{"id":72888,"date":"2024-07-12T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-12T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lse.ac.uk\/granthaminstitute\/?post_type=news&#038;p=72888"},"modified":"2024-08-16T10:20:31","modified_gmt":"2024-08-16T09:20:31","slug":"evolving-drivers-of-esg-integration-in-bank-credit-risk-assessments","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.lse.ac.uk\/granthaminstitute\/news\/evolving-drivers-of-esg-integration-in-bank-credit-risk-assessments\/","title":{"rendered":"Evolving drivers of ESG integration in bank credit risk assessments"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<?xml encoding=\"UTF-8\"><p>In this commentary for the Centre for Economic Transition Expertise (CETEx), Lea Reitmeier reviews the regulatory and business environment for banks in Europe and explains why integrating environmental, social and governance risks into credit assessments is becoming more than a regulatory baseline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a class=\"link link--external\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/cetex.org\/publications\/evolving-drivers-of-esg-integration-in-bank-credit-risk-assessments\/\" aria-describedby=\"link-description-new-window\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\">External link to commentary.&#65279;<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewbox=\"0 0 16 16\" role=\"img\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M14.42 1.04L3.2.7a.8.8 0 00-.8.76v.1a.8.8 0 00.76.7l9.39.3L.93 14.16c-.3.3-.3.8 0 1.1l.09.08c.3.23.73.2 1.01-.07L13.65 3.65l.29 9.4a.8.8 0 00.8.76.79.79 0 00.77-.8L15.17 1.8a.82.82 0 00-.75-.76z\" fill=\"#2e3152\"><\/path><\/svg><\/a><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<?xml encoding=\"UTF-8\"><p>The integration of environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations, including on climate change, into banks&rsquo; decision-making processes has been given more importance over the last few years, predominantly driven by regulatory pressures &ndash; especially in the EU.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":72889,"template":"","tags":[1850,1079,88,401,1085],"news-category":[16],"topic_area":[4694],"class_list":["post-72888","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-climate-risk","tag-esg","tag-europe","tag-regulation","tag-sustainable-finance","news-category-20-commentary","topic_area-policy-evaluation"],"acf":{"exclude_from_sync":{"ref_value":"field_560538b0e7350","value":"0","type":false,"post_type":""},"show_translations_widget":{"ref_value":"field_6203d588c41e8","value":"0","type":false,"post_type":""},"downloads":{"ref_value":"field_52f16cc1a80f2","value":false,"type":"repeater","post_type":""},"rss_newsletter":{"ref_value":"field_54f5c2c1544d8","value":"","type":false,"post_type":""},"profile_link":{"ref_value":"field_52f164b5189e9","value":["lea-reitmeier"],"type":"relationship","post_type":"profile"},"article_link":{"ref_value":"field_52eee3c7f0586","value":"","type":false,"post_type":""},"article_link_title":{"ref_value":"field_5322399d89d42","value":"","type":false,"post_type":""},"spotlight":{"ref_value":"field_52f80896506d3","value":"","type":false,"post_type":""}},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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