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The table below will help you navigate the main Tools relevant for financial actors. You can filter them by Tool Type, Target, Theme, Industry/Sector, or search by keywords. To ensure the full usability of this page, we recommend you to access it through your laptop and make the browser window full screen.
| wdt_ID | Name | Description | Tool type | Targets | Themes | Industry/Sector |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ACT - Assessing Low Carbon Transition | Assess corporates’ climate strategy against the required low-carbon transition and associated sector-specific decarbonization trajectories. | Company Assessment, Target Setting | Companies, Financial Institutions | GHG Emissions, Target Setting | Agriculture, Aluminum, Automotive, Cement, Chemical, Consumer Good, Cross-Sectoral, Glass, Industrial, Oil & Gas, Paper, Real Estate, Steel, Transport, Utility |
| 2 | Adaptation, Biodiversity and Carbon Mapping Tool (ABC-Map) | Assess the environmental impact of National Policies and Plans (NDC, NAPs, etc) and investments in the agriculture, forestry and other land use (AFOLU) sector. | Maps, Scenario Analysis, Target Setting | Academia,Companies, Institutions | Adaptation, Biodiversity, GHG Emissions | Agriculture, Forestry, Land Use |
| 3 | Atlas data | Offer an all-in-one approach to data management and insights in financial inclusion. | Database | Asset Managers, Asset Owners, Banks, Financial Institutions, Insurances | Impact, Microfinance, Social | Cross-Sectoral |
| 4 | Aqueduct | Map water risks such as floods, droughts, and water stress, also linked to agriculture and food security. | Maps, Risk Assessment | Academia, Companies, Financial Institutions, Policy Makers | Land Use, Water, Water Risk | Agriculture, Cross-Sectoral |
| 5 | B-Impact Assessment | Assess, manage, compare impact and improve a company's impact and benchmark against peers. Overall score and areas of improvements are provided. | Company Assessment | Asset Owners, Asset Managers, Companies, Financial Institutions | Community, Environment, Governance, Impact, Social, Workforce | Cross-Sectoral |
| 6 | Biodiversity Guidance Navigation tool | Guided natural capital self-assessment (biodiversity-inclusive), with interactive questions and supporting resources. Guide users through a biodiversity-inclusive natural capital assessment, following the steps outlined in the Natural Capital Protocol; Fr | Company Assessment | Companies, Financial Institutions | Biodiversity, Natural Capital | Cross-Sectoral |
| 7 | Coal Companies Watchlist | Assess whether coal companies have credible plans to phase out coal. | Company Assessment, Knowledge, Maps | Companies, Financial Institutions | GHG Emissions, Climate Risk | Coal, Energy, Oil & Gas |
| 8 | Carbon Tracker’s Company profiles | Provide in-depth analysis on the impact of the energy transition on capital markets and the potential investment in high-cost, carbon-intensive fossil fuels. | Company Assessment | Asset Managers, Asset Owners, Banks, Financial Institutions, Insurances | GHG Emissions, Climate Risk | Coal, Energy, Oil & Gas |
| 9 | Carbon Tracker’s Country profiles | Provide data, analysis and background needed to evaluate the alignment of countries’ power sectors with the Paris Agreement goals, highlighting the risk and opportunities. | Country Assessment | Financial Institutions, Sovereign Bonds | Adaptation, GHG Emissions | Energy |
| 10 | CA100+'s Net Zero Company Benchmark | Focus on companies that are key to driving the global net-zero emissions transition. Assess companies among the Climate Action 100+ focus on disclosure indicators, to clarify expectations and track progress. | Company Assessment | Companies, Financial Institutions | GHG Emissions, Reporting, Target Setting | Automotive, Aviation, Cement, Chemical, Coal, Consumer Good, Cross-Sectoral, Mining, Oil & Gas, Paper, Power Generation, Services, Shipping, Steel, Utility |
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