Absolute Emissions

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Definition

Absolute Emissions. Greenhouse Gas Emissions attributed to a financial institution’s lending and investing activity.

  • Expressed in (tonnes CO2 eq)
  • As defined in[1]


The concept is juxtaposed to relative emission reduction / increase metrics defined versus Baseline Emissions

See Also

References

  1. PCAF (2020). The Global GHG Accounting and Reporting Standard for the Financial Industry. First edition.