This document specifies a general framework, including principles, requirements and guidance for assessing, measuring, monitoring and reporting on investments and financing activities in relation to climate change and the transition into a low-carbon economy. The assessment includes the following items:
— the alignment (or lack thereof) of investment and financing decisions taken by the financier with low-carbon transition pathways, adaptation pathways, and climate goals;
— the impact of actions through the financier’s investment and lending decisions towards the achievement of climate goals in the real economy, i.e. mitigation (greenhouse gas emissions) and adaptation (resilience);
— the risks to owners of financial assets (e.g. private equities, listed stocks, bonds, loans) arising from climate change.
To support the financier’s assessment of the impact of investment and lending decisions, this document provides guidance for the financier on how to:
— set targets and determine metrics to be used for tracking progress related to the low-carbon transition pathways of investees;
— determine low-carbon transition and adaptation trajectories of investees;
— document the causality or linkage between its climate action and its outputs, outcomes and impacts.
This document is applicable to financiers, i.e. investors and lenders. It guides their reporting activities to the following third parties: shareholders, clients, policymakers, financial supervisory authorities and non-governmental organizations. | 本文件规定了一个总体框架,包括评估、衡量、监测和报告与气候变化和向低碳经济转型有关的投融资活动的原则、要求和指南。评估包括以下项目:
— 金融家做出的投资和融资决策与低碳转型路径、适应路径和气候目标的一致性(或缺乏);
- 通过金融家的投资和贷款决策采取的行动对实体经济中实现气候目标的影响,即减缓(温室气体排放)和适应(恢复力);
— 气候变化对金融资产(如私募股权、上市股票、债券、贷款)所有者的风险。
为支持金融机构对投资和贷款决策影响的评估,本文件为金融机构提供了以下指导:
— 设定目标并确定用于跟踪被投资方低碳转型路径相关进展的指标;
——确定被投资方的低碳转型和适应轨迹;
— 记录其气候行动与其产出、结果和影响之间的因果关系或联系。
本文件适用于融资方,即投资者和贷方。它指导他们向以下第三方报告活动:股东、客户、政策制定者、金融监管机构和非政府组织。 |