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Avoided Emissions: Building Credible and Decision Useful Metrics

In this episode of Sustainability Talks, we look at ISS STOXX’s recent article Avoided Emissions: Building Credible and Decision Useful Metrics.

Our host for this episode, Kyra Frederick, Senior Associate for Climate Research & Analytics, ISS STOXX, discusses avoided greenhouse gas emissions and how to derive avoided emissions metrics that investors can rely on. Economic intensity-based methods can reduce greenwashing risk and support opportunity-driven capital allocation toward real economy decarbonization.

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