| Sustainability
plays an increasingly important role for companies. It has an impact
for example on corporate image, balance sheets and investor relations.
Carbon is becoming more and more a factor to be considered in corporate
strategy. Therefore companies need to be on top of the developments
regarding climate policy and emissions trading.
Opportunities and threats
Changes in climate, weather
patterns and sea levels can damage health, harvests and infrastructure.
The IPCC and Munich Re estimate that climate cost in 2050 may be
as high as $524 billion. As a result of the Kyoto Protocol, companies
will be confronted with carbon constraints, which may lead to higher
prices and affect competitiveness. What's more, investors and clients
may look at carbon performance as part of the corporate image.
But there are opportunities
as well. Efficient companies can sell emission credits on the market:
innovation pays. Projects that in first instance are seen as investments
can be turned into assets on the emerging carbon market. Furthermore,
new markets and products may arise for companies such as financial
institutions and lawyers.
A
need to know
With several national
schemes in place or planned and the EU system to start in 2005 stakeholders
need to prepare for the changes.
Governments need to define national allocation plans and set up
registries. Businesses need to identify their on-site reduction
options, inform themselves on market prices and establish their
emissions monitoring and reporting systems. And intermediaries and
suppliers may investigate their opportunities to bring new products
to market so they need to identify the needs of their customer base.
Issue
tracking
To meet these needs for
information, Ecofys offers issue tracking services on climate change
and emissions trading. Ecofys intensively follows and analyses the
developments in climate policy, impacts for your company, the positions
of competitors and future developments. A tailor made issue tracking
subscription for companies of industries can also be provided by
Ecofys.
For more information, you can e-mail us.
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