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Check out the latest news, view insights, and catch up on past events about forward-looking greenhouse gas impact assessment from the Project Frame community of impact investors.
Climate Solutions Investing in Review: An Analysis of Key Issues and Recommendations for an Investment Framework | The Global Impact Investing Network
Project Frame’s pre-investment methodology is featured a in the Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN)’s latest publication, which they say is their first step to creating their own climate solutions investing framework.
Project Frame launches 2 new Content Working Groups for 2024-25
In close collaboration with Climate Collective and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) respectively, the Case Studies and Methodology Working Groups will further Frame’s guidance by creating complementary resources and developing best practices for later-stage investors.
Solar PV Software & Advanced Copper Imaging Case Studies | Project Frame October Community Meeting
Content Working Group Member Natalie Milde of Future Energy Ventures and Sam Levac-Levey of Starshot Capital joined the Frame community on October 24 to share their application of Project Frame’s forward-looking GHG impact methodology with new case studies inspired by real investments.
Project Frame launches interactive platform to encourage transparency in climate investing
Project Frame (Frame) is launching a new interactive platform and releasing a suite of case studies inspired by real investments that invite investors to lift the curtain on their emission impact assessment strategies, promoting greater accountability in climate investing.
Investing Smarter in Climate Solutions With Prime Coalition's Keri Browder | Climate Chat
Project Frame Director Keri Browder joined Steering Committee member Dan Miller of The Roda Group on his podcast, Climate Chat, to talk about climate investing and impact.
Case Studies on Transition Finance and Decarbonization Contribution Methodologies | GFANZ
Project Frame is featured in Glasgow Finance Alliance for Net Zero's (GFANZ) September 2024 publication, "Case Studies on Transition Finance and Decarbonization Contribution Methodologies."
Solar Technology Emissions Impact Assessment Case Study with Nysnø Climate Investments and MoreScope | Project Frame August Community Meeting
Content Working Group Members Solveig Sundsal of Nysnø Climate Investments and Sophie Bruusgaard Jewett of MoreScope joined the Frame community on August 29 to share a peak into their approaches to forward-looking GHG impact assessments with a case study on the production of silicon ingots and wafers for solar panels.
Investing in the Future: Unlocking Value Through Avoided Emissions | Ceres
Project Frame is featured in nonprofit Ceres’ August 2024 report on avoided emissions as a tool for climate investors.
Pre-Investment Considerations: Deep Dive with OnePointFive’s Neil Yeoh
Neil Yeoh, CEO and founder of sustainability advisory and technology firm OnePointFive and Frame guidance reviewer, dives into the importance of shared best practices for forward-looking emissions impact assessment, the role transparency and inclusivity play in pushing back against greenwashing, and his hopes for the future of the field.
Project Frame 2024 In-Person Strategy Session: Reducing Barriers, Bridging Gaps
Take a peak into Project Frame’s second annual in-person strategy, held in London at the end of June 2024, where more than 40 thought leaders from venture capital, private equity, government, academia, and consulting gathered.
How does the SEC’s climate disclosure rule impact early-stage investors? Project Frame April Community Meeting
What do early-stage investors need to know about the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) new climate disclosure regulations? Ceres’ Jake Rascoff joined the Frame community on April 11, 2024 to get us up-to-speed.
Pre-Investment Considerations: Introduction to Unit Impact and Volume Curves
So you’re faced with statements like, “Our technology could reduce CO2 emissions by 1 MT,” or “Total CO2 Saved: 1,000,000 tons.” What do you make of them? Join Project Frame for an introduction to unit impact and volume curves, a beta version of an upcoming Pre-Investment Considerations 101 curriculum.
Investing for Climate Resilience and Adaptation - Small Group Discussion Summary
What will it take to see climate investment dollars move from mitigation toward adaptation? That was one of the questions explored in a recent small group discussion, hosted in partnership with Green Artha, as a part of Frame’s efforts to engage beyond North America and Europe.
Pre-Investment Considerations: Guidance for forward-impact smart Limited Partners (“LPs”)
When it comes to investing for climate, how can Limited Partners (LPs) be sure that investments are supporting the large-scale positive impacts our planet and its people need? Based on Frame’s methodology guidance, Pre-Investment Considerations, these questions aim to equip LPs with the context they need to feel confident about the impact of their investments.
December 2023 Community Meeting
What does it take to create a food system that avoids greenhouse gas emissions, supports biodiversity and fosters social well-being?
Hear deep dives from Leslie Kapin, Director of Sustainability and Impact at Astanor Ventures, and Dr. Ilissa Ocko, Senior Climate Scientist with Environmental Defense Fund in our December 7 Community Meeting.
Pre-Investment Considerations: Deep Dive with Climate Investment’s Richard Searle
Richard Searle, Impact Associate with Climate Investment and Project Frame contributor, talks about the importance of shared standards, why we need to learn to walk before trying to run, and how collaborations like Frame enable field-wide consistency.
October 2023 Community Meeting
With many climate solutions on the horizon, how can we decide which should receive our immediate attention?
The Project Frame community came together on Thursday, Oct. 19 to dive into that question, featuring Lloyd Pinnell of Systemiq and Zero Carbon Capital’s Investor Profile, presented by Chloe Coates.
Pre-Investment Considerations: Deep Dive with Shanbor Gupta of Clean Energy Ventures
Shanbor Gupta, Principal with Clean Energy Ventures, shares his thoughts on the importance of transparency in forward-looking GHG impact assessments, the complexity inherent to climate solutions, and the need for clear guidance.
Pre-Investment Considerations: Deep Dive with The Roda Group’s Dan Miller
Dan Miller, Managing Director of the Roda Group, highlights why assessing forward-looking emissions impact is so important, discusses areas in which there is more work to be done, and emphasizes the urgency with which it all needs to happen.
August 2023 Community Meeting
In a special session, representatives from the Bezos Earth Fund, the Greenhouse Gas Protocol, and the Systems Change Lab shared how they promote a better understanding of actions that can lead toward transformational systems change.