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How Corporate Carbon Budgets Are Reshaping Capital Allocation
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- Jul 13, 2026
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Episode 109 of Climate Economics with Fexingo: Lucas and Luna dive into the quiet revolution inside corporate finance departments — how internal carbon budgets are turning into hard capital constraints. Using Microsoft's $15 billion climate innovation fund as the opening case, they explore how companies from oil majors to tech giants are assigning a 'shadow price' to carbon, sometimes over $100 per ton, and how that changes project approval, M&A, and even compensation. Lucas cites data from CDP showing over 2,000 companies now use internal carbon pricing, up from just 150 a decade ago. They discuss the tension between profit and planet, the risk of 'green hushing' as companies stop publicizing goals, and whether this trend could make external carbon pricing redundant. No ads — listener-supported at buy me a coffee dot com slash fexingo. #CarbonBudget #InternalCarbonPrice #ShadowPrice #CapitalAllocation #CorporateFinance #ClimateEconomics #Microsoft #CDP #CarbonPricing #ESG #GreenHushing #SustainabilityCosts #ClimatePolicy #Economics #BusinessPodcast #FexingoBusiness #Podcast #ClimateFinance Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo