Sustainable Financial Services
Trends in Financial Services
Across the financial services industry; from commercial and investment banking to diversified asset management, from capital markets to private equity and insurance; ESG issues are material to accessing capital.
The importance of sustainability considerations into global financial services has become central to strategic management of opportunities and risks. ESG (Environment, Social & Governance) Risks are now seen as mainstream financial considerations driving the integration of ESG Risk and Enterprise Risk Management (ERM). Moreover, climate related financial disclosures are an expectation as stakeholders in the financial markets increasingly demand decision-useful, climate-related information. According to the World Economic Forum’s Global Risks Report 2020, for the first time the top five risks by likelihood were environmental.
The key question facing businesses in the sector is how to get direct action in sustainable investing and how to meet the evolving standard requirements to maximise the commercial opportunity available and be considered prudent from a risk perspective. Sustainable financial services must drive performance and mitigate risks through collaboration and transformation to build long-term value. Anthesis’ financial advisory consultants support the financial services sector in its transition toward a low-carbon economy by aligning growth with due diligence.
Sustainability in the Financial Services Industry
The financial services industry has a crucial role to play in funding the response to climate change to prevent a greater than 2-degree global warming scenario. A failure to address sustainability topics result in measurable financial and societal losses. However, engaging with modern sustainable finance practices can drive impactful growth that can facilitate the transition to a low carbon economy, encourage growth and protect financial and business institutions from climate-related risks.
Accessing capital
All financial firms must put in place the procedures to show they are looking for ESG risks and opportunities and assessing them. To close the gap between current state and stakeholder expectations, they must integrate sustainable finance methods and ESG into investment decision making, portfolio risk management, operational improvements, portfolio companies and investment holding assessments and reporting to LPs.
Financial Sector Expertise
With over 100+ years of combined experience, Anthesis’ global team has the expertise to help financial institutions identify risks and opportunities for capital formation around decarbonisation, ESG and other sustainability topics. We support clients in understanding the landscape to proactively avoid ESG risks and position their company to capture growth in ESG & Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR).



Tools for Supporting the Financial Sector
RiskHorizon – The purpose made tool helps legal advisors, investors, finance professionals and deal makers to identify the material ESG risks and opportunities at an early stage of the deal cycle and take full account of the relevant issues throughout the transaction life cycle. It is a ground-breaking, cost-effective, web-based tool spanning millions of data points from more than 175 countries, covering 30+ global risks – economic, environmental, technical, social and geo-political.
Clean CO2 – a carbon management tool that allows companies and events to offset and reduce their carbon footprint. It accompanies users throughout the process of neutralising their company’s activities and greenhouse gas emissions, helping them to achieve carbon neutrality by investing in projects to reduce emissions, such as energy efficiency, renewable energies and carbon sinks.
Footprinter – is the leading technology platform for enterprise sustainability. Customers use Footprinter to expand the scope, reach and impact of their sustainability programs.
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