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Assessment and support guide: climate solution providers

Assessing 1.5 °C compatibility, avoided emissions, positive impacts, carbon handprint, mitigation contributions, scope 4

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The Net Zero Initiative framework

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Unique selling point
NZI offers a framework for companies to aim to reduce their emissions and to communicate their commitment in line with the framework to other actors
Objective
Offer an alternative to the simplistic claims of "carbon neutrality" and "offsetting" through a framework from private sector action.
Launch year
2018
N/A
Opportunities score
6
Challenges score
-17
N/A count
5
1.5 °C Compatibility Assessment of tools/initiatives
Opportunities
1
Help establish a dynamic solution perspective
No identified
opportunity, N/A
Potential
opportunity (Value 1)
Some
opportunity (Value 2)
Significant
opportunity (Value 4)
2
Quick and Easy Assessment
3
Identifying acceleration potential for solutions
4
1.5 °C Compatible
5
Need focus for 11 Billion with equity encouragement (Global south agenda)
6
Solutions have Synergies with other sustainability goals
No identified
opportunity, N/A
Potential
opportunity (Value 1)
Some
opportunity (Value 2)
Significant
opportunity (Value 4)
7
+1000 and/or >10 Gigatonnes of potential solutions
8
Aligned with Mission Innovations Net-Zero Innovation Compatibility Initative
9
Focus on clustering of solutions (across existing sectors)
Challenges
1
Lock-in Potential from the solutions
No identified
challenge, N/A
Significant
challenge (Value -4)
Some
challenge (Value -2)
Potential
challenge (Value -1)
2
Supply and End-of-Pipe Focus
3
Excluding Transformative (System) Solutions
4
Only including technology innovations
5
Resource Intensive Solutions
6
Only Focus on Problems rather than Human Needs
7
Excluding other sustainability aspects (biodiversity and poverty)
No identified
challenge, N/A
Significant
challenge (Value -4)
Some
challenge (Value -2)
Potential
challenge (Value -1)
8
No filter to support sustainable solutions for an equitable world with 11 billion
9
Limiting focus to existing/traditional sectors
10
Lack of implementation in global south/no focus on 11 Billion with equity encouragement
11
No focus on clustering of solutions
1.5 °C Compability Assessment comments

Opportunities
‍1. Help establish a dynamic solution perspective: Focus on reduction of emissions
‍6. Solutions have Synergies with other sustainability goals: Strong focus on reductions, but likely compatible with some SDG goals
‍8. Aligned with Mission Innovations Net-Zero Innovation Compatibility Initative: Examples of alignment include global focus rather than specific companies, and that sustainability work does not only include technological progress but should also target related fields like finance and marketing

Challenges
‍4. Only including technology innovations: The framework is not limited to technological solutions
‍6. Only Focus on Problems rather than Human Needs: Main focus is reduction and 'reaching' net-zero rather than focusing the potential of solutions
‍9. No filter to support sustainable solutions for an equitable world with 11 billion: No filter has been identified
‍10. Limiting focus to existing/traditional sectors11. Lack of implementation in global south/no focus on 11 Billion with equity encouragement: Some outspoken global focus but no detailed related to focus on specific parts of the world has been identified
11. No focus on clustering of solutions: Assuming the companies that are connected to the framework has some collaboration, there may be some clustering, otherwise no active clustering has been identified

