ESG insights: current thinking, tagged and searchable.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

ESG Disclosure & Reporting

ESG Frameworks & Standards

ESG Ratings & Rankings

ESG Strategy & Integration

Indigenous & Community Rights

Regulatory & Compliance

Risk Management

Sustainable Finance

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is a United Nations body that was established in 1988. Its mandate is to provide policymakers with objective, scientific information on climate change, its impacts, and possible adaptation and mitigation options.

International Energy Agency (IEA)

The International Energy Agency (IEA) is an intergovernmental organization that was established in 1974 to promote reliable, affordable, and clean energy for its member countries and the world.

Risk Management

Integrated Assessment Models

Integrated assessment models (IAMs) are mathematical models that are used to study the interactions between the climate, the economy, and society. IAMs are used to assess the potential impacts of climate change on the economy, and to develop policies to mitigate climate change.

Representative Concentration Pathways

Representative Concentration Pathways (RCPs) are scenarios developed to explore future greenhouse gas emissions and their potential impacts on the Earth's climate. They are used as inputs to climate models to project how the Earth's climate may change in the coming decades and centuries.

Risk Management

Shared Socioeconomic Pathways

Shared Socioeconomic Pathways (SSPs) are a set of scenarios that were developed to explore different possible futures of human society and their potential impacts on the Earth's environment and climate. They are used in conjunction with Representative Concentration Pathways (RCPs) to model how the Earth's climate may respond to different future socioeconomic conditions.

Clean Energy & Transition

Net-zero Transition Plan

A net-zero transition plan is a roadmap for an organization to reduce its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to net zero. A net-zero target means that the organization's emissions are equal to or less than the amount of emissions it removes from the atmosphere.

Clean Energy & Transition

Stranded Assets

Stranded assets are assets that have become obsolete or lost their economic value before the end of their expected life span, leaving investors or owners with assets that are no longer profitable or usable.

April 16, 2023