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Climate data still side-lined in major business decisions, research finds
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Two in three major strategic or investment decisions ignore climate data entirely. That's the finding from Ordnance Survey research – and it points to a structural failure in how boards assess risk.
The blind spot is not accidental. Most organisations lack integrated systems to surface climate intelligence during decision-making cycles. Board members cite data fragmentation, poor accessibility, and unclear relevance to financial outcomes as the core blockers. Some treat climate as a compliance checkbox – separate from strategy – rather than a material input to capital allocation, M&A, or asset deployment.
This matters because climate risk is financial risk. Investors, regulators, and rating agencies now expect boards to articulate how climate scenarios affect earnings, cash flow, and asset value. TCFD and CSRD frameworks demand this integration. Yet the research suggests most organisations haven't wired it in.
The finding also exposes a gap between sustainability teams and finance. Sustainability leads have climate data; CFOs and CEOs often don't see it when they need it. That misalignment is expensive.
The question now is whether organisations will treat this as a data problem or a governance problem. Better dashboards help. But the real issue is structural: climate risk needs to sit in the room where capital decisions happen, not in a separate report filed after the fact.