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Climate change is reshaping the financial sector. Financial institutions face growing pressure to decarbonise portfolios, support the transition to a low-carbon economy and demonstrate measurable environmental impact. Together, these pressures create three critical challenges.
Financial regulators and governments increasingly expect financial institutions to identify, assess and manage climate risks while building credible climate transition plans. Without a clear approach, organisations can face:
Investors and regulators are placing greater scrutiny on the environmental outcomes of sustainable finance products. Without transparent and credible reporting, organisations and issuers can face:
As demand for sustainable finance products increases, organisations need robust frameworks and clear eligibility criteria to support credible financing. Without them, organisations can face:
We support your bank, asset management company or private equity firm to tackle these challenges by managing climate risk, building credible transition plans and delivering measurable environmental impact.
Measure financed emissions and understand climate-related risks
Quantify and communicate the environmental impact of your investments.
Develop sustainable finance products that support the low-carbon transition.
A credible climate transition plan starts with understanding your financed emissions, climate risks and regulatory obligations. We help you measure emissions, assess risks and develop transition plans that strengthen portfolio resilience.
What you get:
Climate and nature-related risks assessed across your portfolio
Stakeholders expect greater transparency around the environmental outcomes of sustainable finance products. We help you define, quantify and communicate the environmental impact of sustainable finance products through credible post-issuance reporting for green, sustainability and other labelled bonds.
What you get:
Demand for sustainable finance continues to grow, but products need robust frameworks and clear eligibility criteria to maintain credibility. We help you develop environmental finance frameworks and digital tools that support sustainable financial products.
What you get:
South Pole combines deep climate expertise with global experience to help financial institutions navigate the climate transition with confidence.
As the world's #1 climate advisory and carbon asset developer, our 200+ technical experts have helped 1,000+ companies decarbonise.
Operating in 30+ countries, we combine global best practice with local market and regulatory knowledge.
We support banks on some of their most critical environmental challenges, from portfolio decarbonisation to sustainable finance.
Forbright Bank’s journey toward reducing carbon emissions and transitioning to sustainable funds.
We helped Italy's largest bank launch a climate transition programme that enables businesses to measure emissions, build credible decarbonisation plans and strengthen long-term competitiveness.
South Pole’s sustainable finance learning library brings together the expertise of our global team in one place
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From compliance to carbon credits, South Pole combines specialist advisory, market access and implementation support to help companies reduce risk and move faster from planning to execution.
Build climate disclosures that stand up to audit, regulators and board scrutiny.
Set targets and transition plans that are credible, fundable and deliverable.
Strengthen energy procurement, improve price certainty and deliver on Scope 2 goals.
Turn supplier engagement into measurable reductions and credible progress on Scope 3.
Use high-integrity carbon credits as part of a risk-managed approach to climate action.
Secure ICAO-approved emissions units and build a compliant diversified procurement strategy.
