The European Central Bank’s (ECB) expectation that banks “fully” account for their climate risks on their balance sheets is serious business, starting with uncertain data and leading up through to the future projections that each institution makes about climate change. Unlike environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria for investing, which is becoming business as usual more and more, the assessment of climate risks on bank balance sheets could be messy and bring heavy new costs.
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