ESG
ESG is the acronym for this phrase
What is Environmental Social Governance?
GHG is the acronym for this phrase
What is Greenhouse gas?
This is the year Assured started its partnership with the Billion Oyster Project
What is 2023?
This is the greenhouse gas we track in our model (or convert other gasses to equivalent amounts)
What is Carbon Dioxide?
This is the federal program responsible for flood insurance
What is the NFIP (National Flood Insurance Program)?
This type of bond may help fund projects like green infrastructure or social housing
What is a green bond?
This GHG is the leading driver of climate change
What is Carbon Dioxide (CO2)?
This is how much sewage NYC treats per day
What is 1.3 billion gallons?
This is Assured Guaranty's single largest source of GHG emissions (activity not scope!)
What is Air Travel?
Hurricane Maria made landfall on Puerto Rico in this year
What was 2017?
This term refers to falsely presenting a company as more environmentally friendly than it is
What is greenwashing?
This recent global event dramatically reduced global GHG emissions
What is COVID-19?
CSO is the acronym for when untreated sewage and excess rainwater are simultaneously dumped into the NY harbor
What is the acronym for Combined Sewer Overflow?
This is the scope Assured Guaranty produces the LEAST amount of GHG in
What is scope one?
Wildfires completely destroyed this Californian town in 2018
What is Paradise California?
These groups promote communities and connections across the firm
What is an ERG (Employee Resource Group)?
GHG produced from purchasing energy used to power offices, steam, and cooling systems are a part of this scope
What is scope two?
This is how many cups/lids Assured reduced in waste in 2024 (for the full year)
What is over 20 thousand cups/lids?
This activity used to be Assured's #1 emitter of GHG in 2018
What is electricity consumption?
This is the name of the sole electricity provider in Puerto Rico that Suffered over 300 million in damages due to Maria
What is the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA)?
ESG emphasizes the importance of these types of factors and the impact they can have on an organization
What are non-financial factors?
This is the wavelength of light GHG absorb that causes global warming
What is infrared light?
This is how much water an Oyster can filter in a day
What is 50 gallons (1 bathtub) per day?
This is the total amount of GHG assured released in all three scopes in 2023
What is 3.5 million kilos? (accept anything within 100k kilos)
This the amount of money FEMA has awarded to California in response to the 2018 Camp fire
What is over $163 million? (Accept any answer within 10 million)