Infrastructure Investor published an interview with Rémy Estran-Fraioli, CEO of Scientific Climate Ratings, discussing the need for infrastructure investors and operators to assess climate risk through science-led ratings that prioritise financial materiality over policy targets, moving beyond generalist ESG ratings. Key insights from the interview: The ESG backlash is growing, particularly in the US, as corporates and investors are “tired…
Responsible Investor published an interview with Rémy Estran-Fraioli, CEO of Scientific Climate Ratings (SCR), highlighting the need for a systematic analysis of financial risks associated with climate change, and how SCR aims to break the mould when it comes to climate risk assessments for investors. In the interview, Rémy Estran-Fraioli outlined why traditional ESG ratings and climate “stress tests” fall…
From extreme weather to policy disruption, climate risks manifest in two distinct yet financially relevant forms: Physical and Transition. These risks are urgent and material, with significant financial impacts, especially for infrastructure projects with long investment horizons. Exposure to physical risks such as floods and heat stress can result in a significant loss in value for infrastructure assets. According to a…
Reuters news agency has published an exclusive article introducing Scientific Climate Ratings (SCR), an EDHEC venture, highlighting its distinctive position as the first agency to estimate projected financial losses for thousands of infrastructure assets across multiple climate change scenarios. The article authored by Simon Jessop, Editor of Sustainable Finance at Reuters, addressed the growing need to understand the potential costs…
Scientific Climate Ratings (SCR), an EDHEC venture, featured in an article by International Financial Review (IFR) magazine, promoting the agency’s powerful feature assigning a precise dollar value to the impact of climate risk on infrastructure. SCR offers forward-looking ratings that quantify how transition risks (linked to the shift to a low carbon economy) and physical risks (floods, storms, heatwaves…