Module 02

Physical Climate Risk

Flood, fire, heat stress. Scored at the asset level — not country or sector level. The granularity that changes how capital is allocated.

Asset
Scored at the individual facility level — not aggregated to country or sector
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Primary hazard types: flood, wildfire, and heat stress — with more in pipeline
Applicable across every asset class and financial instrument that touches physical infrastructure
Why it matters

Country-level is the wrong resolution.

A factory in a flood plain and a factory on high ground are not the same risk. Existing data products aggregate to country or sector — a level too broad to affect investment decisions. alphaX scores every facility individually, revealing the true dispersion of risk within a portfolio.

The alphaX Difference

Physical reality, financially expressed.

A flood score means nothing to a portfolio manager unless it translates to revenue at risk. alphaX links every physical hazard score to the revenue generated at that facility, enabling direct comparison across asset types, sectors, and geographies.

Hazard Coverage
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Flood Risk

Riverine and coastal flood probability scored at precise facility coordinates. Accounts for 1-in-10, 1-in-50, and 1-in-100 year return periods.

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Wildfire Risk

Burn probability and fire weather index at asset location. Critical for mining, forestry, energy, and agricultural facilities across fire-prone regions.

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Heat Stress

Wet-bulb temperature thresholds and cooling degree days mapped to labour productivity loss and cooling infrastructure cost at facility level.

Asset-Level Scoring

Each of the 10M+ facilities in the alphaX database carries its own physical climate score — not inherited from city or sector averages.

Revenue Linkage

Every hazard score is translated into potential revenue impairment — the metric that matters to investors, lenders, and underwriters.

Portfolio Aggregation

Roll up asset-level scores to fund, sector, or benchmark level. Identify portfolio-wide concentration in high-risk geographies.

Forward-Looking Scenarios

Score physical risk under 1.5°C, 2°C, and 4°C warming pathways. Understand how risk profiles shift under different climate trajectories.

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