Description
1. What the assessment is meant to be used for
1. Identifying solutions
2. Support solutions
3. Strategic decisions
4. Increased positive impact
5. Investor information
6. Market/user information
7. PR/Branding/Offsetting
8. Reporting
9. Other
2. Scope of assessment
1. Avoided Emissions
2. 1.5C Compatibility
3. SDG compatibility
4. Sustainability for 11 Billion Citizens
5. Other compatibility (existential risks, etc)
6. Preselected categories of solutions
7. Conducting solution assessments is not a focus
8. Other
3. Stakeholder focus
1. Large companies
2. SMEs/Start-ups
3. Investors
4. Policy makers
5. Other
4. Assessment activities
1. Developing Principles (Offering high-level standards to begin to align stakholders)
2. Assessment & Internal reporting (Organizing common metrics & methodological guidelines)
3. Defining Targets (Defining strategies around specific impact goals, such as net-zero and 1.5C LED compatability)
4. Collecting and disclosing data (Advocating for and/or facilitating data transparency)
5. Standardizing evalualtion (Independent 3rd party evaluation based on publicly available data)
5. Time horizon
1. now
2. 2030
3. 2050
4. Other
6. Methodology
1. Individual LCA/assessment
2. Case studies
3. Macro assessment (solution belonging to specific area)
4. Conducting solution assessments is not a focus
5. Other
7. Approach
1. Reduce problems from existing sectors
2. Delivering new solutions to needs
3 .Could not determine
4. Conducting solution assessments is not a focus
5. N/A
1. Reduce problems from existing sectors
2. Delivering new solutions to needs
3 .Could not determine
4. Conducting solution assessments is not a focus
5. N/A
8. State of development
1. Early Beta
2. Working beta/Draft
3. Working (but limited users)
4. Fully working/Published
9. Process
1. Static (just an assessment)
2. Delta (made to help innovations/companies improve)
3. Dynamic (Explore new revenue streams and clusters)
4. Conducting solution assessments is not a focus
5. Other
1. Static (just an assessment)
2. Delta (made to help innovations/companies improve)
3. Dynamic (Explore new revenue streams and clusters)
4. Conducting solution assessments is not a focus
5. Other
10. Assessment unit
1. Individual technologies
2. Individual solutions (economic, leagal, etc)
3. Individual companies/start-ups
4. Clusters of companies/enablers
5. Companies
6. Cities
7. Countries
8. Conducting solution assessments is not a focus
9. Other
11. Solution categories
1. All possible solutions
2. Predetermined areas
3. Minimum level of avoided emission
4. Conducting solution assessments is not a focus
5. Other
12. Solution areas
1. Technical
2. Business models
3. Financial
4. Legal
5. PR/Communication
6. Policy/Governance
7. Conducting solution assessments is not a focus
8. Other/not specific
13. Process for verifying data
1. Third party
2. Open data
3. No process/nontransparent
4. Other
5. Conducting solution assessments is not a focus
6. Not clear/no info provided
14. Data provided by
1. Start-up/company
2. Own data base
3. Other
4. Conducting solution assessments is not a focus
5. Not clear/no info provided
1. Start-up/company
2. Own data base
3. Other
4. Conducting solution assessments is not a focus
5. Not clear/no info provided
15. 1.5 °C pathway focus
1. P1
1. P2
1. P3
1. P4
5. N/A, unknown
Scale of operations
1. Number of impact assessments
2. Total avoided emissions
3. Total number 1.5C compatible assessments
4. Number of users
5a. Other indicator of scale: Total revenue of supported organizations/companies
5 b. Other indicator of scale: Number of countries/ cities/ other worked with
5c. Other indicator of scale: Total amount of assets represented
5d. Other indicator of scale: Other
16a. Number of impact assessments
16b. Total avoided emissions
16c. Total number 1.5 °C compatible assessments
17. Organizations behind

See source for list of sponsors, source

Description comments

What the assessment is meant to be used for
6. Market/user information:  The framework is designed to help users to describe and organize their climate action source
7. PR/Branding/Offsetting: The framework is designed to help users to describe and organize their climate action source‍

Scope of assessment
7. Conducting solution assessments is not a focus: Although avoided emissions is one of the base distictions used to categorize work in relation to GHG emissions, there is no focus to direct conduct assessments source

Stakeholder focus
‍1. Large companies: Generally focused at the private sector source
2. SMEs/Start-ups: Generally focused at the private sector source‍

Assessment activities
‍1. Developing Principles (Offering high-level standards to begin to align stakholders: The main focus is identified as enabling common language and for companies to embrace the principles developed within the framework source‍

Time horizon 
‍1. now: No focus on a specific year has been identified. As such it is assumed that they focus on existing solutions and sectors

Assessment unit
3. Individual companies/start-ups: The goal of the framwork is to allign the general approach and principles in relation to reducing emissions within the private sector source
4. Clusters of companies/enablers: The goal of the framwork is to allign the general approach and principles in relation to reducing emissions within the private sector source‍

Solution areas
‍1. Technical: Although not clearly stated, technological solutions is understood to be within the scope of the framework

1.5 C Pathway Focus 
2. P2: Focus is on reducing Scope 1-3 emissions and enabling negative emissions, with no identified solution agenda. Although it has not been identified how much each part should contribute or where the main focus should be, the general approach alligns with IPCC pathway 1-3 source
3. P3: Focus is on reducing Scope 1-3 emissions and enabling negative emissions, with no identified solution agenda. Although it has not been identified how much each part should contribute or where the main focus should be, the general approach alligns with IPCC pathway 1-3 source
4. P4: Focus is on reducing Scope 1-3 emissions and enabling negative emissions, with no identified solution agenda. Although it has not been identified how much each part should contribute or where the main focus should be, the general approach alligns with IPCC pathway 1-3 source

Scale of operations
1. Number of impact assessments:
2. Total avoided emissions:
3. Total number 1.5C compatible assessments:
4 .Number of users: "In 2021-2022, Net Zero Initiative collaborated with over 40 climate change organisations to co-construct the " 10 NZI Principles for an Ambitious Corporate Climate Strategy "." source‍

Initial categorisation done by Mission Innovation NCI
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Market/user information
PR/Branding/Offsetting
Conducting solution assessments is not a focus
Individual companies/start-ups
Clusters of companies/enablers
Market/user information
PR/Branding/Offsetting

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