Axion: Carbon Hotspots

Table of Contents

• Navigation
• Carbon Hotspots
  • Regional Hotspots
  • Electricity Grid Mix
  • Overall Emissions Profile
  • Emission Distributions
  • Facility Hotspots
  • Facilities
  • World Map
• Facility Summary
• Filters

Navigation

• Navigate to Insights and select Worldly Axion.
• This takes you to the Worldly Axion Overview page.

 Select the Hotspots tab.

Carbon Hotspots 

Hotspot charts help you pinpoint the impact of your emissions. Browse through the charts to get overall summaries by regions, facilities, and emissions source distribution. 

The Carbon Risk Area has the following hotspots:

• Regional Hotspots
• Electricity Grid Mix
• Overall Emissions Profile
• Emission Distributions
• Facility Hotspots
• Facilities
• World Map

Regional Hotspots

• Ave. Carbon Intensity: The average CO₂ emissions per unit of energy (kgCO₂e/MJ) reported by facilities in the country.
• Fac. Coal Use %: The percentage of facility energy derived specifically from onsite coal.
• Fac. Renew. Use %: The percentage of facility energy derived specifically from renewable energy.
• With Carbon Targets %: Percentage of facilities that have set carbon reduction targets.
• With EAC / REC %: Percentage of facilities using Energy Attribute Certificates (EACs) or Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) to claim renewable electricity use. Source: Higg FEM.
• Carbon Price / ETS: Indicates whether a national carbon price or Emissions Trading Scheme is in place (value shows price in $/tCO₂e where applicable). Source: World Bank Dashboard.
• Current Grid Renew. %: The share of the national electricity grid currently sourced from renewables, based on regional generation data. Source: EMBER.
• 2030 Grid Renew. %: Projected share of the electricity grid that will come from renewables by 2030. Source: NGFS.
• Grid Carbon Intensity: Average CO₂ emissions per unit of electricity from the national grid. This is calculated at the country level, not per facility. Source: EMBER.
• Renewable Energy Procurement Maturity: A rating out of four, illustrated with a correspondingly filled circle, is assigned based on availability and corporate use of renewable energy procurement mechanisms in the country. Ratings are as follow:
  • Full Circle: Multiple procurement options available and in use (PPAs, contracts with suppliers, EACs)
  • ⅔ Circle: EACs in common use by corporates; other procurement types not widely available or adopted
  • ⅓ Circle: EACs available but not in common use or recognized by companies
  • Empty Circle: Options largely unavailable or no data for market
• Source: RE100 (2024)

Electricity Grid Mix

This chart shows the percentage breakdown of electricity generation by fuel type for each country or region. Each bar represents the total national electricity mix, with colors indicating the share from sources like coal, gas, renewables, and nuclear.

Use this data to understand how “clean” a region’s grid is, as those with higher shares of solar, wind, or hydro indicate lower carbon intensity. Select a region from the dropdown to view in greater detail an individual region's fuel mix over time.

• Bioenergy: Energy from organic materials like wood, crop waste, or biofuels. Can be renewable but may have emissions depending on the source and use.
• Coal: A high-emission fossil fuel burned to generate electricity. Major contributor to carbon and air pollution.
• Gas: Refers to natural gas, a fossil fuel used for power and heating. Lower emissions than coal but still carbon-intensive.
• Hydro: Renewable energy from flowing water (like dams). Low emissions but may impact ecosystems.
• Nuclear: Low-emission electricity. Not renewable, but does not produce direct carbon emissions.
• Other Fossil: Includes oil or less common fossil-based sources not listed separately. Typically high-emission.
• Other Renewables: Includes renewable sources not shown separately, such as geothermal or tidal power. Low or zero emissions.
• Solar: Renewable electricity generated from sunlight using solar panels. Zero direct emissions.
• Wind: Renewable electricity from wind turbines. Clean energy with no direct emissions.

Source: EMBER

Emission Distributions

This section shows how emissions are distributed across countries and energy types. The stacked bars represent the total energy use by country, broken down by fuel source, such as gas, coal, electricity, or steam. The donut chart shows the overall share of each energy type contributing to emissions.

Direct emissions (e.g., Gas Direct, Biofuel Direct) come from fuels burned on-site. Indirect emissions (e.g., Electricity Indirect, Steam Indirect) result from purchased energy (produced off-site but used by the facility). Unreported means no data was provided for that source.

