As a global climate solutions provider, 3Degrees helps organizations achieve renewable energy and decarbonization goals. With a full suite of solutions for addressing emissions of all scopes, their climate consultancy team partnered with Sweep to offer clients a carbon management software solution. This partnership strengthens 3Degrees’ goal setting, greenhouse gas (GHG) footprinting, carbon credit strategy, […]
The Science-Based Targets Initiative (SBTi) has recently released a package of consultation documents aimed at financial institutions, including the conceptual framework for the Net-Zero Standard for Financial Institutions (“FINZ”). The document is neither an exposure draft nor the final standard, but serves as an important milestone along the way to their expected publication in Q4 […]
The world’s Forest, Land and Agriculture sector, known as FLAG, is responsible for around 22% of global greenhouse gas emissions. The Science Based Targets Initiative, or SBTi, has introduced specific FLAG guidance to address these emissions. This guidance requires SBTi committed companies to account for emissions from agriculture, forestry and land-related activities from their operations […]
Learn how 3Degrees helped build an emissions roadmap for a Consumer Goods Company on its journey to reaching near-term targets by 2030.
According to CDP, portfolio emissions of global financial institutions are about 700 times larger than their direct emissions. In order to make significant progress on their climate journeys, financial institutions need to understand the full scope of these financed emissions through greenhouse gas (GHG) measurement. But how do you measure the carbon impact of something […]
Maureen Bray, Senior Director, Energy & Climate Practice – Strategy, Europe, met with CeFPro at the ESG Europe event to discuss scope 3 in the financial sector. She went over the importance of understanding your scope 3, key challenges, important messages, and more. Learn more below. WATCH THE VIDEO Maureen Bray interview ESG Europe from […]
It is valuable for every company to have familiarity with the framework set out by the Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), and with climate-related risks and opportunities more generally. In this article, we’ll explain why. The cascading effect of climate reporting Over the past few years, we have been witnessing voluntary sustainability reporting […]
The voluntary carbon market (VCM) is grappling with opposing forces: the need to ensure quality as the market grows larger and more complex. At a high level, the influx of resources into the market over the past few years is a positive signal for global efforts to mitigate climate change. But quality concerns have dogged […]
On April 18, 3Degrees travelled to London to attend the ESG Europe event convening finance professionals, software companies, and consultants to discuss ESG best practices and methodologies to manage risks. The event covered a range of topics, from regulatory requirements and climate risk assessment to the ever-challenging data accuracy. I had the pleasure of speaking […]
Understanding how climate risk reporting is evolving has escalated in priority for many businesses and investors as they remain increasingly alert to the impact of climate change on their operations and decision-making. Aware of this need, 3Degrees participated in the TCFD and Climate Risk Reporting event in London in March where I had the pleasure […]
In recent weeks, criticisms of the climate integrity of various types of carbon credits have surfaced in mainstream media, capturing the attention of many stakeholders. As a result, organizations looking to supplement their emissions reduction efforts by financing carbon credit projects are increasingly aware of the reputational risks associated with projects that may have less […]
Greenhouse gas accounting, reporting, and target-setting: Current state of play for the financial sector For many years now investors have been requesting information on climate-related governance and risks from their investees, through means such as the CDP questionnaire. More recently, financial institutions – and their emissions, climate commitments, and performance – have started coming under […]
