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We carry out scenario analysis and research to examine and understand how potential changes to supply and demand will impact the future of fossil fuel-exposed companies and projects. This analysis helps the investment community better understand the financial implications of tackling climate change

Report 22 February 2024

Flying Blind: In a Holding Pattern

The continued absence of climate and transition risks in financial reporting Climate and energy transition risks, and company strategies...

Report 05 December 2023

From Net Zero to New Zero – Reserves Estimates in a Decarbonizing World

Oil and gas reserve classification systems today are focused on the value oil and gas has when burnt. Devised in the first part of the last...

Report 02 October 2023

Carbon Tracker Methodologies

Climate Action 100+ Net Zero Company Benchmark: Climate Accounting and Audit Assessment This document sets out the framework and...

Corporate Research (Oil & Gas) Report 09 March 2023

SHELL – Will Shell’s Energy Transition Strategy Change Under Its New CEO?

Key Findings: Shell has made a significant effort to improve the amount, depth and frequency of information in its approach to the...

Report 26 January 2023

Response to the FCA’s Consultation Paper

Response to the Financial Conduct Authority’s Consultation Paper “Sustainability Disclosure Requirements (SDR) and investment...

Report 06 October 2022

Still Flying Blind: The Absence of Climate Risk in Financial Reporting

In 2021, Carbon Tracker published its first report about the degree to which companies had disclosed taking climate risks into account...

Curb Your Enthusiasm: Bridging the gap between the UK’s CCUS targets and reality

We carry out scenario analysis and research to examine and understand how potential changes to supply and...

Loading the DICE Against Pensions

We carry out scenario analysis and research to examine and understand how potential changes to supply and...

Ukraine FAQs

Report June 2022

Fossil fuel commodity prices are likely to remain volatile with the prospect for further embargos. This is a manifestation of non...

Flying blind: The glaring absence of climate risks in financial reporting

Report September 2021

Investors are Flying Blind as over 70% of reviewed companies and 80% of auditors fail to disclose climate-related risks in the...

Proposals to enhance climate-related disclosures by listed issuers and...

Report October 2020

Carbon Tracker and Assurance Mark were given the opportunity to comment on the FCA’s above-referenced proposals (the...

Annual Review 2019

Coal Report July 2020

Click here to view Carbon Tracker's Annual Review 2019 In 2019 our objective was to accelerate the energy transition by...

Carbon Tracker Annual Review 2018-2019

Report October 2019

Carbon Tracker's mission is to align investors strategies to climate change action. We recognise that there is...

Reporting for a Secure Climate: A model disclosure for upstream oil and gas

Report May 2019

There is growing attention on the potential impacts of climate-related risks on the upstream oil and gas sector A 2019 report by...

Under The Microscope: Are companies’ scenario analyses meeting...

Report May 2018

This paper provides in-depth analysis of the company disclosure of the largest oil and gas companies: BP, Chevron, Conoco...

Falling Short – An assessment of ExxonMobil’s disclosure of...

Accounting, Audit, & Disclosure Report March 2018

This is the first in a series of reports on company scenario analyses, focusing on ExxonMobil This paper seeks to assist...

Mind The Gap: the $1.6 trillion energy transition risk

Energy Transition Report March 2018

This study updates our report 2 Degrees of Separation, and for the first time quantifies risk of overinvestment under a 1.75ᵒC...

Comments on the Environmental Audit Committee’s Green Finance inquiry

Report December 2017

Carbon Tracker Initiative comments on the Environmental Audit Committee’s Green Finance inquiry We welcome the opportunity...

Comments on SASB’s Proposed Changes to Provisional Standards

Report December 2017

Carbon Tracker's comments on the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board proposed changes to provisional standards. We...

Carbon Tracker’s submission to the FSB Task Force on Climate-related...

Report February 2017

In response to an enquiry from the G20, the Financial Stability Board produced a seminal report investigating the implications of...

Submission to SEC on Property Disclosures for Mining Registrants

Report September 2016

In response to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Release No. 33-10098, "Modernization of Property Disclosures for...

Carbon Tracker’s submission to the US Securities and Exchange...

Report July 2016

In response to the SEC's Concept Release on Business and Financial Disclosure, Carbon Tracker submitted comments, identifying...

No Rhyme or Reason – Unreasonable projections in a world confronting...

Report July 2016

In the US, carbon-intensive sectors have made risk factor disclosures related to climate change for years but very little of it...

Shell climate disclosures: Déjà vu?

Report May 2016

U.S. and European oil and gas companies are under increasing pressure from shareholders to stress test their businesses against a...

Carbon Tracker Submission to FSB-TCFD Phase 1 Consultation

Report May 2016

In April 2016, the Financial Stability Board’s Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures published a report on Phase...

Carbon Tracker’s submission to UK Department of BIS consultation:...

Report April 2016

In 2013, the European Commission adopted proposals for a Directive amending the Accounting Directive in relation to the reporting...

Carbon Tracker’s submission to the Parliament of Australia’s Senate...

Report March 2016

In February 2016, we were invited to contribute to the Australian Senate Economics References Committee’s inquiry into carbon...

Full Disclosure: Why Chevron Needs to Stress-Test the Business at...

Report March 2016

This paper examines Chevron’s current disclosures in the context of Carbon Tracker’s April 2015 Blueprint, where we...

Carbon Tracker & Sandbag written evidence on EAC Inquiry on...

Report February 2016

UK Environmental Audit Committee inquiry: Sustainability and HM Treasury The cross-departmental Environmental Audit Committee...

Considerations for reporting and disclosure in a carbon-constrained world

Report January 2016

Hot on the heels of a historic climate deal in Paris the Carbon Tracker Initiative and the Climate Disclosure Standards Board,...

Recommended Strategic Risk Engagement Principles for Fossil Fuel Companies

Report December 2015

In 2011, Carbon Tracker asked whether the world’s capital markets were carrying a “carbon bubble”. Further analysis...

Carbon Tracker’s submission to HM Treasury consultation on energy...

Report November 2015

In late 2015, the U.K.’s economic and finance ministry sought public responses to a consultation concentrated on simplifying...

Letter to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

Report February 2015

In a letter to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission as part of its ongoing review of disclosure, the Carbon Tracker...

Recognising Risk, Perpetuating Uncertainty. A baseline survey of climate...

Accounting, Audit, & Disclosure Report October 2014

In partnership with Ceres, CDP and CDSB, Carbon Tracker has assessed the responses from over 80 fossil fuel companies to a...

Carbon Tracker’s letter to FASB – December 2013

Report December 2013

Carbon content is a key financial element of fossil fuel reserves. In December 2013, Carbon Tracker submitted a letter to the...

Carbon Avoidance: Accounting for emissions hidden in reserves

Report October 2013

This new research from Carbon Tracker and the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants reveals that current financial...

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