Climate transition plans are integral to managing climate-related risk, complying with regulations and securing investment.
As companies turn to innovation to solve this pressing challenge, Ashurst can deliver on sustainable financing and energy transition ambitions using a combination of AI-powered assessment and our sustainability expertise. Transition plans are where these objectives converge and map the pathway to participation in a net zero economy.
As the disclosure landscape evolves, we also review existing plans to support compliance with climate disclosure frameworks and related regulations.
- Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD),
- Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD)
- National sustainability reporting frameworks based on ISSB climate and sustainability-related financial disclosures including in Australia under the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) (AASB), the UK and APAC.
Transition Plan Accelerator
The AI-powered, Transition Plan Accelerator uncovers gaps in your transition plan documents and provides suggestions on changes to remedy those gaps.
Scoring against selected disclosure frameworks and highlighting where the disclosures should be improved to better meet the framework criteria, the solution draws on Ashurst's legal and risk expertise to support confident decision-making while also helping you achieve innovation objectives.
Industry spotlight: Banking and financial sectors
As these sectors shift to incorporate AI, sustainable financing and the energy transition into strategic ambitions, transition plans become a central factor in tracking the path to success. Ashurst offers integrated technology, legal and risk expertise to support transition planning, tailored for these sectors.
Benchmarked and framework agnostic
Develop the transition plan for your preferred framework, benchmark against publicly available plans
On demand, AI and expert enabled assessments
Input your own or customer transition plans. All outputs are analysed by AI, and verified by Ashurst experts
Simple subscription pricing
Assessment solution pricing is based on volumes. Transparent annual billing allows for easy cost projection
Climate transition plans that deliver value, resilience and credibility
Discover more about our joint report featuring 9 attributes of climate investor plans that build investor confidence
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The basics of transition planning
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