Organisations Losing from Climate Change

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Organisations Losing from Climate Change

Finance

Barclays Bank

Calvert Investment- Canada

Reputational damage for companies lending to unefficient organisations.

Pressure on lenders to understand their clients impact on the enviroment.

increased cost of claims

Increased uncertainty on the underwriting in insurance claims

Chemicals

Pressure on companies to disclose health & safety data.

Organisations reputionall damage

BP Oil Spill

Increased regulations on air emisions

Product phase outs

Extreme weather effecting businesses

EDF- France 2003, forced to shut down 6 plants due to extreme weather.

Increased cost on water due to scarsity

Increased cost on fossil fules

Electric Power

Less demand for carbon based energy.

Decreased water supply to generate energy= Competition between companies.

Threat to current utility business model.

Increase regulation on air emissions & water supply.

Stricter regulations on greenhouse gases.

Transport

Logistics orgaanisations

Agriculture

Cotton

Clothing & Retail

Levi Straus

Wine

Coffee

Starbucks

Building and Contruction

Building inland away from sea scales

National Georaphic- rising seas, 'if all the ice melted'

Millions of real estate will dissapear due to rising sea levels.

Stricter limits on waste.

Legislation?????

Shift in skills & knowledge required to meet change in markets.

Limits developing opportunity on water scarce and high bio diversity areas.

Weather affecting building schedules

Typhonn Haiyan Phillipeans

decreased avaliabilty and increade price on materials

Tolko- Canada, pine trees production forestry.

Extractives

Reputational demage on organisations whom do not commit to climate change.

Less demand of virgin materials and an increased demand for recycable matter.

Increased liability, risks & costs due to extreme weather

Busniness interuptions due to weather

Increased cost on fossil fuel mining