Sarasin & Partners has voiced support for the Prudential Regulation Authority’s (PRA) updated guidelines on climate risk management for banks and insurers.
In our consultation response, Sarasin’s Stewardship team has welcomed proposals to strengthen climate scenario analysis, disclosures, and accounting practices, emphasising the importance of transparency in stress-testing and capital adequacy.
We have urged the PRA to include banks' off-balance sheet activities and reinforced roles for auditors. We have also stressed that enhancing regulatory capital frameworks to address systemic climate risks would strengthen financial stability, encouraging the PRA's continued leadership in global climate regulatory coordination.
Sarasin has been a strong advocate for enhanced climate risk management and disclosure for many years, and set out our support for action on this matter by the PRA in a letter from 21 institutional investors in January 2024. We have appreciated the constructive engagement with the PRA since that time.
Read our letter to the PRA here.