A carbon tax is a government charge placed on greenhouse-gas (GHG) emissions , usually applied to fossil fuels based on their carbon content (e.g., per ton of CO₂e ). The policy goal is to raise the cost of emitting so companies and consumers shift to lower-carbon options, while generating public revenue that can be recycled through rebates, tax cuts, or climate spending. Carbon taxes typically work in two ways: Upstream fuel tax : levied on coal/oil/gas producers or import

A Solar Success Story—and a Wake-Up Call for APAC Energy Planning (and ESG) If you’ve been following the clean-energy transition, you may have heard the term “duck curve.” It sounds casual, but it describes a very real operational challenge that shows up when a power system adds lots of solar PV in a short period of time—something many APAC markets are actively doing. What is the duck curve? The duck curve is a chart of net load —the electricity that the grid must supply a

With no doubt, Scope 3 has become the pressure point for many Asia-Pacific companies because the emissions sit outside your own operations , yet the consequences show up in tenders, customer scorecards, loan conversations, and reputational risk. Scope 3 Caterogies: the 15 essentials What used to be a “sustainability report” topic is now a commercial requirement: Buyers want product footprints and credible reduction progress. Banks and investors increasingly want transition ev

Grid Innovation  is one of the most important and fast‑moving areas of sustainability and energy transition today. Let’s look into more details today. What Is Grid Innovation? Grid Innovation  refers to the modernization and smart transformation of the electrical power grid  — the system that generates, transmits, and distributes electricity — to make it more flexible, efficient, and sustainable . Traditionally, power grids were designed for one‑way electricity flow  (from l

Implied Temperature Rise (ITR) is a metric used in ESG and climate finance to estimate how much global temperatures would increase by 2100 if the whole economy behaved like a given company, portfolio, or investment . It translates emissions performance and climate targets into an easy‑to‑interpret temperature score (e.g., 1.5 °C, 2.7 °C, 4 °C). What ITR Represents ITR answers the simple question: “ If all companies followed the same emissions pathway as this one, what level