Carbon4 Finance - CIARA – Carbon Impact Analytics for Real Assets
Data category
- Environmental data
- Rankings
- Ratings
- Research data
- Verification/Certification/External opinion
The data offers solutions for:
- Carbon footprinting
- Climate scenario analysis
- Environmental impact analysis and insight
- Geospatial/location data
- Investment decisions and portfolio insight
- Nature-based information
- Nature-based information: Biodiversity
- Nature-based information: Land use
- Nature-based information: Water
- Norms-based screening
- Physical risk
- Reporting: CSRD
- Reporting: ISSB standards
- Reporting: Impact
- Reporting: Other Regulations
- Reporting: SEC climate
- Reporting: SFDR
- Reporting: TCFD
- Reporting: TNFD
- Reporting: UN SDGs
- Temperature alignment
Who are the data users?
- Corporates
- Financial institutions
- Investors
What asset class does the data cover?
Real assetsBrief description of the data offering
CIARA - Climate Impact Analytics for Real Assets – is a methodology for infrastructure investors. Through a set of indicators related to climate issues (impact on the climate, alignment with the Paris Agreement, vulnerabilities to climate risks), we enable investors to understand the real assets they hold (post-investment) or that they wish to hold (pre-investment).
Providing our clients with such indicators is essential, especially for this asset class that is so structuring for our economies and in our clients' portfolios.
In this context, CIARA is useful in several ways. In the pre-investment phase, it helps make informed investment decisions. In the post-investment phase, it helps identify levers to improve it and report in line with regulations and investor expectations.
Key Pillars of the Data Offering
- Forward-Looking Climate Alignment: Measure the alignment of your assets with the Paris Agreement (1.5°C / 2°C trajectories) based on demanding sector-specific decarbonization pathways, rather than just historical emissions.
- Physical Risk & Vulnerability Assessment: Evaluate the resilience of real assets against acute and chronic physical climate risks (such as floods, droughts, heatwaves, and extreme weather events) across various IPCC climate scenarios.
- Comprehensive Asset Coverage: Access specialized climate metrics tailored specifically to the unique features of infrastructure and real estate assets (including energy, transport, utilities, and social infrastructure).
Core Benefits for Investors
- Granular Asset-Level Insights: Move beyond macroeconomic assumptions. CIARA delivers precise, bottom-up data modeled at the specific physical location and sector of each asset.
- Regulatory Compliance Made Easy: Seamlessly align your reporting with international frameworks and regulations, including the EU Taxonomy and SFDR (Principal Adverse Impact indicators) requirements.
- Actionable Engagement Tools: Identify the highest-emitting assets or most vulnerable locations within your portfolio to prioritize engagement, define net-zero roadmaps, and implement physical adaptation strategies.
Extent of Sector Coverage
The CIARA database covers a vast spectrum of 80+ real asset sub-sectors, categorized into high-stakes macroeconomic blocks:
- Energy Transition: Renewables, nuclear, fossil fuels value chains, and power grid infrastructure.
- Mobility & Transport: Rail networks, mass transit, highways, EV charging infrastructure, ports, and airports.
- Utilities & Environment: Water desalination, waste management, circular economy networks, and district heating.
- Digital & Social Infrastructure: Data centres, telecom networks, hospitals, and educational facilities.
Where and how do you source your data?
Carbon footprint assessment depends on two main factors: physical activity data that come directly from our clients and emission factors that come from public databases.
To assess the temperature of the infrastructure, we need to model its performance using physical data from our clients. We then compare the modelled performance with a reference carbon budget derived from the International Energy Agency scenarios.
For physical risk assessment, we need very little information on the infrastructure (notably its location) to understand its exposition and vulnerability to physical risks. The climate hazards come from climate models, such as CORDEX.
What is the cost for your data offering?
The pricing policy depends on the number of lines and on the number of indicators chosen. Feel free to contact [email protected] if you need extra information about our prices.