Accelerating Singapore’s transition to an environmentally sustainable economy
As part of the vision to make Singapore the leading centre for green finance in Asia, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has issued guidelines on environmental risk management for financial institutions (FIs), namely banks, asset managers and insurers.
In our quick read, we provide an overview on what the MAS guidelines mean for your business and how we can help you put in place robust environmental risk management policies and processes, bringing you a step closer to realising your sustainable future.
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What you need to know
Banks, asset managers and insurers must integrate governance, risk management and disclosure of environmental risk within their existing risk assessment frameworks.
These guidelines aim to enhance the resilience of FIs to environmental risk and strengthen the role of Singapore’s financial sector in supporting the transition to an environmentally sustainable economy. FIs are given 18 months to assess and meet these guidelines.
The guidelines set out the MAS’ expectations for FIs in three main areas:
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Supporting you in building trust and driving your strategic agenda
As demand and stakeholders’ expectations for environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) continue to rise, integrating environmental risks in your risk management framework is now more crucial than ever to building trust and driving your strategic agenda. It is essential to focus on developing and assessing the adequacy of your environmental risk management processes.
Our sustainability and climate change professionals can help you to:
1. Govern and supervise
Perform gap analysis of governance framework for managing environmental risks, including insights on standard industry practice. Plan for board and senior management training on environmental risks and related governance processes.
2. Identify and assess
Conduct firm and portfolio level assessments (e.g. exposures to material environmental risk factors using agreed-upon benchmarks, carbon intensity calculations, quantify investments in climate positive sectors) as well as environmental scenario modelling and risk assessments.
3. Monitor and manage
Assess and propose enhancements on end-to-end environmental risk management framework and current environmental risk mitigation measures, analysis of environmental risk related metrics.
4. Prepare for disclosure
Perform gap analysis on Taskforce on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) readiness, benchmarking of disclosures against peers and standard industry practice, gain clarity on environmental risks related data points for disclosure.
Read the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) guidelines on environmental risk management for banks, asset managers and insurers.
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Fang Eu-Lin
Sustainability and Climate Change Practice Leader, PwC Singapore
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