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      Ghana faces significant and growing physical climate risks, including shifting rainfall patterns, flooding, coastal erosion, and temperature stress with direct financial consequences for businesses across agriculture, infrastructure, financial services, and energy. Alongside physical risk, the global policy response to climate change is generating transition risk for organisations exposed to international markets and capital flows. Many organisations acknowledge these risks but have not yet quantified them, integrated them into strategy, or built the TCFD-aligned disclosure and decarbonisation plans that investors and regulators now expect.

      KPMG Ghana helps organisations move from climate awareness to climate action quantifying physical and transition risks through rigorous scenario analysis, developing credible net zero pathways, and building the governance and disclosure frameworks required by the TCFD and ISSB. We apply global methodologies to the specific climate vulnerabilities, regulatory commitments, and sector dynamics of Ghana and West Africa.

      We also support organisations in understanding their nature-related risks and dependencies under the emerging TNFD framework and advise on Ghana's developing carbon markets. By this we help organisations engage credibly with Article 6 mechanisms and voluntary offset instruments as part of a coherent climate strategy.

      Kwame Sarpong Barnieh

      Partner, Head of Advisory, GRC & ESG Services

      KPMG in Ghana



      What we do

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      Climate Risk Identification and Scenario Analysis

      We assess physical and transition climate risks using IPCC, IEA, and NGFS scenario frameworks quantifying the financial impact of different climate futures on assets, revenues, costs, and supply chains. The analysis provides boards with the evidence base for informed strategic decisions and gives sustainability teams the technical foundation required for TCFD-aligned disclosure.

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      Climate-Resilient Business Strategy

      We help organisations identify operational and financial exposures to physical climate risk and develop adaptation strategies; including targeted infrastructure investment, supply chain diversification, water management planning, and business continuity arrangements that preserve value and operational continuity under the climate scenarios most likely to affect the organisation.

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      Net Zero Pathway Development and Decarbonisation Planning

      We develop science-aligned net zero pathways setting out emissions reduction targets, capital investment priorities, operational changes, and supplier engagement requirements aligned with the GHG Protocol and Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi). Pathways are credible to investors while being practically implementable within the Ghanaian business and regulatory context.

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      Nature and Biodiversity Risk Assessment

      We apply the TNFD framework to help organisations understand their financial exposure to nature-related risks; including deforestation, water stress, soil degradation, and biodiversity loss, identifying the most material nature risks in their value chains and developing strategies for managing and disclosing these risks in line with investor and regulatory expectations.

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      GHG Inventory Preparation and Emissions Measurement

      We prepare comprehensive GHG inventories covering Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions in accordance with the GHG Protocol building the internal data collection methodologies, measurement approaches, and calculation tools needed for ongoing emissions management, reporting, and assurance. For established reporters, we review and strengthen existing inventories.

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      Carbon Markets and Voluntary Carbon Offset Advisory

      We advise organisations on engagement with Ghana's domestic carbon market framework including the Ghana Carbon Registry and Article 6 mechanisms whether as project developers seeking to generate and monetise carbon credits, buyers seeking to offset residual emissions, or financial institutions developing carbon finance products. We ensure participation is technically sound and aligned with international standards.



      Our people

      Kwame Sarpong Barnieh

      Partner, Head of Advisory, GRC & ESG Services

      KPMG in Ghana



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