Publications

The Project Frame community aims to advance a common taxonomy and methodological best practices for assessing forward-looking emissions impact.

The publications below, created collaboratively by the Project Frame Content Working Group, are part of an expanding library of resources.

A stack of pages from Project Frame's 2024 methodology guidance

Guidance

Project Frame Methodology:
Evaluating Greenhouse Gas Impact for Early-Stage Investments

Take a deep dive into assessing emissions impact with Project Frame’s latest methodology guidance, designed to walk analysts through the key steps of evaluating greenhouse gas impact for early-stage investments.

Future Emissions Impact Assessment

Case Studies

Developed by the Project Frame Content Working Group, Case Studies advance the practice of forward-looking emissions impact assessment by showcasing different approaches and tools, uncovering the many decisions behind forward-looking GHG Impact Measurement and Management.
Kelsey Litwin Kelsey Litwin

Tool Showcase Synthesis

Project Frame’s first Tool Showcase, led by impact professionals for impact professionals, is meant to provide a general landscape overview of the strengths and opportunities the current market provides.

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Additional Resources

Investor Profiles
2150
2150

First round publication completed April 2023

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Autodesk Foundation
Autodesk Foundation

First round publication completed December 2022.

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AENU
AENU

First round publication completed December 2022.

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Astanor
Astanor

First round publication completed November 2023

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The Builders Fund
The Builders Fund

First round publication completed April 2024

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Glossary
Additionality

An attribute of impact, requiring an investor or company's thoughtful and reasonable articulation of the degree to which its support causes a change in an outcome that would have not otherwise happened (in a no-intervention or business as usual baseline scenario).

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Attribution

The process of allocating credit for GHG impact based on the relative contributions of various participants in the value chain.

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Audit

Verification that claims of GHG impact are free from errors, omissions, or misstatements. This is also associated with third-party verification of an investor’s impact methodology and practices.

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Baseline Scenario (also referred to as incumbent scenario)

A projection of GHG emissions over time, representing what would have happened in the absence of an investment or a climate solution.

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Direct “Component” Solution

A part of an overall solution that plays a critical role in delivering GHG impact. The GHG impact will depend on the use case for the product that contains the component.

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