Dr Francisco Ascui

Professor Environmental Accounting: Dr Francisco Ascui

Francisco is an internationally recognised expert in environmental accounting, finance and risk management. He has a PhD in carbon accounting, an MBA and an MSc in Environmental Change and Management. He worked for ten years in international energy and carbon markets before moving into academia in 2009. At the University of Edinburgh Business School between 2009 and 2014 he co-founded and directed the Centre for Business and Climate Change and developed the world’s first MSc in Carbon Finance. In 2015 his work on carbon accounting was identified by the UK Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) as one of 50 landmark research contributions over the last 50 years and in recent years he has pioneered the development of a standardised methodology for natural capital risk assessment .

Email: ff.ascui@federation.edu.au
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6036-3987

Publications

Journals

Smith, G., Ascui, F., O’Grady, A., & Pinkard., E. (2024). Indicators for measuring and reporting corporate nature-related impacts, dependencies, and risks. Environmental and Sustainability Indicators, 22, 100351. doi.org/10.1016/j.indic.2024.100351

Collaço de Carvalh, S.H., Cojoianu, T., & Ascui, F. (2022). From impacts to dependencies: A first global assessment of corporate biodiversity risk exposure and responses. Business Strategy and the Environment, 1-5. DOI: doi.org/10.1002/bse.3142

Ascui, F., Ball, A., Kahn, L., & Rowe, J. (2021). Is operationalising natural capital credit risk assessment practicable? Ecosystem Services, 52 (101364): 1-13. doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2021.101364

Brander, M., Ascui, F., Scott, V., & Tett, S. (2021). Carbon Accounting for Negative Emissions Technologies, Climate Policy, 21 (5): 699-717. doi.org/10.1080/14693062.2021.1878009

Cojoianu, T. F., Ascui, F., Clark, G. L., Hoepner, A. G. F., & Wójcik, D. (2021). ‘Does the fossil fuel divestment movement impact new oil and gas fundraising?’, Journal of Economic Geography, 21 (1): 141-164.

Smith, G. S., Ascui, F., O’Grady, A. P., & Pinkard, E. A. (2021). Materiality assessment of natural capital risks in Australian forestry, Current Forestry Reports 7: 282-304. doi.org/10.1007/s40725-021-00147-6
Conference papers, presentations and abstracts

Pawsey, N., Ascui, F., Frost, N., & Wills, B. (2023). Corporate soil reporting: Opportunities and agri-business/investor preferences. Soil Science Australia Conference, 25-30 June 2023, Darwin, NT.
Reports and other publications

Ascui, F., Fest, B., Hansen, B., Mitchell, M., & Walters, J. (2023). Nature-related Risk Assessment: Rangelands Soil Carbon. Sydney: Food Agility CRC. www.foodagility.com/documents/report-nature-related-risk-assessment-for-rangelands-soil-carbon

Friend, J., Schapel, A., Robinson, N., Andersson, K., & Ascui, F. (2023). Scoping Study of Soil Management in Livestock Grazing Systems. North Sydney: Meat and Livestock Australia. www.mla.com.au/contentassets/af92fef01ec142e3ab7a607b32c03d79/bpas.0009-final-report.pdf

Pawsey, N., Ascui, F., Frost, M., & Wills, B. (2023). Improving the Visibility of Soil Health in Corporate Reporting. AASB Research Centre Working Paper 23-01. dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4414565

Smith, G. S., Ascui, F., O’Grady, A., & Pinkard, L. (2023). The Natural Capital Handbook: A practical guide to corporate natural capital accounting, assessment, risk assessment and reporting. Hobart: CSIRO.

Muslemani, H., Ascui, F., Liang, X., Kaesehage, K., & Wilson, J. (2022). Steeling the race: ‘Green steel’ as the new clean material in the automotive sector. The Oxford Institute for Energy Studies Paper: ET 09, Oxford UK. 31p. www.oxfordenergy.org/publications/steeling-the-race-green-steel-as-the-new-clean-material-in-the-automotive-sector/