Investor Insights Hub
Actionable Insights for a Decarbonizing World
Welcome to EDF's insights platform that empowers investor action to accelerate climate and sustainability solutions.
Building a thriving net zero future for people and the planet is the defining challenge of our time. We leverage EDF’s world-leading expertise in climate science, data, economics, and public policy to inform rigorous assessment and constructive engagement with companies in carbon-intensive industries. We equip the financial community with the independent analysis and tools needed to manage climate risk, assess opportunities, and accelerate urgent action in the sectors that matter most.
Reports
National oil companies & global finance: Unlocking opportunities to reduce methane emissions
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Sector Coverage
Oil & Gas
From flaring and methane management to new satellite-based monitoring, insights for investors on the energy transition.
Resources
Report
National oil companies & global finance: Unlocking opportunities to reduce methane emissions
Blog
New data reveal previously undetectable methane emissions
Blog
Blue hydrogen hopes hinge on managing methane emissions
Report
Leveling up: What the new OGMP 2.0 data tells us
Report
Ratio Rundown: Unpacking banking's newest climate metric
Blog
Strong oil & gas methane rules are essential — and achievable
Blog
SNEAK PEEK: New maps detail Canada’s robust and growing methane mitigation industry
Blog
STUDY: smaller, dispersed sources account for majority of U.S oil & gas methane emissions
Blog
Now more than ever: The business case for strong methane regulations
Report
Collaborative levers for methane abatement in NOCs
Op-Ed
National oil companies and the global methane opportunity
Blog
Novel observations reveal methane emissions from oil and gas operations that other satellites don’t see
Blog
Financing provides Japan another lever to reduce global oil & gas industry emissions
Report
Turning pledges into progress: An accountability framework for reducing emissions from the oil and gas industry
Report
National Oil Companies and Methane Reductions: How to meet 2030 goals
Blog
Two new satellite programs join the climate fight
Video
NOC Commitments: A game changer for methane reductions
Blog
Can investors spur national oil companies toward methane action?
Report
Missing Methane: A European perspective
Report
U.S. Oil & Gas Methane Policy: An Investor Guide
Blog
National Oil Companies Need Help to Cut Methane Emissions
Report
The Burning Question: How To Fix Flaring
Slides
World Bank Flaring Update 2024
Blog
Colorado again leads the way with methane verification protocol
Blog
Does Oil & Gas Merger Boom Cast Doubt on Global Clean Energy Transition?
Blog
How Economists Can Leverage MethaneSAT Data for Climate Action
Blog
IOC, NOC oil & gas producers bound tightly by market pressure, new methane commitments
Report
Financing Methane Abatement: An introduction to sustainable finance instruments
Report
Shared Duty: National, International Oil Companies Bound Together by Methane Obligations
Op-ed
Environmental Finance | This methane satellite changes the game for oil and gas finance
Tool
MethaneSAT: What You Need to Know
Blog
Leading oil and gas companies and investors have rallied around EPA’s new methane rules
Blog
Unpacking EPA’s final methane protections
Blog
NOCs' Oversized and Overlooked Methane Emissions, How Finance and Industry Must Help Now
Multimedia
Activating National Oil Companies for Climate Progress: Financial Strategies to Cut Methane Pollution
Article
State-owned oil companies lag on methane. Could the finance sector hold the key?
Blog
Investors stumbled on climate resolutions in 2023. Next year, they can do better.
Blog
PHMSA’s Leak Detection and Repair Proposal Provides a Pipeline for Methane Risk Mitigation
Blog
ExxonMobil: Mega-merger in Permian threatens U.S. methane action
Brief
EDF Analysis of 2023 World Bank Flaring Update
Report
Investor Guide: Climate Principles for Oil and Gas M&A
Report
Plugging the Leaks: An Investor Guide to Oil and Gas Methane Risk
Report
MethaneSAT: A New Era of Transparency for Methane Measurement
Blog
Companies Show Historic Levels of Support for EPA Methane Rules
Report
Tackling Transferred Emissions: Climate Principles for Oil and Gas Mergers and Acquisitions
Report
Joint Action: Catalyzing Methane Emission Reduction at Oil and Gas Joint Ventures
Brief
The Quest for Cleaner Gas: Engaging the Ecosystem
Blog
5 questions investors should ask about LNG projects
Report
Investor Guide to Company Comments on Proposed EPA Methane Standards
Report
Flaring Flatline: Commitments on Natural Gas Flaring Outpace Progress
Report
Transferred Emissions: How Risks in Oil and Gas M&A Could Hamper the Energy Transition
Blog
Oil and Gas M&A is Undermining the Energy Transition. It's time to act.
