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BCG and Elemental Excelerator are excited to announce the release of the collaborative report, "Traversing the Climate Technology Scale Gap." This report addresses the critical challenges and opportunities in scaling climate technologies, highlighting a $150 billion funding gap that hinders progress. Our extensive research involved over 100 investors and industry leaders, revealing key insights and strategies to bridge this gap: Innovative Collaborations: Engaging new partners such as banks, private equity, and institutional investors to improve risk/return profiles. Tried-and-True Financial Instruments: Applying existing tools in new ways to align economic interests and mitigate risks. Impact of IRA: New tax incentives and funding programs from the Inflation Reduction Act are entering the market, boosting climate tech investments. Read the full report to explore how we can unlock funding for innovative climate technologies and drive impactful change: https://lnkd.in/e_6EKEpv #Innovation #Sustainability #ElementalExcelerator

BCG and Elemental Excelerator are excited to announce the release of the collaborative report, "Traversing the Climate Technology Scale Gap." This report addresses the critical challenges and opportunities in scaling climate technologies, highlighting a $150 billion funding gap that hinders progress. Our extensive research involved over 100 investors and industry leaders, revealing key insights and strategies to bridge this gap: Innovative Collaborations: Engaging new partners such as banks, private equity, and institutional investors to improve risk/return profiles. Tried-and-True Financial Instruments: Applying existing tools in new ways to align economic interests and mitigate risks. Impact of IRA: New tax incentives and funding programs from the Inflation Reduction Act are entering the market, boosting climate tech investments. Read the full report to explore how we can unlock funding for innovative climate technologies and drive impactful change: https://lnkd.in/eE4fU2PR #Innovation #Sustainability #ElementalExcelerator

BCG and Elemental Excelerator are excited to announce the release of the collaborative report, "Traversing the Climate Technology Scale Gap." This report addresses the critical challenges and opportunities in scaling climate technologies, highlighting a $150 billion funding gap that hinders progress. Our extensive research involved over 100 investors and industry leaders, revealing key insights and strategies to bridge this gap: Innovative Collaborations: Engaging new partners such as banks, private equity, and institutional investors to improve risk/return profiles. Tried-and-True Financial Instruments: Applying existing tools in new ways to align economic interests and mitigate risks. Impact of IRA: New tax incentives and funding programs from the Inflation Reduction Act are entering the market, boosting climate tech investments. Read the full report to explore how we can unlock funding for innovative climate technologies and drive impactful change: https://lnkd.in/gf_bvhfA #Innovation #Sustainability #ElementalExcelerator

BCG and Elemental Excelerator are excited to announce the release of the collaborative report, "Traversing the Climate Technology Scale Gap." This report addresses the critical challenges and opportunities in scaling climate technologies, highlighting a $150 billion funding gap that hinders progress. Our extensive research involved over 100 investors and industry leaders, revealing key insights and strategies to bridge this gap: Innovative Collaborations: Engaging new partners such as banks, private equity, and institutional investors to improve risk/return profiles. Tried-and-True Financial Instruments: Applying existing tools in new ways to align economic interests and mitigate risks. Impact of IRA: New tax incentives and funding programs from the Inflation Reduction Act are entering the market, boosting climate tech investments. Read the full report to explore how we can unlock funding for innovative climate technologies and drive impactful change: https://lnkd.in/d5ZzVaw9 #Innovation #Sustainability #ElementalExcelerator

BCG and Elemental Excelerator are excited to announce the release of the collaborative report, "Traversing the Climate Technology Scale Gap." This report addresses the critical challenges and opportunities in scaling climate technologies, highlighting a $150 billion funding gap that hinders progress. Our extensive research involved over 100 investors and industry leaders, revealing key insights and strategies to bridge this gap: Innovative Collaborations: Engaging new partners such as banks, private equity, and institutional investors to improve risk/return profiles. Tried-and-True Financial Instruments: Applying existing tools in new ways to align economic interests and mitigate risks. Impact of IRA: New tax incentives and funding programs from the Inflation Reduction Act are entering the market, boosting climate tech investments. Read the full report to explore how we can unlock funding for innovative climate technologies and drive impactful change: https://lnkd.in/dePR95Hn #Innovation #Sustainability #ElementalExcelerator

I’m excited to share a pivotal collaboration between Boston Consulting Group (BCG), BCG X and the nonprofit climate technology investor, Elemental Excelerator. This past year, we've worked with over 100 investors to address the "Scale Gap" in climate technology—a crucial barrier to progress that is especially pronounced in Africa.   The new report, “Traversing the Climate Technology Scale Gap,” reveals the challenges in advancing from incubation to early deployment of climate solutions. These stages require significant investment, expert project development, and community engagement.   Despite the global "Scale Gap" estimated at over $150 billion, the potential for bridging it is immense, with new funding programs and tax incentives on the horizon. This is vital for Africa, where advanced climate technologies can significantly mitigate the impacts of climate change and drive sustainable growth.   By harnessing AI and digital tools, we aim to accelerate the deployment of these technologies. Banks, private equity, and other financial sectors are poised to support this transition through innovative financing and capacity building.   Let’s capitalize on these opportunities to enhance resilience and economic prosperity across Africa and beyond.   Read the report here: https://lnkd.in/efH5tw4Q   Congratulations to all the BCG and Elemental Excelerator authors for this great report: Dawn Lippert, Melissa Uhl, Saritha Peruri, Avra van der Zee, Natalie Volpe Danya Hakeem, Parham Peiroo, Veronica Chau, Katie Hill, Raju Sarma Vinay Shandal, Michael Bernstein   #SustainableInnovation #ClimateTech

