Overview
The Climate Contribution Framework (CCF) is a methodological framework developed by MRC in partnership with Sweep to measure the actual contribution of companies to global net-zero objectives. Launched in 2025, the CCF goes beyond conventional carbon footprint analysis to capture the full spectrum of a company’s climate action — from reducing its own emissions to developing low-carbon solutions and financing external climate projects. Since its launch, the CCF has been adopted by multiple large listed companies as a reference tool for transparent and actionable corporate climate assessment.
Framework structure: three pillars
The CCF evaluates corporate climate contribution across three interconnected pillars, each capturing a distinct dimension of climate action:
- Pilar A: Footprint reduction
- This pillar assesses the extent to which a company is reducing its own greenhouse gas emissions, across Scopes 1, 2, and 3, in line with credible 1.5°C-aligned trajectories. It examines target quality, progress against targets, and the robustness of the underlying methodology.
- Pilar B: Climate solution
- This pillar measures the contribution a company makes through its products and services — that is, the emissions avoided by its customers as a result of using the company’s offerings. This dimension is particularly relevant for companies in renewable energy, energy efficiency, clean mobility, and other solution sectors, and draws directly on the methodological work developed through the Avoided Emissions Platform (AEP).
- Pillar C : Climate finance
- This pillar captures climate-related financial flows that extend beyond a company’s core operations: investments in climate projects, carbon credit purchases, and other financial contributions to external climate action
For each sector, the three pillars are weighted to reflect the most relevant dimensions of climate contribution, producing a balanced overall score that can be compared across companies and over time.
Positioning and Adoption
The CCF is designed as a complement to, not a replacement for, existing frameworks. It builds on and is compatible with SBTi, ACT, and TCFD, while extending the analytical perimeter to include the dimensions they do not cover. Since its launch in 2025, the framework has been adopted by multiple actors in the financial sector as a reference for climate-aligned investment strategy, corporate engagement, and portfolio-level climate assessment.