Blog
Hydrogen Is Booming: 3 Things Investors Need To Know To Reduce Their Risk
Blog
Methane policy is a test of investors’ post-COP climate commitment. Will they pass?
Report
Investor Guide to Proposed EPA Methane Regulations
Blog
An Investor’s Guide to the Oil and Gas Methane Partnership
Blog
Five key climate metrics for the oil and gas sector's next five years
Report
Emission Omission: A Shareholder Engagement Guide to Uncovering Climate Risks from Non-Operated Assets in the Oil and Gas Industry
Blog
Climate, Capital And COVID: What’s An Energy Executive To Do?
Report
Tackling Flaring: Learnings from Leading Permian Operators
Transportation
Maritime shipping, trucking & logistics, charging infrastructure and more on the road to zero-emission transport.
Resources
Blog
How financial institutions can propel maritime shipping towards decarbonisation
Blog
Fair winds to a fair transition: the shipping sector must chart a new course
Blog
Charging ahead: Key reasons for confidence in a commercial EV trucking future
Blog
From Production to Propulsion: Effective shipping regulations should account for the full lifecycle emissions of marine fuels
Blog
How Long Beach is leading the charge toward a clean energy future
Blog
The call for accelerating the supply of sustainable shipping fuels
Report
Green Shipping and Sustainable Finance: Stronger Together
Blog
The road to zero: How strategic value chain partnerships can create transportation electrification opportunities
Report
U.S. Electric Vehicle Investments Have Grown to $188 Billion, Almost 200,000 Jobs
Report
Practical Pathways for Port Decarbonization and Environmental Justice
Blog
Anchors Aweigh: New opportunities for investors in maritime decarbonization
Blog
How a new carbon certificate registry could jump-start global production of sustainable aviation fuels
Blog
Riding the Rails: Can Intermodal Transport Help Decarbonize Freight?
Blog
Zeroing in on Ports of High Potential
Blog
IMO GHG Strategy Revision: How Investors Can Push the Needle
Blog
Raising Anchor: The Urgency of Energy Transition in Maritime Shipping
Report
Maritime Makeover: The Role for Investors in Decarbonizing Global Shipping
Report
Into the Fast Lane: Investing in the future of zero emission trucking
Blog
Gearing up for electric trucks: How investors can tackle transport emissions
White Paper
Clean Trucks, Clean Air, American Jobs
Report
Financing the Transition: Unlocking Capital to Electrify Truck and Bus Fleets
Report
Accelerating Zero-Emissions Delivery: An innovative approach to transforming the last mile
Blog
EDF analysis finds American fleets are embracing electric trucks
Blog
4 things every utility, fleet and energy regulator should know about heavy-duty truck charging
Blog
DOE’s SuperTruck 3 can help us reach a zero-emission future – if we have the right clean truck standards too
Financial Services
The shifting landscape as demand for ESG and climate-aligned investing reshapes financial flows.
Resources
Blog
Insuring the transition: Underwriting as a tool on climate
Report
Ratio Rundown: Unpacking banking's newest climate metric
Blog
Ecuador Announces Milestone in Halting Tropical Deforestation
Blog
Is California becoming Uninsurable?
Blog
Loss and Damage Finance: the FRLD and Transforming Climate Finance Quality
Blog
Unlocking insurance to rebuild stronger and greener after disasters
Report
New report offers critical policy lessons for Florida on insurance and climate risks in light of recent hurricanes
Blog
Beyond numbers: strengthening climate finance through evidence-based impact
Blog
Climate Finance and Accountability at COP29
Report
Quality matters: Strengthening climate finance to drive climate action
Blog
Insured solutions: How insurance-based tools can unlock climate tech
Blog
Closing emissions gap with 2025 NDC Revisions: Critical Opportunities for Climate Action
Report
Financing Pathways for the Energy Transition: A Regional Approach
Blog
Three Ways Climate Risks Are Increasing Costs for Businesses
Blog
How insurance innovation can drive decarbonization
Blog
Investors, bipartisan former officials, others defend SEC climate risk disclosure rule
Report
Missing Methane: A European perspective
Report
Green Shipping and Sustainable Finance: Stronger Together
Blog
Transition finance for net zero is lagging. The UK has an opportunity to lead
Article
Navigating Climate Risks: India's financial sector gears up for transparency with RBI's draft guidelines
Op-Ed
Why the forest carbon market is bouncing back
Report
Financing Methane Abatement: An introduction to sustainable finance instruments
Report
Investor Guide to the SEC Rule on Climate-Related Disclosures
Blog
New SEC rules for climate disclosure are a step in the right direction for investors
Report
Missing Methane: The decarbonization risks and opportunities of financed methane emissions
Blog
No comment: Overcoming barriers so investors can find their voice on climate policy
Blog
Investors stumbled on climate resolutions in 2023. Next year, they can do better.
