By informing, enabling and mobilising the transformative power of capital markets we aim to deliver a financial system that is fully aligned with a net-zero, nature-positive economy.
Planet Tracker proactively engages with financial institutions to drive change in their investment strategies. We ensure they know exactly what risk is built into their investments and identify opportunities from funding the systems transformations we advocate.
Colgate-Palmolive is on a path to missing its approved Science-based Targets emissions by a factor of 7 when optional indirect use emissions are excluded.
In the next decade the consumer goods giant could be hit by a USD 2.1 billion increase in annual operating costs due to potential Carbon Pricing Mechanisms and water scarcity.
Today, on World Environment Day, we reflect on the latest round of negotiations towards a Global Plastic Pollution Treaty and what financial markets should take away from the discussions.
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Planet Tracker’s latest report on CA100+ companies today finds Colgate-Palmolive’s emissions are on a pathway seven times higher than the level recommended by the Science-Based Targets initiative (SBTi), aligning with a +3ºC warming scenario by 2030. The company provides ‘no clear strategy’ to mitigate its main source of emissions, namely, upstream Scope 3 activities.
The consumer goods giant’s climate engagement with its value chain has not resulted in positive results over the last half-decade, with the GhG emissions from key ‘targeted’ areas experiencing substantial growth.
Analysis of equity risk premia of 150 top corporates in the plastic value chain finds risk perception in industry is at its lowest level since 2011, despite a potential ‘landslide of regulation’ including Global Plastic Pollution Treaty. Investors failing to forecast changes in risk profile means corporate liabilities and litigation costs in plastics could rise above USD 20 billion by end of the decade for the US alone, possibly USD 100 billion annually and beyond by 2030.
We talk about some of the key themes the investment and finance community need to know about for COP27 and COP 15.
Planet Tracker combines financial, environmental, scientific and data analysis expertise to speak about ecological limits in a language familiar to the financial community.
Our initial focus is on global industry sectors defined by significant investment flows in the context of the planetary boundaries that are most threatened. We aim to unlock, mobilize and redirect the power of capital markets to deliver on sustainable development objectives.
Planet Tracker is an award-winning non-profit financial think tank aligning capital markets with planetary boundaries. Created with the vision of a financial system that is fully aligned with a net-zero, resilient, nature positive and just economy well before 2050, Planet Tracker generates break-through analytics that reveal both the role of capital markets in the degradation of our ecosystem and show the opportunities of transitioning to a zero-carbon, nature positive economy.
Planet Tracker is an initiative of Tracker Group Ltd., founded by Mark Campanale and Nick Robins, which is registered in the UK at Companies House as a not-for-profit company limited by guarantee, registered in England with number 08906960 and a wholly owned subsidiary of Investor Watch.
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