Justine Bolton

Justine is currently studying a PhD in carbon accounting through the University of Edinburgh Business School, having recently completed a master’s degree in carbon management at the University of Edinburgh. She works at FirstRand Group in South Africa, managing climate change resilience within the group; and measuring, managing and reporting the carbon footprint as well as climate related risks and opportunities of the business’ operations in line with the recommendations of the TCFD.
She has worked on FirstRand's annual CDP response, setting science-based targets for operational GHG emissions reductions, establishing an internal shadow carbon price for the group, and improving water and energy management across FirstRand's operations. Research as part of her PhD studies will assist Justine to measure financed emissions in the bank’s lending and investment portfolio so as to support work being done across the group to manage portfolio climate related risks and opportunities.