The Portfolio Alignment Team (PAT) issued a report in 2020 titled Measuring Portfolio Alignment: Assessing the Position of Companies and Portfolios on the Path to Net Zero. This report provided a critical assessment of the strengths and trade-offs of the options available to measure the alignment of financial portfolios with climate goals.
The TCFD conducted a public consultation from October 29, 2020, to January 28, 2021, to better understand the challenges and usefulness of forward-looking metrics for financial institutions. Given the continued interest in forward-looking metrics indicated by responses to its consultation, the Task Force requested the PAT develop a report outlining its views on portfolio alignment metrics and areas of further work as a resource for organizations interested in exploring portfolio alignment.