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Current State of Water Stewardship Practices: Top 5 Questions Answered

3BL Media

The CDP Global Water Report (2020) informs us that, when it comes to water security, “The cost of inaction is five times the cost of action.”. CDP and Planet Tracker’s High and Dry: How Water Issues Are Stranding Assets , May 2022 report recognizes that “Water risk is already stranding assets across major sectors of the global economy.”.

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Water Risks a “Substantive” Threat to Corporate Value

Chris Hall

Environmental disclosure platform CDP has identified potential value at risk of US$225 billion related to water risk exposure among listed equities. Water insecurity can affect current outputs and constrain future growth in the private sector, said CDP. Water risk factors and stranded assets.

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The biggest carbon losers

Corporate Knights

But 40% of the reductions came from divesting, or selling off, dirty assets, which from the atmosphere’s perspective is akin to rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic. Source: Corporate Knights, CDP Note: percentages for “How GHG reductions were achieved” may not add up to 100% due to rounding. dollars) through 2030.

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CDP Adds Reporting on Plastic-Related Impact and Risks to Disclosure System

ESG Today

Climate research provider and environmental disclosure platform CDP announced the launch of the ability for companies to report on plastic-related impacts, following demand from investors for more information on companies’ plastic-related risk and exposure.

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Decarbonising Investment Portfolios on the Journey to Net Zero

3BL Media

CDP found that these financed emissions are on average approximately 700 times higher than the organisation's operational emissions. While the process is complex, the pay-offs are considerable. For example, the indicative financed emissions from the UK financial sector in 2019 were found to be 1.8

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Investors Still in the Dark on Climate Risks to Firms’ Finances

Chris Hall

For example, they may request assurance that the company won’t end up with stranded assets.”. They have to make that decision themselves. In some cases, they have stayed invested and asked companies for more information. Potential evidence of greenwashing.

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AB: ESG in Action - The Human Touch in Interpreting Climate Scenario Analysis

3BL Media

The evolving climate drives physical risks—damaged or stranded assets and business-interruption costs from severe weather events. Republic Services is on Barron’s 100 Most Sustainable Companies list and CDP Worldwide’s Climate A List.