Cape Town · Physical exposureFACILITY

GSK · manufacturing · Cape Town, ZA · -33.922, 18.426

basis: MEASURED · confidence: 0.65 · status: active

Combined risk & exposure

Radial: current state · Sparklines: 2023 / 30 / 50 / 80

Trajectory across horizons

Water stress5.00 → 5.00

Aqueduct 4.0 BWS score at the HydroBASINS L6 watershed containing the site.

Water depletion5.00 → 5.00

Aqueduct 4.0 BWD score — cumulative extraction against replenishment at the same watershed.

Deforestation382 ha cumulative → extrapolated +2690 ha

Hansen Global Forest Change tree-cover loss within 5km; forward horizons extrapolated from 2019-2023 loss rate.

Grid carbon699 gCO₂/kWh → 270 gCO₂/kWh

Ember observed gCO₂/kWh for the country; IEA STEPS for 2030 / 2050 projection.

Country energy context · South Africa

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Grid CO₂ intensity

699

gCO₂/kWh · 2025

0.00

200

400

600

800

median 336.28

South Africa · 699.29 · FY2025 ↓

Ember Climate (observed + generation mix) · IEA STEPS (2030/2050 projection) · rank 89/94

Generation mix

18%

clean · 2025

Solar 8%Wind 5%Hydro 1%Nuclear 4%Bioenergy 0%

Power capacity pipeline

33 GW

in flight · 65% clean

Solar15 GW

Oil & gas10 GW

Wind5.4 GW

Hydro1.5 GW

Coal1.5 GW

Bioenergy17 MW

Construction (solid) + pre-construction (light). Source GEM.

Grid intensity outlook

2030510gCO₂/kWh▼ 27%

2050270gCO₂/kWh▼ 61%

IEA STEPS · published policy trajectory

Physical climate

Current state + 2030 / 2050 / 2080 horizons (NEX-GDDP, Aqueduct Future, CoastalDEM, UKCP18)

Business as usual

Indicator	2030	2050	2080
Water stress (0–5)	5.0	5.0	5.0
Water depletion (0–5)	5.0	5.0	5.0
Interannual variability (0–5)	2.2	2.2	2.4
Seasonal variability (0–5)	2.5	2.5	2.6

Pessimistic

Indicator	2030	2050	2080
Water stress (0–5)	5.0	5.0	5.0
Water depletion (0–5)	5.0	5.0	5.0
Interannual variability (0–5)	2.1	2.0	2.2
Seasonal variability (0–5)	2.5	2.6	2.7

Nature dependency

Water (Aqueduct + sector-weighted lens), biodiversity, soil

Water — sector-weighted lens

1.43 Low-Medium (office lens)

Watershed: Western Cape, South Africa · aq30 3155

Hydrology context

Major basin: Indian Ocean (ex 189) and South Atlantic (ex 154, 158, 350, 352, 353, 372) · coastal

Water — Aqueduct baseline indicators

BWS — Water stress

5.00

Extremely High (>80%)

BWD — Depletion

5.00

Extremely High (>75%)

RFR — Riverine flood

0.67

Low (0 to 1 in 1,000)

CFR — Coastal flood

0.00

Low (0 to 9 in 1,000,000)

DRR — Drought

2.87

Medium (0.4-0.6)

UDW — Drinking water

0.40

USA — Sanitation

2.26

Biodiversity — protected areas

No protected areas within 30km (currently PAD-US US-only; KBA + national PAs Wave 2 pending).

Soil

SoilGrids / Living England — Wave 3/5 pending

Nature impact

Emissions, fire, deforestation

Fire (FIRMS, last 7 days)

26 fires within 50km · nearest 13 km

Air quality (PM2.5)

Nearest station Foreshore-NAQI (1 km) — no recent PM2.5 measurement.

Asset emissions (Climate TRACE, within 50km)

2 assets · 668.6 ktCO₂e/yr aggregate

Acacia power station — electricity-generation/ · 75.7 ktCO₂e (2024) · 11 km
Ankerlig power station — electricity-generation/ · 592.8 ktCO₂e (2024) · 37.1 km

Deforestation (Hansen GFC, 5km buffer)

Loss 2001-2023 within 5km

382.20

hectares

Loss 2019-2023 (recent)

244.50

hectares

Canopy cover (2000 baseline)

1.75

% in 1km

Operational + social

Buildings, grid carbon, workforce

Buildings

Microsoft + Google footprints + EPC — Wave 3 pending

Grid carbon intensity

2025 · now

699.29

gCO₂/kWh

2030 · STEPS

510

gCO₂/kWh-27%

2050 · STEPS

270

gCO₂/kWh-61%

Country lookup (ZA) · Ember 2024 + IEA WEO 2024 STEPS

Workforce

ONS / BLS just-transition — Wave 6 pending

Disclosure-ready outputs

TNFD-LEAP / IFRS-S2 / SBTN / EUDR / BNG / SBTi-FLAG fragments

Applicable frameworks

TCFD, IFRS-S2, CSRD, EU ETS, EU eMARS

wave_5_pending — composed from bakes once P1-P4 populated

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