Shizen is proud to join the UN-supported Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) to bring sophisticated climate decision intelligence to financial institutions on their path to net zero. The PRI is the leading global network for investors committed to integrating environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors into their investment strategies and ownership policies. Shizen's #AI-driven system empowers climate and investment teams to make sense of the ever-growing climate data. With our tools teams can collaborate and go deeper than just reporting to understand the impact of climate transition on financial performance of assets; all while maintaining complete transparency and explainability in analyses. Together, the PRI and Shizen are committed to transforming finance for long-term value creation and global financial stability for the well-being of people worldwide. If you're an investment manager seeking to enhance your climate analytics capability, get in touch to learn how we can help you seamlessly integrate climate factors as a fundamental part of your decision-making workflows. With Shizen, you can focus on improving investment performance, developing innovative financial products, and identifying investments in climate solutions. Principles for Responsible Investment Stefan F. Christoph Baumann Gerrit Sindermann

#𝗘𝗦𝗚𝗶𝗻𝗧𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗲: With proxy season heating up and data showing that we experienced the warmest April ever recorded, marking the 11th consecutive month of record-breaking global temperatures (according to NOAA), companies are increasingly recognizing that risks and opportunities related to climate change are creating measurable financial impact. And most are likely to continue to experience the effects of physical and transitional climate risks. But within these risks, lie opportunities. A recent article by Anthropocene Magazine found, “climate risks—and a company’s response to them—shape market value” and “the market rewards companies that take a proactive approach to addressing climate risks.” The research suggests that companies that don’t prioritize and act on climate risks are increasingly likely to lose market value, “companies facing high transition risks tend to be valued less by investors,” as investors are placing a premium on companies that are proactively responding to climate risks. This theme continues to support the movement towards greater transparency and disclosure as a critical tool to drive a deeper understanding of climate risk, provide insight into strategic actions, and instill accountability. Building on this, a recent survey by the CAQ of 100 institutional investors (https://lnkd.in/dHYg5mZJ) looked to understand the role of, and confidence in, climate-related disclosures when it comes to investment decision-making. A few key findings: 𝟭. Nearly all investors (94%) want public companies to have climate-related disclosures audited and assured by a third party. 𝟮. Almost all investors (91%) would be confident in climate-related disclosures if companies were assured by public audit firms with environmental experts. 𝟯. Key characteristics of public company audit firms engendering confidence in assurance of climate related disclosure include: extensive experience in gaining understanding of business processes and assessing and responding to risk, routinely integrating subject matter experts, and requirements to maintain system of quality control. The time to act is now to accelerate assurance ready climate disclosure, to not only prepare for evolving regulatory requirements, but to strengthen trust and confidence among investors and other stakeholders. #deloitteesgnow References: NOAA Article: April 2024 was Earth’s warmest on record | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (noaa.gov) Anthropocene Article: Companies that ignore climate change risks lose market value (anthropocenemagazine.org)

At Arc, we’re guided by a clear theory of change. To scale up #ClimateFinance, we must improve net-zero pathways, corporate transition analysis, and capacity across the ecosystem. We believe that outputs from these strategic pillars – Pathways, Analysis and Capacity – will provide financial decision makers with the tools and skills needed to assess corporate transitions, and allocate assets accordingly. To achieve global #NetZero goals, companies must decarbonize, and fast. Creating financial incentives for corporate climate action – or penalties for lack of action – is the ultimate goal. Companies that set adequate climate goals and shift their businesses accordingly (e.g. car manufacturers moving to 100% electric vehicles) should attract more and favorable finance. We know that tools and skills alone can’t shift financial decision makers to make climate-aligned decisions, at speed and at scale. Our model is based on partnerships with the wider climate finance and corporate communities. We work together on areas essential to systemic change, including #regulation, #advocacy, #accountability, and corporate leadership. Find out more about our work here: https://lnkd.in/ewinWNXC  #ClimateAction #TheoryOfChange

🚀 Closing the $150B Climate Tech Funding Gap 🌍 I am excited to share insights from Elemental Excelerator and Boston Consulting Group's (BCG) latest report on addressing the $150 billion funding gap for climate technology. Despite economic challenges, there's optimism as new and old tools converge to unlock innovative financing and de-risk deals. Key Takeaways: 1. Collaborative Solutions: Engaging diverse investors and leveraging new tax incentives. 2. Innovative Financial Instruments: Utilizing familiar tools in creative ways, like Elemental's D-SAFE. Let's bridge this gap and accelerate climate solutions! 🌱 Read the full report here: https://lnkd.in/dtnZ_vGi #ClimateTech #Sustainability #GreenFinance #Innovation #ImpactInvestment #CleanEnergy #FundingGap #ClimateAction #ESG #TechForGood #RenewableEnergy #Cleantech #VentureCapital #SustainableInvestment #ClimateSolutions #FinancialInnovation #Collaboration #NetZero #BCG #ElementalExcelerator Bob Gravestijn Bruno - Le Saout Venu Borra Chris Sunderman