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GHG accounting climate scenario analysis for a UAE enterprise

Diversified UAE enterprise with activities in real estate, retail, lifestyle, and entertainment.

March 12, 2026

Summary

TreeLynk served as execution partner to a Big 4 firm, providing climate delivery pods that supported GHG accounting and climate scenario analysis across multiple sectors for a diversified UAE enterprise.

Key Achievements

  • Audit‑ready scope 1,2,3 accounts
  • Short‑ and long‑term climate‑risk projections with financial impact
  • Repeatable technical delivery model enabling expanded scope without extra headcount

Client type (industry, region)

  • Diversified UAE enterprise with activities in real estate, retail, lifestyle, and entertainment.

Challenge, solution, outcomes (brief)

  • The The client sought to become a climate leader, working with a Big 4 firm on a end‑to‑end climate transformation. TreeLynk, as execution partner, provided integrated climate delivery pods to support GHG accounting and climate scenario analysis. This enabled audit ready GHG accounts as well as quantified climate risk insights across businesses and regions.

Problem

  • The enterprise had committed to net zero targets and climate leadership but needed robust technical support to deliver carbon accounting and conduct scenario analysis across diverse business lines. The enterprise wanted visibility to potential climate risks and consequent financial impact in the short, mid and long term.
  • The lead Big 4 advisory firm required additional execution capacity and specialist climate skills to meet an ambitious scope and timeline without expanding internal headcount.

Solution

  • This engagement was delivered by TreeLynk as an embedded execution partner to the Big 4 firm.
  • TreeLynk deployed integrated climate delivery pods that:
    • Supported enterprise‑wide carbon footprinting (Scope 1–3) across real estate, retail, lifestyle, and entertainment entities.
    • Conducted climate scenario analysis based on RCP/SSP scenarios, including identification and quantification of physical and transition risks and their financial impacts.
  • The pods introduced:
    • Standardised workflows and QA layers across workstreams.
    • Centralised data architecture and modelling logic to avoid duplication and inconsistency.
    • Sector‑specific technical expertise tailored to each business line.

Results

  • Short‑ and long‑term (2030,2035 and 2050) projections of climate‑related risks and associated financial impacts, informing strategy and board‑level oversight.
  • Audit ready GHG accounts for the reporting year.
  • A repeatable technical delivery model that enabled the Big 4 firm to expand scope without increasing internal headcount.
  • For the client, clearer understanding of GHG footprint as well as climate risks and mitigation options across sectors.