Tag: ESG Carbon Metrics

Environmental, social and governance (ESG) refers to the three key factors for measuring the sustainability and ethical impact of an investment in a company or business.

Genuine ESG-based Responsible Investments need the authority of accreditation, standardisation and regulation, and to be founded on scientifically robust financial metrics. Predict Ability Ltd (PAL) has these metrics today. As illustrated in the images below, they include:

The Global Climate Risk Map shows Dollar values of climate risk for 520 cities worldwide. This snapshot shows the risks at play in the southern US, Central America and northern South America. The massive eastern US risk is on the horizon.

Apply Carbon Financial Risk Metrics to identify Responsible Investments that reward investors while saving the planet

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December 2018 – with populist riots against carbon taxation in France, and a weak agreement at COP24 in Poland, ESG-based Responsible Investment propositions can take the heat out of climate change and reap financial rewards too.   Done well, Responsible Investment is a virtuous circle, rewarding investors for choosing corporations who are ESG (Environmental, Social […]

Apply Carbon Financial Risk Metrics to identify Responsible Investments that reward investors while saving the planet was last modified: January 4th, 2019 by Bruce Menzies

A Universal Carbon Tax to fund climate change mitigation

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Manmade climate change is a global problem that requires a global solution. Proposed here is a fair and sustainable Universal Carbon Tax whereby all countries pay a carbon tax that dynamically factors in: Historic, current and future carbon emissions The differences between developing and developed economies A scientifically defendable carbon price, based on loss and […]

A Universal Carbon Tax to fund climate change mitigation was last modified: January 4th, 2019 by Bruce Menzies

PAL Carbon Loss Index (CLIX) August figures now available

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PAL announces Carbon Loss Index (CLIX) data for August 2017 is now available. August CLIX is valued at $16.47 per tonne CO2, down 1.2% since July. The index is 11.5% down on the same period last year. Published each month, the PAL Carbon Loss Index (CLIX) provides a benchmark for carbon pricing by quantifying the global […]

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PAL Carbon Loss Index (CLIX) July figures now available

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  PAL announces Carbon Loss Index (CLIX) data for July 2017 is now available. July CLIX is valued at $16.67 per tonne CO2, unchanged since June. The index is 8.5% lower than the same period last year, and is some 40% off the all-time high back in March 2016 when the index broke through $28. […]

PAL Carbon Loss Index (CLIX) July figures now available was last modified: August 19th, 2018 by admin

The climate change storm clouds are threatening carbon Value-at-Risk – asset managers beware

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Just because, today, a carbon tax is either non-existent, toothless or unenforcible, don’t imagine that one will never be created, given teeth and enforced. The climate change storm is already rumbling and its pressure building steadily towards this inevitability – it may be next year, the year after, or the year after that. But prudent […]

The climate change storm clouds are threatening carbon Value-at-Risk – asset managers beware was last modified: February 2nd, 2019 by Bruce Menzies
Carbon Pricing Projections

Carbon Pricing Projections that are doomed – except for the last man standing

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On the day (June 1st 2017) that the US announced it is pulling out of the Paris COP21 Agreement, we look at the patchwork of carbon pricing projections in the public domain that are doomed. The EU ETS is not fit for purpose. The UK’s ‘official’ (BEIS) ‘curves’ are not only straight lines, counter-intuitively, they […]

Carbon Pricing Projections that are doomed – except for the last man standing was last modified: October 26th, 2018 by Bruce Menzies
For gas to cost the same as Hinkley, an integrated OxyFuel + CCS process is required

Carbon Capture and Storage: a winning hand for UK oil companies

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Converting liabilities into assets via Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) can enable oil companies not only to mitigate manmade climate change, but also to turn a tidy profit in the process. Carbon Capture and Storage: a winning hand for UK oil companies was last modified: October 26th, 2018 by Bruce Menzies

Carbon Capture and Storage: a winning hand for UK oil companies was last modified: October 26th, 2018 by Bruce Menzies

PAL’s Universal Carbon Price will foot the bill for climate change – and is fair to Joe Bloggses the world over

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In my previous posting I promised Joe Bloggs, the proverbial man-in-the-street, more details on how PAL’s universal carbon price is fair, acceptable and affordable – for mankind worldwide. Here we go. PAL’s Universal Carbon Price will foot the bill for climate change – and is fair to Joe Bloggses the world over was last modified: […]

PAL’s Universal Carbon Price will foot the bill for climate change – and is fair to Joe Bloggses the world over was last modified: October 26th, 2018 by Bruce Menzies
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Stranded assets: do they have a future?

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For a classic example of stranded assets, look no further than the ‘proved reserves’ i.e. oil in the ground, which feature in the annual reports of major oil companies.  Whilst adding apparent value to the corporate share price, their true worth is at significant risk from carbon liability. Why? Because the days of emitting carbon dioxide […]

Stranded assets: do they have a future? was last modified: August 19th, 2018 by Bruce Menzies

Are we CLEAR? Carbon Liability to Earnings and Assets Ratios are here

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What is “Carbon Liability to Earnings and Assets Ratio” Carbon Liability to Earnings Ratio (CLEAR) is the ratio of a company’s direct greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions liability to company earnings.   It is calculated as: CLEAR = (Direct GHG emissions x Carbon Price) / Earnings   When calculating, it is preferable to use an Earnings before interest, tax, depreciation […]

Are we CLEAR? Carbon Liability to Earnings and Assets Ratios are here was last modified: August 19th, 2018 by Edward Coe