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
Over the past few months, we have had the opportunity to hear from around 250 companies and stakeholders including financial institutions, civil society organizations, and policy makers. Through our online survey, webinars, consultation roundtables, and one-to-one discussions, we received invaluable insights that will help shape the future of our framework. We are sincerely grateful for the time, expertise, and candid feedback that so many of you shared.
Our formal consultation period is now closed. We are now carefully considering all input as we refine the framework and look forward to sharing a summary later in the year.
Next steps
- June-September 2026: Integration of feedback to finalise the framework and scoring guidelines, alongside continued conversations with all stakeholders to build our global campaign. We will also publish our Integrated Transition White Paper which sets out the context, theory and evidence for why integration is necessary and what credible, connected corporate action requires.
- October-November 2026: Publication of final framework, scoring guidelines and consultation feedback summary (around COP31). Webinars and events (TBC) to socialise publication and collaborate on next steps.
- Q1 2027: Company assessments begin.
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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