Multimedia
Managing climate change risks at agricultural finance institutions
Blog
3 ways companies are signaling for climate innovation
Blog
Investigating Private Equity’s Sustainability Challenges
Brief
Carbon Conundrum: The Curious Case of Financed Emissions
Webinar
Climate and 401(k) Plans: The DOL’s New Rule Levels the Field for ESG
Report
Investor Guide: Climate Principles for Oil and Gas M&A
Report
Tackling Transferred Emissions: Climate Principles for Oil and Gas Mergers and Acquisitions
Blog
Banking regulators take critical steps to account for climate-related financial risks
Blog
EDF and LGIMA share successes, learnings, and what’s next for the partnership.
Report
How climate change creates risks and opportunities for agricultural finance
Webinar
Unpacking the Proposed SEC Rule on Climate Risk Disclosure
Report
Stakeholder Guide to the SEC’s Proposed Rule on Climate-Related Disclosure
Blog
Reflections on the Future of ESG: 5 Takeaways from the GreenBiz 2022 Conference
Blog
Private equity enters the race to net zero
Blog
Big banks are making big climate promises. 3 ways to tell who will deliver.
Blog
It's time for climate change investing to be put into action
Blog
New Engine No. 1 ETF builds momentum for climate-aligned proxy voting
Blog
Strong SEC climate risk disclosure rules are good for business, investors
Blog
Asset managers: It’s time for a new era of climate leadership
Blog
How Wall Street can win on climate in 2021
Blog
Access to capital shrinks if oil and gas companies ignore methane, says Quantum private equity
Decarbonization Pathways
Protecting nature, cutting greenhouse gas emissions, and accelerating the transition to net zero through hydrogen, voluntary carbon markets, and more.
Resources
Blog
Bad for Business: The Trump Administration’s Attack on EPA’s Endangerment Finding
Blog
Blue hydrogen hopes hinge on managing methane emissions
Blog
Delay and uncertainty around California’s core pollution-cutting program is costing the state millions
LinkedIn Post
The European Commission (EC) Omnibus package on the future of its sustainability rules has landed
Tool
Sabin Center, EDF Re-Launch IRA Tracker with Tools for a New Administration
Blog
In first auction after voters defended the program, Washington’s cap-and-invest brings in record high revenue for the year
Blog
What buyers need to know now about new changes in the carbon market for critical forest protections
Blog
How Investors Can Help The World Get Hydrogen Right
Webinar Series
The Scope 3 Playbook: Mitigation Strategies for Companies
Blog
VCM 2.0: Navigating High-Integrity Carbon Markets for Corporate Impact
Report
Coal Mine Methane: An overview for investors
Blog
Coal: A crucial methane opportunity
Blog
EU Green Deal in Action: Critical choices ahead for the EU Low-carbon Hydrogen Definition
Report
Navigating jurisdictional REDD+: A pricing guide for tropical forest nations
Blog
Why science, not hype, must inform how we use hydrogen in Europe
Report, Guide
Hydrogen Beyond the Hype: Due Diligence Questions for Hydrogen Sector Investment
Blog
Financing Solutions for Slow Onset Climate Challenges: Drawing on Nature’s Untapped Potential
Blog
We urgently need pollution limits for hydrogen facilities
Blog
Why EU climate goals rely on strong hydrogen policies
Blog
Time to double down on high-confidence nature investments for climate and resilience
Blog
Unlocking Corporate Climate Investments: Beyond Value Chain Mitigation as a Key to Closing the Finance Gap
Report
Navigating Carbon Pricing: The G20 Experience and Global South Prospects
Blog
What can New Zealand’s forestry sector tell us about carbon pricing policy?
