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Professor Francisco Ascui

Professor, Environmental Accounting

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Biography

Francisco is an internationally recognised expert in environmental accounting, finance and risk management. He has a PhD in carbon accounting from the University of Edinburgh, an MBA from the University of Cambridge and an MSc in Environmental Change and Management from the University of Oxford.

Francisco worked for ten years in international energy and carbon markets before moving into academia in 2009. At the University of Edinburgh Business School, between 2009 and 2014, he co-founded and directed the Centre for Business and Climate Change and developed the world’s first MSc in Carbon Finance. In 2015, his work on carbon accounting was identified by the UK Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) as one of 50 landmark research contributions over the last 50 years.

In recent years, he has pioneered the development of standardised approaches and open data infrastructure to support natural capital accounting, reporting and risk assessment. In addition to his academic roles, he also works as an independent consultant, with experience spanning over 100 projects in more than 20 countries.

Fields of research

  • Sustainability accounting and reporting
  • Environment and climate finance
  • Greenhouse gas inventories and fluxes

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  • Publications

Nature on the balance sheet: Accountability for Nature Positive