Understanding climate risks to support informed decisions

Climate change and the transition to a low-carbon economy can affect operations, assets, supply chains, revenues, costs, financing access, and long-term resilience.

We help organizations identify and assess physical and transition climate-related risks and opportunities. The assessment takes into account business models, asset locations, value chains, and relevant time horizons.

Who is it for?

This service is designed for organizations that:

• want to understand how climate change may affect their business, assets, and value chain;
• are preparing climate-related risk disclosures;
• are developing or updating transition plans and decarbonization strategies;
• want to integrate climate risks into enterprise risk management;
• need structured governance and monitoring of climate risks;
• wish to incorporate climate considerations into strategic and investment decisions.

Scope of support

• business model and value chain assessment;
• identification of short-, medium-, and long-term climate risks;
• identification of acute and chronic physical risks;
• analysis of regulatory, technological, market, and reputational transition risks;
• identification of climate-related opportunities;
• probability and impact assessment;
• mapping of exposed assets, locations, and processes;
• assessment of existing controls and mitigation mechanisms;
• risk prioritization;
• recommendations regarding governance and monitoring.

Project outcomes

The organization receives:

• a climate risks and opportunities register;
• characterization of physical and transition risks;
• probability and impact assessments;
• classification by time horizon;
• exposure maps;
• climate risk prioritization matrix;
• risk management recommendations;
• suggested KPIs, governance arrangements, and monitoring processes;
• input for reporting, scenario analysis, and financial assessments.

The Synergist approach

We do not treat climate risk assessment as a reporting exercise. We combine climate, strategic, operational, and project management perspectives to create outputs that inform real business decisions.

Experience

Our experience includes identifying and assessing physical and transition climate risks for international industrial groups and financial institutions.