Report
Carbon Credits 101 For Investors
Blog
What investors need to know about carbon credits
Blog
Unlocking Geothermal Energy: Overcoming the Obstacles
Blog
Navigating the Core Carbon Principles and the Landscape of Guidance Toward a High-Integrity Carbon Market
Blog
Digging deep: Why oil & gas should take a closer look at geothermal
Blog
Hydrogen Investments Are Everywhere. Which Have What It Takes To Succeed?
Report
Tropical Forest Credit Integrity Guide for Companies
Blog
Key insights for business from COP27
Report
Pathways to Net Zero: The Innovation Imperative
Blog
The 3 big wins for businesses in the Inflation Reduction Act
Blog
In Sunny Florida, NextEra Must Step up on Climate
Blog
Hydrogen Is Booming: 3 Things Investors Need To Know To Reduce Their Risk
Blog
Carbon Credit Quality Initiative
Blog
Three ways to turn net zero plans into progress
Food & Agriculture
Climate risks and opportunities facing farmers, agricultural finance institutions, and food and beverage companies.
Resources
Blog
How a Climate Corps Fellow is Strengthening Environmental Resilience with Chubb
Blog
Four takeaways from a year of global action on food, agriculture and climate
Report
Funding the Future: Evaluating public & private investments in climate-smart row crop agriculture
Blog
CoBank’s new loan signals a new wave of sustainable finance in agriculture
Guide
Dairy Methane Disclosure
Guide
Dairy Methane Accounting
Blog
Advancing emissions transparency: New guidance supports dairy sector progress on driving down methane
Report
Strategic Roadmaps for SBTi Forest, Land & Agriculture Targets
Blog
Carbon offset credits for livestock methane reductions are promising but need better science and technology
Report
Understanding the costs and returns of cover crops: What farmers need to know
Report
Livestock Methane: A primer for investors
Blog
With early progress in reducing livestock methane, it’s time for finance to lean in
Report
Cultivating Climate-Smart Dairy: A supplier engagement guide to manure management technologies
Blog
Methane Rising: Three questions investors in the food sector should ask their portfolio companies
Report
Strategic Roadmaps for SBTi Forest, Land, & Agriculture Targets
Blog
Global food companies join EDF for a groundbreaking step on dairy methane
Blog
Methane is the climate opportunity food companies can’t afford to miss
Blog
Looking Ahead to COP: Climate Week Takeaways for Food & Agriculture
Blog
Danone commits to cut dairy methane emissions in partnership with farmers and EDF
Blog
Methane emissions in animal agriculture
Blog
Demystifying the enteric solutions market for food and agriculture companies
Our Team
Andrew Baxter
Andrew is the director of energy transition, leading collaboration with investors on methane emission technology, best management practices and disclosure. He manages collaborative projects with leading companies, innovators, and civil society groups. An engineer by training, Andrew has managed teams in the oil and gas sector in Europe and the Middle East. He graduated from Harvard Business School.
Lea Borkenhagen
Dr. Borkenhagen is the senior vice president of EDF+Business, directing EDF’s strategy to catalyze private sector action that accelerates the transition to net zero emissions, creates safer products, and feeds the world without warming the planet. Lea’s leadership experience spans food, fashion, retail, tech, and the non-profit sector, and includes roles at the Earthshot Prize, Nike, and Oxfam. She holds a doctorate in Environmental Science, Policy and Management and was a Fulbright Scholar in Côte d’Ivoire.
Suzanne Brady
Suzanne engages national oil companies and investors, steering efforts to reduce methane emissions and support decarbonization in the oil and gas sector. Prior to this role, she worked as a partnerships manager at Ashoka, fostering social entrepreneurship to drive systems change within companies. Suzanne speaks English and French.
Sean Hackett
Sean manages advocacy activities with critical companies and investors to secure adoption and implementation of state and federal policies to drive down emissions from the oil and gas sector. Prior to EDF, Sean worked on air quality, energy and transportation issues with the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. He graduated from Gonzaga University School of Law.
Nicki Harrison
Nicki directs the Sustainable Finance Europe team, where she works with the finance sector to help accelerate the net zero transition. Nicki works on a range of sectors including energy transition, shipping and agriculture. Previously she spent 15 years at the Bank of England leading prudential supervision teams supervising many of the major UK banks. She was also responsible for embedding the Bank of England’s work on climate change within the UK banking sector.
Jake Hiller
Jake leads strategic planning, operations, and partnership exploration for the team. A veteran of EDF+Business since 2010, Jake holds a Certificate in Financing and Deploying Clean Energy from Yale School of Management.
