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What does company alignment to net zero look like?
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Share of Scope 1 emissions (%)
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Source: Data as of Nov. 21, 2023. Chart based on S&P Global Net Zero Commitments data illustrating progress toward the achievement of emissions reduction commitments set by over 2,800 companies. This analysis presents the annualized rate of scope 1 emissions reduction achieved by companies in each sector over the past 5 years compared to the annualized rate of reduction needed to meet each company's targets.
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Data as of February 2023. Chart based on S&P Global Physical Risk Exposure Scores and Financial Impact dataset, and weighted average financial impact on assets owned by companies in the S&P Global 1200 by sector (%). Financial impact is first calculated at the asset level and represents the sum of financial costs arising from exposure to climate hazards for an asset, expressed as a percentage of the typical replacement value for a given asset type. Financial impact at the company level is then calculated as the weighted average of the asset-level financial impact for all known assets owned by a company and its subsidiaries. Financial impact at the index level is calculated as the market capitalization-weighted average of financial impact of all companies in the index. The climate change scenario used in this analysis, known as SSP3-7.0, is characterized by limited mitigation where total greenhouse gas emissions double by 2100 and global average temperatures rise by 2.8 degrees C to 4.6 degrees C by 2100. Negative financial impact (%) indicates that exposure to a climate physical hazard is projected to reduce over time at the location of the company's assets. For example, changes in precipitation patterns due to climate change can drive increasing water stress in some regions and decreasing water stress in other regions.
Source: S&P Global Sustainable1
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What does nature impact look like – and which companies are managing it?
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Consumer Discretionary
Consumer Discretionary
Consumer Staples
Energy
Industrials
Materials
Real Estate
Utilities
Sector Ecosystem Footprint Share (%)
All Sectors Average
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Data as of October 31, 2023. Chart based on S&P Global Nature & Biodiversity Risk dataset and S&P Global ESG Raw Data. Results based on responses from 7,185 companies assessed in the 2022 S&P Global Corporate Sustainability Assessment (CSA), and on 11,426 companies and 363,723 assets assessed in the Sector Ecosystem Footprint, part of the Nature & Biodiversity Risk dataset which combines three areas of analysis: the areas of land impacted by the company (land area), the degree to which the location-specific ecosystem integrity is reduced (ecosystem degradation) and the significance of the location-specific ecosystem impacted (ecosystem significance).
Source: S&P Global Sustainable1
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Which company assets could be impacted by physical climate risk – and which companies are addressing the risk?
Financial Impact to Assets
At Least 1%*
20202030204020502060207020802090
The numbers within the circles represent the number of assets facing the specified financial impact within a given location and zoom level. Zoom in to the map to pinpoint precise asset locations.
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Company has plan to adapt to potential physical climate risks
Data as of Sept. 8, 2023. Chart based on S&P Global Physical Risk Exposure Scores and Financial Impact dataset, and S&P Global ESG Raw Data. Results based on responses from 886 US-based companies assessed in the 2022 S&P Global Corporate Sustainability Assessment (CSA), and on physical climate risk to their 58.6k assets in United States. The climate change scenario used in this analysis, known as SSP3-7.0, is characterized by limited mitigation where total greenhouse gas emissions double by 2100 and global average temperatures rise by 2.8 degrees C to 4.6 degrees C by 2100. Financial impact is the projected future financial cost of changing hazard exposure. This metric is built on S&P Global Sustainable1’s climate physical risk data, which assigns an exposure score for physical climate hazards to each of the corporate assets in the dataset. S&P Global Sustainable1 measures seven physical climate hazards to calculate financial impact: extreme heat, water stress, coastal flood, fluvial flood, tropical cyclone, drought and wildfire.
Source: S&P Global Sustainable1
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What does company alignment to net zero look like?
Higher
Share of Scope 1 emissions (%)
Lower
Source: Data as of Nov. 21, 2023. Chart based on S&P Global Net Zero Commitments data illustrating progress toward the achievement of emissions reduction commitments set by over 2,800 companies. This analysis presents the annualized rate of scope 1 emissions reduction achieved by companies in each sector over the past 5 years compared to the annualized rate of reduction needed to meet each company's targets.
