Chapter 6: Financed Emissions Fundamentals
Updated:
May 28, 2024
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Published:
May 28, 2024
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Have you ever considered the greenhouse gas emissions associated with the loans and investments of the Finance Sector? These are called financed emissions, and they play a role in today’s climate crisis. The Partnership for Carbon Accounting Financials (PCAF) is an industry-led initiative enabling financial institutions to measure and disclose the greenhouse gas emissions of their loans and investments. In this module, we’ll cover the history of PCAF and its mission; the PCAF asset classes and principles; and why it’s so important for financial institutions to report their scope 3 financed emissions.
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