What EDHEC Climate Institute does

EDHEC Climate Institute (ECI) is a non-profit academic research division of EDHEC Business School, headquartered in Nice, France, with approximately 36 employees. The institute conducts climate finance research across six programmes — Physical Risks, Transition Risks, Resilience & Transition Technologies, Climate Scenarios, Green Assets, and Climate Regulation & Policies — and serves finance professionals, corporate executives, policymakers, and global investors who need independent, granular climate risk inputs for asset pricing, portfolio construction, regulatory compliance, and strategic planning.

ECI's output mix blends published research (ECI Publications, ECI Insights, Industry Trends & Analysis, Academic Publications, Books) with productized tools: EDHEC CLIRMAP for climate risk mapping, the EXCITE Emulator for scenario analysis, and the July 2026-launched wildfire pair (SecuFire Action for French Fire and Rescue Services and ensemblepourlaforet.fr for public risk forecasting). The wildfire products are co-developed with Climate Innov under a strategic partnership and apply AI combined with satellite data and scientific modeling to deliver real-time, hour-by-hour ignition risk forecasts — a shift from pure research into operational climate services.

The institute is funded primarily through institutional support from EDHEC Business School, research grants, and academic and industry partnerships; pricing is not publicly disclosed and core research outputs and public tools are distributed free of charge. Go-to-market is event-driven — anchored by the annual EDHEC Climate Research Conference, publication channels, and digital distribution — targeting a horizontal base of finance and policy decision-makers rather than named enterprise accounts.

Name

EDHEC Climate Institute

Legal name

EDHEC Climate Institute

Website

https://climateimpact.edhec.edu

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

EDHEC Climate Institute (ECI) is a non-profit climate finance research division of EDHEC Business School in Nice, France, serving finance professionals, policymakers, and global investors. It operates six research programmes and four tools, including AI-powered wildfire prediction products co-developed with Climate Innov.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Climate Finance Research

NAICS

Environmental Consulting Services (54162), Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services (54169)

SIC

Investment Advice (6282)

akta.pro primary industry

Insurance Underwriting, Pricing & Accumulation Tools (P&C, Specialty, Parametric) (EUABALAF)

akta.pro secondary industry

Environmental Data Management Platforms (EHS/EMS, LIMS, ELN, Compliance Data Hubs) (EUAHAKAA)

Keywords

• Climate finance research
• Climate risk modeling
• Wildfire prediction tools
• Transition risk analysis
• Climate scenario modeling

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Research Funding and Institution Support: As a research institute affiliated with EDHEC Business School, the institute operates primarily through institutional funding and research grants. Revenue is generated through academic partnerships, industry collaborations, and potentially publication licensing.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

EDHEC Climate Institute (ECI) is a non-profit climate finance research institute that supports finance professionals and decision-makers through six interconnected research programmes covering Physical Risks, Transition Risks, Resilience & Transition Technologies, Climate Scenarios, Green Assets, and Climate Regulation & Policies. It complements this research with proprietary AI-powered tools (EDHEC CLIRMAP, EXCITE Emulator) and public-facing wildfire prediction products (SecuFire Action, ensemblepourlaforet.fr) developed in partnership with Climate Innov.

Product overview

EDHEC Climate Institute operates as a research-focused climate finance institute offering a portfolio of six interconnected research programmes covering Physical Risks, Transition Risks, Resilience & Transition Technologies, Climate Scenarios, Green Assets, and Climate Regulation & Policies. Supporting these programmes are specialized data visualization tools (EDHEC CLIRMAP and EXCITE Emulator) and public-facing products (ensemblepourlaforet.fr for wildfire risk forecasting and SecuFire Action for professional wildfire prediction). The institute also disseminates findings through publications including ECI Publications, Industry Trends & Analysis, ECI Insights, Academic Publications, and Books. The portfolio is structured around providing finance professionals and decision-makers with actionable climate risk assessment tools and analytics.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• EDHEC CLIRMAP: Data visualization tool for climate-related risk mapping
• EXCITE Emulator
• SecuFire Action
• ensemblepourlaforet.fr

Products and services

• Physical Risks Research Programme

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability2 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Climate InnovcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 8 July 2026EDHEC Climate Institute and Climate Innov formed a strategic partnership to develop complementary wildfire prevention solutions. The collaboration produced SecuFire Action (a real-time wildfire prediction and decision-support tool for French Fire and Rescue Services, local authorities, and public forest managers) and ensemblepourlaforet.fr (a free public wildfire ignition risk forecast platform). The partnership leverages artificial intelligence, satellite data, and scientific modeling to improve risk anticipation and strengthen community protection.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• MSCI: MSCI is the dominant commercial provider of climate and ESG data and analytics (including MSCI Carbon Markets, Climate Value-at-Risk, and acquired Carbon Delta). It serves asset managers and asset owners with physically and transition-risk modeling at global scale, making it the leading commercial incumbent against which EDHEC's research competes for institutional budgets.
• Moody's (Orbit Climate & RMS): Moody's, through 427 (formerly Four Twenty Seven) and RMS, provides physical climate risk scoring and catastrophe modeling for investors and insurers. Its commercial scale and integration with Moody's ratings franchise compete head-on with EDHEC's physical risk and green asset analytics.
• S&P Global (Trucost / The Climate Service): S&P Global, through Trucost and the acquired Climate Service, offers physical climate risk data and scenario analysis to investors and corporates. It directly overlaps EDHEC's Physical Risks, Transition Risks, and Climate Scenarios research programs at a commercial scale.
• Bloomberg (Climate Data & ESG): Bloomberg distributes climate and ESG datasets, including scenario analysis, through its terminal to a global financial audience. Its embedded distribution and brand give it outsized reach in the finance-professional segment that EDHEC Climate Institute explicitly targets.

Peers

• Cambridge Centre for Climate Science / Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership:

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/edhec-climate-institute

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Investors

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M&A

Investments

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