Why is it important?

Climate change is no longer a distant economic externality, it’s a defining market force reshaping risk, resilience, and value. Yet corporate treasury decisions have rarely been evaluated through a climate resilience lens. A lack of transparency, inconsistent reporting, and fragmented standards have left treasurers without clear tools to assess how their banking partners and strategies are exposed to climate-related risk, creating blind spots that threaten both performance and stability.

Applying a climate resilience lens to financial management is now a strategic imperative. Treasurers who adopt this approach safeguard their organizations against transition and reputational risks while aligning liquidity and returns with global climate goals. Directing capital toward banks and products advancing climate resilience not only protects the balance sheet but also contributes to the systemic shift required for a stable, low-carbon economy.

In short: climate risk is financial risk. Therefore, climate-resilient financial management is sound financial management.