Is the ‘what-if’ analysis working properly?

The first two scenarios in the SBTi Finance Tool are:

Scenario 1: “What-if” - all companies without targets set 2 °C targets

Scenario 2: “What-if” - all companies with targets set well below 2 °C targets

In the portfolio we are using, only a small minority of companies have targets under the WATS approach. If these scenarios are correct, we might expect that Scenario 1 would have a much greater impact on the temperature score than Scenario 2 because it involves >95% of the book setting targets. However, the S1S2 temperature score is 1.98 degrees and both scenarios. Is Scenario 2 a typo?

a) Should it be ““What-if” - all companies without targets set well below 2 °C targets”?

b) If yes to the above, why would the temperature scores be the same if all companies set 2D targets as if they set WB2D targets? Currently it seems impossible for the bank to hit the WB2D targets because even if their whole book sets WB2D their temperature rating is still nearly 2 degrees.

c) The ‘Companies with vs without targets’ also doesn’t update when you use what-if analysis, which is a bit confusing (e.g. under Scenario 1 it shows the original small percentage of companies have targets, when it should be 100%).

@GiuliaBorghi

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Hi Nettie,
Thank you for your questions. I agree that it looks strange in your examples. I need to dive into the scenario part of the tool a bit to investigate and will get back to you ASAP.
Best regards,
Peter

A quick update on this subject:
Looking through the code reveals that Scenario two sets ALL scores (default or from valid targets) to the minimum of actual score and 1.75. That means that no company will get a score higher than 1.75. This should explain why the what-if gives an unexpected result.

We will update this in a coming release of the tool. At the same time we will provide scenarios with 1.5 degree options.