Companies worldwide will accumulate US$3 billion in losses caused by extreme weather events by 2025, reveals a new study released by the CDP (Carbon Disclosure Project) – an international organization specializing in monitoring environmental impacts in the corporate sector.
According to the report, the impacts directly affected crucial areas of the companies, such as infrastructure and the logistics chain. Operational shutdowns alone resulted in losses totaling US$266 million last year.
The sectors most impacted were agriculture, healthcare, sanitation, waste management, and transport logistics. For the coming years, companies project even greater losses, which could reach US$898 billion.
The study highlights the fact that the main projected financial impact is not necessarily linked to the physical destruction of assets, but to the loss of revenue caused by reduced operational capacity. This category alone represents US$326 billion in projected losses.
Given the scenario classified by CDP as a threat to the global economy, the study reinforces that the energy transition is assuming an increasingly strategic role in the operational resilience of companies.
In this context, it is understood that solutions related to energy decentralization, such as distributed generation, energy storage, microgrids, and modernization of the electrical grid, are gaining ground not only as decarbonization tools but also as mechanisms for operational security for governments and companies.
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