OS Hub Spotlight: Environment & Climate

Environment & Climate

This section shows whether environmental and climate data is available for this production location through integrations with Spotlight Partners. Environmental and climate data covers a production location's exposure to environmental hazards and climate-related risks - such as flood risk, wildfire risk, heat and humidity levels, water stress, and biodiversity - as well as other environmental risk indicators, such as exposure to toxic chemicals.

Where did this data come from?

OS Hub acts as a connector, surfacing where environmental and climate data exists and linking to the relevant partner platform that holds it. The presence of a data point here means that one or more OS Hub partners have environmental or climate data linked to this production location's OS ID or to the geographic area where the facility is located. Each partner's data reflects their own methodology and scope.

Because much of this data is geographic rather than facility-specific, a data point may reflect conditions or risks associated with the region where a production location operates, rather than an assessment of the facility itself. This does not mean these are the only environmental or climate datasets relevant to this production location. Let us know if you have environmental or climate data you'd like to add.

How can you use this data?

There are many ways you might analyze or factor this information into your programs.

The specific use cases will depend on the datasets available for a given location, but could include:

  • Assessing exposure to environmental and climate-related risks, including flooding, wildfires, extreme heat, water stress, biodiversity risks, and pollution or chemical-related risks.
  • Informing risk mitigation, climate adaptation, and supply chain resilience planning, including where additional investigation or action may be needed.
  • Supporting engagement with suppliers, workers, communities, or other stakeholders around location-specific environmental and climate risks.
  • Supporting environmental due diligence and reporting under relevant regulatory or voluntary sustainability frameworks.

Note that accessing the full data may require an account or subscription with the partner. Follow the link to the partner's website to find out more about access requirements. Even without full access, knowing that data exists can support all of the use cases above.

Check out specific case studies from each of the partners below for additional inspiration.

From the Partners

HeatWatch Temperature & Humidity

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HeatWatch is a women-led climate adaptation organization founded by Apekshita Varshney in response to India’s rapidly worsening extreme heat crisis. Her reporting across the country exposed the crisis’s deep and uneven burden, and how inadequate current responses remain. That experience shaped our commitment to documenting the crisis and advancing solutions grounded in economic and social justice. HeatWatch produces decision-relevant research rooted in lived realities, combining data, research, and community knowledge to generate actionable insights that strengthen advocacy and inform decision-making for policymakers, businesses, and allied actors.

Data points

  • Minimum temperature (C): The daily minimum temperature at the coordinates nearest to the facility.
  • Maximum temperature (C): The daily maximum temperature at the coordinates nearest to the facility.
  • Average humidity (%): The daily average relative humidity at the coordinates nearest to the facility, computed as a simple average of the daily minimum and maximum humidity values.
  • Measurement date: The calendar date to which the temperature and humidity data refer.
  • HeatWatch facility profile: A link to the facility's profile on HeatWatch's dashboard, where additional information and data for other time periods can be explored.

Methodology

Read about our methodology on HeatWatch's website.

Coverage

At launch, the dataset covers close to 13,000 textile production locations in India.

Update frequency

The data is updated on a quarterly basis. For more recent data, visit the HeatWatch dashboard.

How Others Use This Data

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Planet Tracker PFAS litigation risk

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Planet Tracker is an award-winning non-profit think tank focused on sustainable finance. We engage directly with the financial system and corporate management to drive transformation of global financial activities, achieve real-world change in our means of production, and align investment with a resilient, just, net-zero, and nature-positive economy. Our purpose is to ensure that capital markets’ investment and lending decisions are aligned with sustainable business practices and support a just transition.

Planet Tracker’s PFAS litigation risk provides comparative, indicator‑based scores for 1,082 companies and 5,248 facilities, combining EPA, EU, and trade data with sector, regulatory, and geographic indicators. It is intended solely as a research and risk‑screening tool for investors and supply chain teams rather than a prediction of legal liability. 

Data points

  • PFAS Litigation Risk Score: Indicates this facility has a PFAS litigation risk score; click through to view the score on Planet Tracker's dashboard. For more information about how the risk score is calculated, check the Methodology section below.

Methodology

Planet Tracker's PFAS Litigation Risk Score combines five weighted components — company PFAS activity, country regulation, sector profile, area pollution and population concentration — into a dynamic weighted average. Facilities are identified from EPA TRI/TSCA CDR, the EU PFAS Data Hub and Panjiva trade data, then mapped to public-company parents via GLEIF, OpenCorporates and FactSet. Indicator selection was reviewed with practicing lawyers for legal relevance; weights reflect expert judgement, not a statistical backtest. Full methodology can be found on Planet Tracker's website (About & Methodology tab).

Coverage

The data on OS Hub cover PFAS litigation risk scores for 3,112 facilities across the PFAS-relevant manufacturing, chemicals, and consumer goods sectors, concentrated in the United States and Europe.

Update frequency

Updated periodically, typically one time per year; scores represent a point-in-time snapshot.

How Others Use This Data

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