Climate Targets & Transition Plans
Strategic focus on Net Zero for financial institutions
Climate targets and transition plans are of central importance for financial institutions, as they structure and secure the strategic orientation towards a climate-neutral economy. They enable climate risks to be systematically identified, managed and made transparent - in particular physical risks and transition risks due to regulation, market changes and technological disruption.
At the same time, credible transition plans create the basis for channeling capital into sustainable business models in a targeted manner, meeting regulatory requirements and strengthening the trust of investors, supervisory authorities and customers. For example, the new EBA "Guidelines on the management of environmental, social and governance (ESG) risks", published in January 2025, require transition plans with varying degrees of detail (depending on the complexity of the bank) from all banks. This makes climate targets an essential component of sound risk management, long-term value creation and the future viability of financial institutions.
Our expertise
Ambitious targets are required to contribute to a Net Zero goal. agradblue helps you to gain an overview of the many different initiatives and frameworks and supports you in selecting a suitable target setting method for you. Together we will develop your goal and your transition plan. In order to achieve the defined goals, management concepts and transition plans are required, whereby agradblue supports its clients with expertise from a large number of projects with key players in the financial industry. We are also very familiar with the regulatory expectations for comprehensive transition plans.
Our services include:
- Overview of requirements of relevant initiatives
- Evaluation of market best practice methodologies
- Mapping of existing activities with regulatory requirements and selection of suitable methods
- Calculation of (sector) targets
- Development of control and measure concepts for target achievement
- Creation of an integration concept for monitoring and control
- Development of a regulatory-compliant transition plan
- Training offers for SME borrowers