Axion: Heat Stress Hotspots

Table of Contents

• Navigation
• Heat Stress Hotspots
  • Heat Risk Climate Filters
  • Regional Hotspots
  • Overall Heat Stress
  • Heat Stress
  • 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.

Heat Stress 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 Heat Stress Risk Area has the following hotspots:

• Heat Risk Climate Filters
• Regional Hotspots
• Overall Heat Stress
• Heat Stress
• Facility Hotspots
• Facilities
• World Map

Heat Risk Climate Filters

Filter data by scenario and time line to explore the changing impact and distribution of heat risks on your facilities. Options available are:

• Low Emissions / Net Zero 2050 Aligned (SSP1-2.6)
• Moderate Emissions / Policy Progress (SSP2-4.5)
• High Emissions / Limited Progress (SSP5-8.5)

Near Term 2025–2030: Short-term climate outlook to support immediate planning and adaptation.

Medium Term 2031–2035: Mid-range projection for assessing medium-horizon risks and strategies.

Long Term 2036–2040: Long-range view to evaluate future climate risks and long-term resilience needs.

A full description of SSP scenarios is available in the Methodology.

Regional Hotspots

A breakdown of key indicators related to heat stress. The top section presents supplier assessment data by region. These are contextualised with local heat projections, such as the expected number of extreme heat stress days and heat stroke days as follows:

• Production Volume kg: Facility production volume in kg
• Production Volume pc/pr: Facility production volume in pc/pr
• No. Workers: The number of workers at the facilities in the selected country
• Climate Control Fac. %: The percentage of facilities with Climate Control in place

Source for the above: Higg FEM

• Ave No. Heat Stress Days: The average number of Heat Stress days that workers will be exposed to in the selected country without climate control measures in place
• Ave No. Heat Stroke Days: The average number of Heat Stroke days that workers will be exposed to in the selected country without climate control measures in place
• Ave No. Heat Discomfort Days: The average number of Heat Discomfort days that workers will be exposed to in the selected country without climate control measures in place

Source for the above: CMIP6 & Foster et al., 2021

Heat Stress

This chart shows the distribution of heat stress exposure levels across supplier locations. Each country’s bar indicates the share of facilities exposed to varying degrees of heat risk, from very low to very high. The donut provides an aggregate view across all countries.

This breakdown helps identify where suppliers are most vulnerable to rising temperatures and supports regional risk comparisons.

Source: CMIP6 & Foster et al., 2021

Facility Hotspots

This scatterplot highlights the relationship between facility scale and heat stress exposure. Plotting heat stroke warning days against number of workers, production volume or other variables can reveal which high-risk facilities may lack mitigation targets.

The red and green dots quickly show where action is or isn’t being taken. Use filters to focus the analysis by risk level or climate control access.

Source: Higg FEM, CMIP6 & Foster et al 2021

Facilities

This table shows details about your facilities projected exposure to extreme heat, including discomfort, stress and stroke warning days. It also displays each facility's heat exposure score, vulnerability rating, and whether climate control systems are in place.

This helps identify which sites are most at risk and where adaptation measures may be needed. A full explanation of each of these metrics can be found in the Methodology.

Click on the blue facility name to open the Facility Summary to explore data visually and identify outliers or trends.

Source: Higg FEM, CMIP6 & Foster et al., 2021

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.