Climate Safe
Lending Network
An international multi-stakeholder collaborative dedicated to accelerating the decarbonization of the banking sector to secure a climate-safe world.
Read our latest reports:
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Lessons from the Inside: drawn from the first cohort of the pioneering Climate Safe Lending Fellowship, this report captures the unique perspectives and insights of those working inside banks working tirelessly to enable transformation from the inside out.
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The Climate Impact and Untapped Power of Corporate Cash: this report provides a groundbreaking analysis of the hidden climate impact of corporate finances, making it possible to understand the scale of emissions generated by a company’s cash, investments, and financial practices.
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A practical, actionable guide and additional resources for banks to create effective climate transition plans.
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This report highlights the need for a bold approach to financial regulation and outlines practical policies a regulator could adopt if given the responsibility of regulating the financial system in line with a climate-safe future
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This report sets out an integrated mechanism, along with practical tools, for banking institutions that commit to demonstrating leadership in addressing climate change.
The Climate Safe Lending Network creates collaborative spaces that continuously and provocatively nudge the debate towards more progressive perspectives on climate safe lending practices based on scientific insight and genuine consideration of social equity.
The Network convenes spaces for lending institutions and wider parts of the financial system — including investors, clients, regulators, policy makers, academics, and civil society organizations — to collectively align bank lending with climate safe scenarios that contain emissions to a 1.5C degree temperature increase and incorporate strategies for a socially equitable and just transition.
Network Strategy
The Climate Safe Lending Network is committed to deep collaboration because no one part of the system, indeed no one bank, can bring about the scale of change needed. We convene as a network to discover what is working, what is needed, and what must change in order to effectively reshape bank lending and policy and call forth leadership for change.
Our Goal: By 2025, bank lending globally is consistent with staying below a 1.5°C global temperature increase.
The Climate Safe Lending Network runs a fellowship program for climate intrapreneurs from banks across the world, a policy initiative focused on regulatory and policy intervention, and brings together diverse perspectives on climate strategies relevant for banks into publications, such as The Good Transition Plan, launched at COP26.