Full Title: Leveraging Transition Pathways: How Financial Institutions Can Use Pathways to Inform Transition Intelligence
Author(s): Nicholas Halterman, Jacob Kasti, Aubrey McKinnon, and Thomas White
Publisher(s): Rocky Mountain Institute
Publication Date: September 13, 2025
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Description (excerpt):
Transition pathways are an essential tool for financial institutions conducting corporate transition assessments. Such pathways can contextualize the ambition and feasibility of corporate plans, identify key technologies, and more. No single pathway can answer every question a financial institution has about a client or investee. Ultimately, approaches that deploy a diverse range of complementary pathways will provide the most granular and actionable results for a corporate assessment.
Despite their value, pathways remain underutilized, due to both the complexity of selecting one from the wide range available and the resource demands of working with existing options. This paper offers a structured approach for selecting and interpreting transition pathways, recognizing that no pathway is best for every application.