New Corporate Climate Finance Primer Reviews & Frames Ongoing MCSC Research

A new corporate climate finance primer, written by Impact Fellow Aneil Tripathy, reviews the MIT Climate and Sustainability Consortium (MCSC)’s climate finance work and provides context for ongoing MCSC research. The primer provides context for a range of corporate climate finance decision-making and their financial and organizational implications. The main body of the primer is divided into context, bottlenecks, research questions and relevant MIT research that address the categories of corporate climate and sustainability disclosures, debt capital markets, equities, renewable energy certificates, and carbon credits.

“This primer brings together a range of financial instruments and markets that MCSC member companies can make use of to support decarbonization activities,” said Tripathy. “Given the ever-evolving nature of climate finance, I highlight current debates around best practices for each of these markets and instruments. As climate finance continues to evolve, discussion amongst industry practitioners and academics is vital, and at the MCSC we have worked to do so through bringing together member companies and research groups such as the MIT Sloan Aggregate Confusion Project.“