Accelerating decarbonization by aligning the efforts of business and finance

This insight paper from WBCSD and leading financial actors can help you to better understand the links between avoided emissions and transition finance. The paper aims to demonstrate the added value of avoided emissions perspectives in the context of sustainable finance and net-zero emissions trajectories; provide practical guidance on how companies and investors can leverage avoided emissions perspectives across asset classes; discuss good practices and current challenges in avoided emissions assessments, attribution, and reporting; and explore the current regulatory and (voluntary) standards landscape for financial actors and companies in the avoided emissions context.