This helps you see which energy sources are driving emissions in your country and how your energy mix compares to global usage. It can highlight opportunities to shift away from high-emission fuels (like coal or gas) toward cleaner sources or improve reporting completeness.

• Oil: Liquid fossil fuel used for heating or machinery. Typically higher in emissions and used in specific industrial processes.
• Coal: Solid fossil fuel burned on-site, often in boilers. High emissions and less efficient than other energy types.
• Biofuel: Organic-based fuel (like ethanol or biodiesel) used in vehicles or equipment. Can be renewable but still emits CO₂ when burned.
• Gas: Natural gas used for heating, steam, or industrial processes. Common and less polluting than coal but still fossil-based.
• Electricity: Energy purchased from the grid. Emissions depend on the local grid mix (renewable vs fossil sources).
• Other: Includes steam, purchased heat, or any non-listed energy sources. Emissions vary based on origin and use.

Source: Higg FEM

Facility Hotspots

You can explore different aspects of facility performance by selecting variables from the dropdowns for the x- and y-axes.

• Total Emissions (tCO2e) is the total carbon emitted by a facility. 
• Total Production (kg or pc/pr) is the output by weight or unit count.
• Carbon Intensity (kg/MJ) measures emissions per unit of energy used. 
• Coal Use (%) shows how much of a facility’s energy comes from coal. 

Use these combinations to surface patterns or outliers, and to compare emissions relative to production or fuel type.

An additional set of advanced filters allow selection of subsets of facilities based on specific fuel use or policies.

• On-site Renewables
• Purchased Renewables
• Coal Phase Out Plan
• Target Set

Source: Higg FEM

Facilities

This table shows a list of individual facilities with summary metrics on emissions and energy use, including intensity, coal use, renewable energy share, and whether carbon targets or renewable certificates (EACs/RECs) are in place. It offers a searchable, sortable format to scan facility-level data at a glance.

Use this view to compare specific suppliers, and switch to the Facility Summary to explore these data visually and identify outliers or trends. Use the arrows or dropdown to navigate through all pages.

Source: Higg FEM

World Map

Use the interactive map to analyze regions and facilities with the highest risk and opportunity.

The colored gradient legend shows the carbon intensity of facilities. As carbon intensity increases, the color changes from green (very low carbon intensity) to red (very high carbon intensity).

Click on the color coded facility to switch to the Facility Summary to explore data visually and identify outliers or trends.

Facility Summary 

The Facility Summary can be found by:

1. Selecting the blue facility name on the Facilities table
   
2. Selecting the color coded facility on the World Map.
   

Facility Section

This section provides a snapshot summary of all available metrics for the specific facility selected. Facility data is provided for the most recent assessment submitted. Heat and Extreme Event risk ratings are calculated using the Climate scenario SSP2-4.5 and for near term (2025-2030) timescales. Full details can be found in the Methodology.

Facility Summary

This section displays specific headline metrics in a radar chart, contrasting the selected supplier data with all other suppliers.

Carbon 

This section displays emissions data and existing targets, which can be further interrogated in Direct and Indirect groupings by the emissions graph below. Available scenarios are:

• Low Emissions / Net Zero 2050 Aligned (NGFS Net Zero 2050)
• Moderate Emissions / Policy Progress (NGFS Nationally Determined Contributions)
• High Emissions / Limited Progress (NGFS Current Policies)

The doughnut chart displays a breakdown of the carbon emissions fuel sources by %.

Energy 

This section displays energy intensity data and existing targets. The country and facility grid mix fuel sources are displayed by % in the bar chart and doughnut graph below.

Water 

This section displays water intensity metrics, current water risk exposure and vulnerability ratings, existing water reduction targets and water sources by % in the doughnut chart below.

Heat 

This section summarizes the number of Heat Discomfort and Stress warning days, whether climate control is in operation at the facility and the % of productivity at risk.

Extreme Events

This section provides the facility direct risk rating for each of the main physical risk hazards considered on this platform; flood, wildfire and extreme wind.

Filters

The left-hand filter column automatically updates all metrics throughout the dashboard to reflect the filtered data set. Filters that are applied once are applied to all tabs within Worldly Axion. The dashboard filters enable users to organize and slice the data to quickly determine which facilities are best suited for intervention.

Adjust these filters to model different future states by country, facility type, production process and year. This enables more specific scenarios by facility, region or other combination of facilities based on filters. Further detail on how these metrics are defined can be found in the Methodology.