IIF India Climate Finance Workshop
Co-hosted by the IIF and YES BANK. PCAF's executive director, Giel Linthorst, gave a presentation on assessing financed emissions in investment and lending portfolios.

Co-hosted by the IIF and YES BANK. PCAF's executive director, Giel Linthorst, gave a presentation on assessing financed emissions in investment and lending portfolios.
PCAF and the VfU conducted a workshop (in German) with interested financial service providers in the DACH region which covered the measurement of financed emissions in various asset classes, while also introducing the project design of a two-year peer learning group. The workshop was intended to show interested financial service providers how to participate in the PCAF D / A / CH regional group and invite them to participate and to sign the PCAF Commitment.
Watch the recording and download the slidesPCAF UK Coalition announced their 2021 plans for implementing emissions accounting to drive change in residential property and agroforestry.
View the recorded webinar and download the workplanPCAF hosted a launch webinar to release the first edition of the Global GHG Accounting Standard for the Financial Industry. High level speakers from the industry discussed how the Standard can be used by financial institutions to measure financed emissions.
Download the Standard and Watch the recorded Standard launchFinanced Emissions: How the Financial Industry is Addressing Climate Change. PCAF's Executive Director Giel Linthorst & PCAF Steering Committee Member Ivan Frishberg of Amalgamated Bank gave insight on the effort to measure the carbon impact of loans and investments as a building block for further climate action and on PCAF's role in this global effort.
Watch the recordingCo-hosted by the IIF and the Norinchukin Bank. Tailored and timed for a Japanese audience, this virtual event featured panel discussions with leading executives and experts on the rapidly evolving landscape for ESG data and analytics. A presentation on assessing financed emissions in investment and lending portfolios using PCAF was given by Chris Snyder, Director at Guidehouse and Sean Wright, Executive Director of Global Sustainable Finance at Morgan Stanley.
PCAF was invited by Mark Carney and Lord Mayor of the City of London William Russell to speak at the Green Horizon Summit's Reporting Panel. PCAF Steering Committee Member Morgan Stanley was represented by CSO Audrey Choi.
Watch a clip from the panelCo-hosted by the IIF and the Associated Banks in SIngapore (ABS). Tailored and timed for an Asian audience, this virtual event featured panel discussions with leading executives and experts on the changing policy and regulatory backdrop. PCAF's executive director, Giel Linthorst, explained how to measure “financed emissions” in financial firms’ investment and lending portfolios.
Giel Linthorst and Thomas Hähl from the PCAF Secretariat held a webinar on portfolio carbon accounting together with the Verein für Umweltmanagement und Nachhaltigkeit in Finanzinstituten (VfU) e.V. with focus on the upcoming collaboration between PCAF and financial institutions from the D/A/CH region (Germany, Austria & Switzerland). Workshop held in German.
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Watch the recorded webinars (also in Spanish and Chinese)During this webinar, CDP, PCAF and ABN AMRO explained the importance of financed emissions to understand the climate impact of financial portfolios and to enable alignment with the goals of the Paris Agreement.
Assessing Financed Emissions in Investment and Lending Portfolios. During this webinar, PCAF's executive director, Giel Linthorst, presented the progress of PCAF towards harmonizing carbon accounting, the development status of the Global Carbon Accounting Standard and its upcoming global stakeholder consultation.
Watch back the recorded webinarPCAF's executive director, Giel Linthorst, presented the progress accomplished thus far by PCAF's participants on standardizing GHG emissions financed by loans and investments. He also shared how the partnerships built between PCAF and the Dutch government have increased access to higher data quality for portolio carbon accounting. Next to this, Giel presented the plans to standardizing GHG emissions dataflows based on XBRL and the relation to the EU Non-Financial Reporting Directive (NFRD).
Access the slides and watch the recorded webinarWebinar for Latin American banks "Enabling Banks to measure climate impact to facilitate Paris alignment". Organized by UNEP FI PRB and PCAF. Banks will learn how to measure their climate impact, one of the inputs required to do impact analysis and set targets. Webinar held in Spanish.
Watch the recorded webinarOrganized by FEBRABAN, the Brazilian Federation of Banks. PCAF presented the current status of the initiative and the development of the Global Carbon Accounting Standard.
Organized by IPC, under the leadership of Sitawi, PCAF present about the importance of harmonizing the way investors measure financed emissions and the benefits of joining PCAF.
James Niven, Triodos Bank's Head of Impact Assessment, and Andrea Palmer, Product Specialist at Triodos Investment Management, provided an introduction to PCAF. This webinar explored the PCAF carbon accounting methodologies and explained why this streamlined approach is enabling financial institutions to find common ground on action against the climate crisis.
A side event at COP25 in the EIB-Benelux Pavilion at 9:30 am. During this event, PCAF launched a new report on carbon accounting methods developed by the Dutch team. Madrid, Spain.
Past event - more information hereHosted by AXA IM. During this event PCAF presented the carbon accounting methodology for the financial sector and the link with science-based target setting. Paris, France.
Hosted by UBS. During this event PCAF presented the carbon accounting methodology for the financial sector and the link with science-based target setting. Frankfurt, Germany.
During this event, KBC Group, Triodos Bank and ING shared their experiences on carbon accounting. Brussels, Belgium.
Brussels, Belgium.
A webinar with an overview of the methods developed by the PCAF North American team, including case studies, lessons learned and related tools.
Watch the recorded webinarDuring this event, the PCAF secretariat held a technical workshop focused on carbon accounting methodologies. Seattle, Washington, USA.
During the climate week in New York, leaders of the PCAF Steering Committee and PCAF members celebrated the initiative's global launch. New York, USA.
Past event - more information hereHosted by FirstRand, the PCAF initiative led a discussion on current trends in carbon accounting for financial institutions. The event allowed African banks to learn about PCAF methodologies and discuss opportunities and challenges of assessing the climate impact of their portfolios. Johannesburg, South Africa.
During this event, the PCAF secretariat held a technical workshop focused on carbon accounting methodologies. Leeds, United Kingdom.
Hosted by Triodos Bank and AFI Escuela, the forum focused on methodologies to measure the climate impact of loans and investments. Madrid, Spain.
Triodos Bank convened financial institutions from Germany to discuss about carbon accounting methodologies, share experiences of implementing PCAF and PACTA in the Netherlands, and clarify the complementarity between PCAF and PACTA approaches. Frankfurt, Germany.