Andrew Howell
Andrew directs EDF’s investor research, engaging with the finance community to accelerate the energy transition. He oversees the team's research and insights platform and engages with financial sector players including asset managers, asset owners, and banks. Andrew was previously an Institutional Investor-ranked strategist and research analyst with Citi. He is a graduate of INSEAD and is a CFA charterholder.
Stephanie Jones
Stephanie leads EDF's legal and regulatory efforts to reduce climate-destabilizing emissions and reveal the consequences of climate change across the U.S. economy, with a focus on regulation in the financial and energy sectors. Stephanie graduated from New York University School of Law.
Clare Staib-Kaufman
Clare generates data-driven research to support our analysis, identifying complex datasets and translating them into engaging analysis and visuals to promote EDF’s work on the energy transition.
Bridget Killian
Bridget is a Program Coordinator for EDF+Business, providing operational support to the Sustainable Finance team. Prior to joining EDF, she worked in event planning and administrative roles.
Carolyn Kousky
Carolyn Kousky is the Associate Vice President for Economics and Policy at EDF. She has published widely on the economics and policy of climate risk and disaster finance and worked with communities on inclusive models for insurance and disaster recovery. Carolyn is a member of the Federal Advisory Committee on Insurance for the U.S. Department of Treasury, a member of the High-Level Advisory Board on the Financial Management of Catastrophic Risks at the OECD, vice-chair of the California Climate Insurance Working Group, and a member of the Roundtable on Risk and Resilience of Extreme Events at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. She holds a Ph.D. in Public Policy from Harvard University.
Leslie Labruto
Leslie leads EDF+Biz's Sustainable Finance team, engaging the financial sector to influence the private sector as a lever to stop climate harm and invest in new climate-positive solutions. Leslie has experience in clean energy, decarbonization, and international stewardship, including as the Founding Director of 100x Impact Accelerator at the London School of Economics, as well as Head of Investment Strategy and Global Head of Energy at Acumen Fund, and Global Director of Clean Energy with the Clinton Climate Initiative. She serves on the boards of multiple social enterprises.
Kristin Lorenzo
Kristin leads EDF's engagement with investors, including asset managers, banks, private equity, and asset owners, to inform their decarbonization strategies and near-term action. She has worked in relationship and product management with asset management firms, and most recently was Head of Investor Relations for a Chilean-based real estate company. Kristin is a CFA charterholder.
Jenny Mandel
Jenny manages the team's research, guiding the development of publications that translate EDF scientific and policy knowledge into actionable insights for investors. She was previously a reporter with E&E News covering oil and gas, energy infrastructure, emerging technologies, and state and federal energy policy and has a Master of Environmental Management from Duke University.
Sudhanshu Mathur
Sud develops research, analysis, and thought leadership to support decarbonization in the oil and gas sector. He supports a range of projects, with a particular focus on methane, and works with investors and corporate partners.
Guillaume Morauw
Guillaume looks at how European financial institutions can accelerate energy transition in the real economy, with a particular focus on the shipping and hydrogen industries. He has previous experience working on the EU Sustainable Finance framework for the insurance industry.
Ismael Hernández Rivera
Ismael supports Europe's transition of financial flows away from projects with a negative impact on climate and nature/biodiversity, and toward projects that will reduce GHG emissions, protect nature and biodiversity and support climate adaptation. Prior to EDF, Ismael worked in strategic and commercial finance in the fast-moving consumer goods industry. Ismael speaks English, Spanish and French.
Maximilian Schreck
Maximilian conducts research and analysis to improve financial sector net-zero transition plans. He works with a variety of stakeholders to develop tools that manage climate risks and opportunities, and tracks the evolving landscape of voluntary and regulatory ESG frameworks.
Leanna Tang
Leanna conducts research and analysis on carbon markets and carbon credits, interfacing with industry experts to develop actionable insights for engaging the finance sector on natural climate solutions.
Joshua Torres
Joshua Torres engages with asset owners and managers in futureproofing their portfolios from climate and biodiversity risks. His portfolio includes food & agriculture, voluntary carbon markets, industrials, and land transportation. He has a background in finance, tech, and consulting. Josh holds a Master of Science from the Columbia Climate School.
Dominic Watson
Dominic manages corporate and investor engagements on oil and gas energy transition issues to help companies and investors reach ambitious emissions targets, engage meaningfully on public policy, and transparently disclose their performance. Prior to joining EDF, Dominic researched environmental commodity markets for S&P Global Platts.