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19 October 2021

  • The EU Green Bond Standard, a game changer in the low-carbon transition?

    • 19 October 2021
    • Posted by: Louise Badoche
    • Category: Actualités-EN, Climate integration & indices, Home-en, Transition risks and avoided emissions
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    Introduction The EU Green Bond Standard is a concrete application of the EU taxonomy, but a quantitative assessment of the climate impact remains out of investors’ reach. Carbon4 Finance equips investors with a dedicated measurement tool. The market for green bonds (GB) has steadily developed over the last few years. In 2020 alone, green bonds’

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  • 2020 report on the transport sector

    • 8 September 2021
    • Posted by: Louise Badoche
    • Category: Actualités-EN, Home-en
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    This note summarizes the results of the CIA (Carbon Impact Analytics) analysis campaign conducted in the last quarter of 2020 on a sample of 140 listed transport industry companies. The CIA method seeks to measure a company’s exposure to transition risk via an overall rating (from A+ to E-) and different sector indicators. Using our

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  • The key to facing the energy transition is Scope 3

    • 1 July 2021
    • Posted by: Louise Badoche
    • Category: Actualités-EN, Climate integration & indices, Home-en
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    As financial institutions are seeking to understand the underlying risks and opportunities posed by the low-carbon transition, investment strategies have commonly integrated “Scope 1” emissions, i.e., direct emissions from activities, and “Scope 2” emissions, i.e. indirect emissions from the production of electricity, heat, and steam purchased. In contrast, Scope 3 emissions stemming from the entire

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  • Carbon4 Finance response to the SEC’s Public Consultation on Climate Change Disclosures

    • 23 June 2021
    • Posted by: Louise Badoche
    • Category: Actualités-EN, Climate integration & indices, Home-en, Physical Risks, Transition risks and avoided emissions
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    Introduction Carbon4 Finance welcomes the opportunity to provide feedback on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC’s) request for public input on climate-related financial disclosures. As specialists in the low-carbon transition, we applaud SEC’s growing interest for climate change-related challenges, and we strongly support the development of sustainability disclosures to equip investors in their investment decisions.

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  • Launch of Biodiversity Impact Analytics Database powered by the GBS®

    • 10 June 2021
    • Posted by: Louise Badoche
    • Category: Actualités-EN, Home-en
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    Measuring the biodiversity impact of your portfolio: launch of Biodiversity Impact Analytics Database powered by the GBS® July 8th, 2021 2021 is a pivotal year for taking action to protect nature and biodiversity with the launch of the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) and the upcoming COP15 on Biodiversity in China in October. The
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  • Carbon4 Finance wins the Eagle Alpha ESG Hackathon

    • 28 May 2021
    • Posted by: Louise Badoche
    • Category: Actualités-EN, Home-en
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    A few days ago, Carbon4 Finance attended the Eagle Alpha ESG Day US Hackathon, which featured discussions on the 3 misconceptions of ESG – ratings, greenwashing, social washing – by critvocates (critics and advocates) of the corporate and investment industries.  The event gathered about 150 companies worldwide and 15 data providers were challenged to demonstrate

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  • Climate stress tests: how to read the results of the exercise?

    • 24 May 2021
    • Posted by: Louise Badoche
    • Category: Actualités-EN, Home-en, Physical Risks, Transition risks and avoided emissions
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    The ACPR (the French Prudential Supervision and Resolution Authority) together with the Banque de France (French Central Bank) conducted a climate stress testing pilot exercise from July 2020 to April 2021 [1] to assess the exposure of banks and insurers climate risks. It mobilised 9 banking and 15 insurer groups, covering respectively 85% and 75% of their total balance
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  • USA & Germany set new ambitious CO2 reduction targets

    • 12 May 2021
    • Posted by: Louise Badoche
    • Category: Actualités-EN, Climate integration & indices, Home-en
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    USA and Germany have set new ambitious CO2 reduction targets. What are the impacts on Carbon4 Finance’s ratings for these countries ? USA  With the USA rejoining the Paris Agreement, the country updated its Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) to hold the global average temperature increase well-below 2°C above pre-industrial levels. After having no set emissions
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  • Collaboration Goodvest – Carbon4 Finance

    • 5 May 2021
    • Posted by: Alexia Soyeux
    • Category: Actualités-EN, Home-en, Media relesases
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    Goodvest s’associe avec Carbon4 Finance et propose la première assurance-vie 100% alignée avec l’Accord de Paris pour maintenir l'augmentation de la température mondiale à un niveau inférieur à 2 degrés Celsius Goodvest, la première épargne 100% responsable et transparente s’associe aujourd’hui avec Carbon4 Finance, fournisseur de données indépendant sur le climat cofondé par Jean Marc
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  • Bilan du secteur de l’électricité

    • 19 April 2021
    • Posted by: Louise Badoche
    • Category: Actualités-EN, Home-en
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    Cette note synthétise les résultats de la campagne d’analyse d’une centaine d’entreprises du secteur de l’électricité. Les analyses ont été faites avec la méthode Carbon Impact Analytics (CIA). Rappelons que la méthode CIA vise à mesurer l’exposition des entreprises au risque de transition dont la note globale, calculée à partir d’indicateurs sectoriels, varie de A+
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