Integrated Transition Assessment
The impacts of climate change, nature loss and social inequality will not be experienced in isolation, and they cannot be solved that way either. The world's most influential companies hold the power to determine whether the global transition succeeds or stalls.
WBA's Integrated Transition Assessment will change how we assess and understand transition progress, setting a new global standard for what credible, connected, and consequential corporate action actually looks like. This framework is being built with companies, investors, policymakers and civil society - because no company can transition alone, and no stakeholder can drive accountability in isolation. The transition only works if we move together.
The consultation
In April–May 2026, we will be inviting companies, governments, financial institutions and civil society to help us shape what the Integrated Transition Assessment will look like - from metrics that matter, to how the results should be delivered to drive meaningful change. This is your opportunity to ensure the framework works for you and that it works for the transition.
Timeline
- April-May 2026: External consultation with companies and key stakeholders on proposed framework.
- November 2026: Publication of final framework methodology.
- 2027: Assessments of 2,000 companies conducted.
- Early 2028: Publication of assessment results.
How will an integrated approach support companies and stakeholders?
- Delivers one integrated view on transition progress.
- Consolidates competing frameworks and fragmented data.
- Streamlined questionnaire focuses on sector priorities.
- Reveals where the biggest impacts, risks and opportunities sit.
- Evolves existing reporting into a credible transition story.
- Connects transition performance to long-term value creation.
- Strengthens the basis for holding companies accountable.
- Provides cross-sector, geography evidence for policy learning.
- Enhances visibility of corporate risk management.
- Enables smarter and targeted policymaking.
- Drives international alignment on transition expectations.
- Provides evidence to demand actions.
- Connects corporate performance and impacts transparently.
- Holds companies to account on their delivery.
- Informs and strengthens coordinated advocacy.
- Helps to identify genuine transition leaders and laggards.
- Strengthens portfolio-level risk assessment.
- Helps assess exposure to climate, nature and social risks and identify opportunities.
- Strengthens stewardship and enables smarter capital allocation.
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