I would like to
Talk to a specialist
Talk to a specialist
Be TCFD aligned
Manage physical climate risk
Understand more about this dataset
Take part in the S&P Global Corporate Sustainability Assessment
Data as of February 2023. Chart based on S&P Global Physical Risk Exposure Scores and Financial Impact dataset, and weighted average financial impact on assets owned by companies in the S&P Global 1200 by sector (%). Financial impact is first calculated at the asset level and represents the sum of financial costs arising from exposure to climate hazards for an asset, expressed as a percentage of the typical replacement value for a given asset type. Financial impact at the company level is then calculated as the weighted average of the asset-level financial impact for all known assets owned by a company and its subsidiaries. Financial impact at the index level is calculated as the market capitalization-weighted average of financial impact of all companies in the index. The climate change scenario used in this analysis, known as SSP3-7.0, is characterized by limited mitigation where total greenhouse gas emissions double by 2100 and global average temperatures rise by 2.8 degrees C to 4.6 degrees C by 2100. Negative financial impact (%) indicates that exposure to a climate physical hazard is projected to reduce over time at the location of the company's assets. For example, changes in precipitation patterns due to climate change can drive increasing water stress in some regions and decreasing water stress in other regions.
Source: S&P Global Sustainable1
I would like to
Talk to a specialist
Talk to a specialist
Be TCFD aligned
Manage physical climate risk
Understand more about this dataset
Take part in the S&P Global Corporate Sustainability Assessment
What does nature impact look like – and which companies are managing it?
Select Sector
Consumer Discretionary
Consumer Discretionary
Consumer Staples
Energy
Industrials
Materials
Real Estate
Utilities
Sector Ecosystem Footprint Share (%)
All Sectors Average
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Data as of October 31, 2023. Chart based on S&P Global Nature & Biodiversity Risk dataset and S&P Global ESG Raw Data. Results based on responses from 7,185 companies assessed in the 2022 S&P Global Corporate Sustainability Assessment (CSA), and on 11,426 companies and 363,723 assets assessed in the Sector Ecosystem Footprint, part of the Nature & Biodiversity Risk dataset which combines three areas of analysis: the areas of land impacted by the company (land area), the degree to which the location-specific ecosystem integrity is reduced (ecosystem degradation) and the significance of the location-specific ecosystem impacted (ecosystem significance).
Source: S&P Global Sustainable1
I would like to
Talk to a specialist
Talk to a specialist
Be TCFD aligned
Manage physical climate risk
Understand more about this dataset
Take part in the S&P Global Corporate Sustainability Assessment
Which company assets could be impacted by physical climate risk – and which companies are addressing the risk?
Financial Impact to Assets
At Least 1%*
20202030204020502060207020802090
The numbers within the circles represent the number of assets facing the specified financial impact within a given location and zoom level. Zoom in to the map to pinpoint precise asset locations.
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Company has plan to adapt to potential physical climate risks
Data as of Sept. 8, 2023. Chart based on S&P Global Physical Risk Exposure Scores and Financial Impact dataset, and S&P Global ESG Raw Data. Results based on responses from 886 US-based companies assessed in the 2022 S&P Global Corporate Sustainability Assessment (CSA), and on physical climate risk to their 58.6k assets in United States. The climate change scenario used in this analysis, known as SSP3-7.0, is characterized by limited mitigation where total greenhouse gas emissions double by 2100 and global average temperatures rise by 2.8 degrees C to 4.6 degrees C by 2100. Financial impact is the projected future financial cost of changing hazard exposure. This metric is built on S&P Global Sustainable1’s climate physical risk data, which assigns an exposure score for physical climate hazards to each of the corporate assets in the dataset. S&P Global Sustainable1 measures seven physical climate hazards to calculate financial impact: extreme heat, water stress, coastal flood, fluvial flood, tropical cyclone, drought and wildfire.
Source: S&P Global Sustainable1
I would like to
Talk to a specialist
Talk to a specialist
Be TCFD aligned
Manage physical climate risk
Understand more about this dataset
Take part in the S&P Global Corporate Sustainability Assessment
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