Scientific Climate Ratings (SCR), an EDHEC venture, has been highlighted in Pensions & Investments for its specialised climate risk ratings designed for infrastructure investors.

The article emphasises how SCR merges research on the financial implications of climate risk with geospatial data, climate risk models, and financial datasets focused on infrastructure assets. While SCR’s current methodology assesses both physical and transition risks related to infrastructure, the agency intends to expand its coverage to include listed equities segment, the author Christopher Marchant noted in the article.

Camille Angué, Deputy Director of the EDHEC Climate Institute, was quoted as saying:

“These ratings mark a significant development for the European landscape in climate risk transparency, particularly at a time when leadership in this area is increasingly contested on the global stage.

“These ratings offer a rigorous, science-based assessment of the material and financial consequences of climate change.”

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