From Decarbonization Plan to Funded Budget. Six Questions to Ask Your CFO Before You Pitch.

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From Decarbonization Plan to Funded Budget

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"We presented our decarbonization plan to the CFO. He nodded, said it sounded interesting. We never heard back."

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Many companies have decarbonization initiatives. Far fewer succeed in turning them into funded investments. While 72% of companies disclose emissions reduction initiatives, only 11% disclose transition-aligned capital expenditure.
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The challenge is often not the ambition of the plan, but how and when it reaches Finance.

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In this webinar, Helen Tacke (Co-Founder and CEO, Cozero), Patrick Schmitt (Climate Lead, Cozero), and Prof. Dr. Ali Arnaout (Ex-CFO and CIO, MD Decarbonaid) explore how sustainability teams can build decarbonization proposals around the criteria CFOs actually use to make investment decisions.

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Using a practical on-site solar PV and battery storage case, the session shows how to move from a list of reduction initiatives to a finance-ready proposal, including CapEx, OpEx savings, payback, NPV, WACC, assumptions and sensitivities.

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Watch the webinar to learn:

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• What to ask your CFO before building a decarbonization business case
• How ROI, payback periods, hurdle rates, NPV and WACC shape investment decisions
• Why timing your proposal around the financial planning and budget cycle matters
• What Finance needs to evaluate and approve a decarbonization investment
• Six common reasons sustainability proposals fail to secure funding
• How to move from individual business cases to a coordinated reduction plan

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If your decarbonization plan is technically sound but struggling to secure budget, this session will help you translate it into the language, structure and timing Finance needs.

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