

Sustainability is the megatrend of the 21st century. It is having an increasingly strong impact on the economy as a whole and on the behavior of depositor, borrowers and investors.
For financial services providers, sustainable finance presents both business opportunities and risks, e.g. physical and transitory climate risks, such as flooded residential and industrial zones or the stranded assets of the carbon bubble.
EU policymakers and regulators such as EBA, ECB, ESMA and EIOPA took action and issued numerous new ESG* regulations and guidelines.
Every financial services provider is now facing the challenge to make their business and operating model, product offering and risk management more sustainable and integrating ESG while maintaining a profit-oriented business.
In large banks as well as regional banks and building societies, but also in asset management and insurance companies, decision-makers have to overcome various challenges in ESG integration, first and foremost the standards-oriented generation, assessment and integration of ESG data.
Since its foundation in 1992, zeb has been supporting decision-makers with tailor-made consulting services and research on ESG data integration in situation analysis, target systems, strategies and financial products as well as reporting and compliance.