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''Environmental concerns - emissions''.
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Net zero emissions means that any greenhouse gas emissions are balanced by schemes to offset an equivalent amount of greenhouse gases from the atmosphere, such as planting trees or using technology like carbon capture and storage.
The expected return that is foregone by investing in a project, rather than in the next best use of capital or other resources.
 
It is the opportunity cost of capital and other resources that is the relevant economic measure for financial decision making purposes.
 
 
Opportunity cost is an important and powerful concept in cash management.
 
Examples of opportunity costs include leaving cash in a non-interest bearing bank account.
 
The organisation loses the opportunity to pay down debt (and save interest) or to invest the cash elsewhere (and earn interest).
 
 
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The same as 'opportunity loss'.




== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[Adaptation Action Coalition]]
* [[Cost of capital]]
* [[Adaptation communications]]
* [[Float]]
* [[Business Ambition for 1.5C]]
* [[Opportunity cost of capital]]
* [[Carbon credits]]
* [[Opportunity loss]]
* [[Carbon-neutral]]
* [[Production possibility curves]]
* [[Climate-related financial disclosure]]
* [[Supernormal profit]]
* [[COP26]]
* [[Value dating]]
* [[Credit rating]]
* [[Emissions]]
* [[Environmental concerns]]
* [[ESG investment]]
* [[Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero]]  (GFANZ)
* [[Gold standard]]
* [[Green bond]]
* [[Green Bond Principles]]
* [[Greenhouse gas]]
* [[Hybrid]]
* [[Nationally determined contribution]]
* [[Net-Zero Asset Managers initiative]]
* [[Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance]]
* [[Net-Zero Banking Alliance]]
* [[Paris Agreement]]
* [[Resilience]]
* [[Road to Zero]]
* [[United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change]]
* [[Zero emissions]]
 
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[[Category:Ethics]]
[[Category:Identify_and_assess_risks]]
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[[Category:Risk_reporting]]

Revision as of 19:52, 2 July 2017

1.

The expected return that is foregone by investing in a project, rather than in the next best use of capital or other resources.

It is the opportunity cost of capital and other resources that is the relevant economic measure for financial decision making purposes.


Opportunity cost is an important and powerful concept in cash management.

Examples of opportunity costs include leaving cash in a non-interest bearing bank account.

The organisation loses the opportunity to pay down debt (and save interest) or to invest the cash elsewhere (and earn interest).


2.

The same as 'opportunity loss'.


See also