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Sustainability Report
Environment
Climate change can no longer be
considered a myth. It’s more prevalent
than ever, it is impacting us around the
globe, and is expected to worsen with
extreme weather events increasing
in frequency. Without strong, fast
and coordinated action we will reach
the point of no return, where climate
change and extreme weather events
will make detrimental, long-term
changes to the world in which we live
In 2024, the global average near-surface
temperature reached 1.55°C (an increase of
0.13°C on the previous year) above the preindustrial levels, making it the warmest year
in 175-year observation record. This negative
milestone marks the 昀椀rst calendar year to
exceed the 1.5°C threshold, highlighting the
accelerating speed of climate around the
world.
Data collected in January 2025 showed
the trend that started in 2024 continues,
becoming even more rapid and signi昀椀cant.
January was the warmest month on record
with a 1.75°C increase above the pre-industrial
level, becoming the 18th month in the last 19
months when the global-average surface air
temperature was more than 1.5°C.
Through these negative milestones, the Paris
Climate Agreement set to keep the long-term
rise in global temperature this century below
2°C, and to make every e昀昀ort to keep it under
1.5°C, is not enough.
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
attributes the unprecedented warming to
record-high greenhouse gas concentrations,
compounded by El Niño conditions amongst
other climate indicators that set new negative
records these years.
According to the WMO, this period marked
some irreversible trends such as rising sea
levels, ocean warming, glaciers melting,
昀氀oods, droughts and extreme tropical storms,
emphasising the urgent need for enhanced
early warning systems and climate services to
protect communities, the environment and the
global economy.1
In this negative environmental scenario,
Access is committed to helping prevent the
impact of global climate change by reducing
our environmental footprint, enhancing
resource e昀케ciency, and supporting the
transition to a more sustainable, low-carbon
future.
Access reports on the Climate-related
Financial Disclosures (CFD) and has adopted
the Taskforce on Climate-related Financial
Disclosures (TCFD) framework. As part of our
strategy for FY25, we analysed and reassessed
four di昀昀erent climate scenarios that would
lead to our further actions and business
development.
In the assessing process, we used the
following Representative Concentration
Pathways (RCP) – RCP 1.9, RCP 2.6, RCP 4.5
and RCP 8.5, representing future potential
concentrations of greenhouse gases in the
atmosphere.
1
https://wmo.int/publication-series/state-of-global-climate-2024
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