack of domain knowledge
Data cleaning / modelling;
Apply threshold criteria
6. 6
Can we credibly measure climate performance?
๏ป Yes (with lots of hard work) but not for all companies in global portfolios
๏ป Greenwashing risks inherent in self-disclosed data need to be managed
โ How can we better understand the true climate motivation of corporate
leaders?
๏ป Forward-looking measurement will always require qualitative analysis
โ Do we need an industry for โanalyst viewsโ on climate impact?