Ifølge Bloomberg betragter nogle af verdens største banker de støt stigende klimakrav fra lovgivere og aktivister som så urealistiske, at bankerne stiltiende holder fast i deres fossiltunge kunder.
Under et videomøde med repræsentanter fra den Europæiske Centralbank konkluderede Judson Berkey, bæredygtighedschef i den schweiziske storbank UBS:
“The world’s biggest banks can’t live up to the green regulatory ideal unless they start dumping huge numbers of clients worldwide at a reckless pace and also roil economies in large swathes of the globe that primarily rely on dirty fuels. Faced with that dilemma, many lenders are quietly reeling in their climate ambitions.”
Ifølge Bloomberg udkæmpes der i den finansielle sektor for tiden et sværdslag mellem ESG-bevægelsen og traditionelle kapitalisme-tilhængere.
Fra artiklen: “The UBS banker’s (Judson Berkey, red) outburst, which got little pushback from those present, exposes the cracks emerging in a multitrillion-dollar transition finance project, and taps into what’s rapidly becoming one of the most contentious issues in the global banking industry. In private, senior bankers in sustainable finance divisions in London, New York, Toronto and Paris grumble about unrealistic expectations from regulators, civil society and climate activists around the industry’s role in getting the planet to net zero.”
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