Our evaluation approach

We want to ensure the solutions we award are robust, scalable, and feasible.

Our Judging Lenses

We use our Judging Lenses to ensure we are progressing solutions which can develop beyond the CIC. 

  • Can your solution realistically attract investment, allocate risk appropriately and sustain itself under realistic market conditions?

  • Does your solution enable measurable climate outcomes which existing financial mechanisms fail to deliver?

  • Can your solution be replicated beyond a unique transaction and scale across the market?

  • Is your solution underpinned by robust governance to mitigate risks, facilitate monitoring, reporting and validating, making it prime for execution?

Innovative Financing Mechanisms

  • Does your tool or metric meaningfully inform real-world financial or investment decisions, and is there a credible user and adoption pathway?

  • Does your tool or metric mitigate against misleading signals and measures a material factor, leading to improved climate or environmental outcomes?

  • Can your tool or metric scale across assets, geographies, sectors, or users (all where relevant) without requiring fundamental recalibration?

  • Is your tool or metric methodologically robust, underpinned by strong governance and fit for scrutiny from stakeholders in the market?

Climate Analytics

AI may be used for background research to support the development of a solution. Any background information presented which has been developed with the use of AI must be clearly referenced to reflect the use of such technology. 

AI may not be used to formulate an entire solution, tool or metric, and teams should not, under any circumstances, present content which has been the product of AI without a clear reference to this. No AI must be presented as team members’ own work. 

If AI has been used at any point in the development of a solution, tool or metric, teams must submit an AI Statement within their Concept Note Template and Business Case Deck, if selected to proceed to Stage 2. This Statement should reflect:  

  • How AI was used and what information presented is underpinned by the use of AI 

  • Which AI platform and version was used

  • Steps the team took to actively ensure the information generated from AI was accurate, sound and robust 

  • A clear statement which acknowledges the use of AI in the submitted materials 

Any teams found to not adhere to the guidance above will be disqualified.

Guidance on the use of Artificial Intelligence

Our expert judges

Multi-sector experts support our evaluation to ensure promising solutions are progressed to the final stage of the CIC.  

Our final event hosts a panel of expert judges ready to select the ultimate winners of the CIC.