Climate change
Podcast: Investing, climate risk and energy firms
How are investors enabling the move to the low-carbon economy?
Ethical funds balk at Europe’s new disclosure regime
Proposals for 32 reporting criteria are “unmanageable”, complain asset managers
Q&A: New York Fed’s Stiroh on climate change and Covid
Co-chair of Basel task force discusses possible supervisory approaches to climate risk
Power surge: the evolution of PPAs
Energy industry expert looks at key developments in the power purchase agreements market
Carbon pricing paths to a greener future, and potential roadblocks to public companies’ creditworthiness
In this paper, the authors introduce a valuation-based approach to estimate how energy transition risk may impact the creditworthiness of public companies globally within the next thirty years.
Rise of ethical swaps brings hedging questions
Banks ponder how to offset risks of ESG derivatives – or whether hedging is even desirable
Climate charges, CCP contagion and the post-Libor world
The week on Risk.net, May 23-29, 2020
Count them in? Big US banks mull PCAF carbon standard
BofA, Citi and Wells Fargo looking to adopt emissions standard popular with EU lenders
ECB lays foundations for climate risk capital charge
New guide will influence capital management, but pillar two charges likely to await EBA report
Carbon tax spike could spur global recession – S&P
Higher carbon prices would trigger widespread industry defaults, says agency research unit
For ESG raters, clearer skies still signal stasis
As Covid-19 tamps down environmental risk, rating agencies are unmoving on ESG scoring
Climate risk – Special report 2020
As governments worldwide focus on the coronavirus (Covid‑19) pandemic amid plummeting demand for fossil fuels, it may seem climate change has dropped down the global agenda. Firms that don’t assess the climate risk in their portfolios, or hedge or divest…
Global investing under water? – Climate change could leave equities exposed
As impending global changes brought about by climate change loom, one issue in particular threatens to cause massive losses to institutional investors – rising sea levels. David Lunsford and Boris Prahl, of MSCI, explore where, despite the efforts of…
A sea change – Driving awareness to confront climate risk
Amid a global push towards green policies, the reality of overhauling how industries worth trillions of dollars operate is causing concern. A forum of market participants and sponsors of this report discuss the levels of awareness of climate risk and its…
The impact of climate change on banks
Over the past few years, concern and public discussion around environmental damage and climate change – and their social impacts – have increased dramatically. Peter Plochan, principal risk management advisor at SAS, discusses some key ideas to allow…
FCA consults on new climate risk disclosures
Push would stop short of compulsory reporting
Climate risk management – A self-assessment of progress
Due to a combination of increasing social pressure, demands for better disclosure from investors and emerging regulation, companies are increasingly questioning the extent to which they are incorporating climate change into their global risk management…
Top 10 op risks 2020: geopolitical risk
Nationalism, trade wars and epidemics make for a heady cocktail
Adapting to technological change in op risk management
Baker McKenzie‘s Jonathan Peddie explains how the role of operational risk manager has evolved in recent years, how financial firms are managing increasing demand for data privacy and transparency, and how technological advancements over the coming…
ICAAP/ILAAP – Unlocking business value from capital and liquidity assessment
Regulators consider banks’ internal capital adequacy and assessment process (ICAAP) and internal liquidity adequacy assessment process (ILAAP) important tools in managing risk. The European Central Bank’s (ECB’s) updated guidance – which came into effect…
Climate stress, Libor triggers and life beyond silos
The week on Risk.net, January 25–31, 2020
Show don’t tell: BoE’s climate stress test dilemma
Making the test easier to run could come at the expense of building risk management capacity
Ready or not – a low-carbon economy is coming
Government and business must avert disorderly move away from fossil fuels, says Geneva Association’s Maryam Golnaraghi