OakNorth Climate Risk

Company
101-250
London, UK
London, UK

Company Description

OakNorth is the creator of the ON Credit Intelligence Suite - proven cloud software that transforms commercial lending by helping banks build deeper relationships with their clients, unlocking new opportunities, and delivering credit analysis 10x faster than traditional models – with lower risk and greater efficiency.

Applying this rationale to our environment, climate change will have a significant impact on every aspect of our economy, threatening the profitability and sustainability of even the most resilient businesses. The effects of this disruption will vary widely across different sectors, representing an existential threat to some and an opportunity for others. Standard approaches and historical data are of little value, which is why we’ve developed an approach — proven in predicting vulnerability to COVID-19 during the pandemic — to help lenders navigate the many complex scenarios resulting from climate change.

 

Data is the driver

Our Climate Assessment Framework provides a forward-looking, data-driven approach to forecast the consequences for a specific business, suggest actions to mitigate possible risk and target them appropriately. OakNorth gives banks the granular detail they need to fully understand the impact of climate change and related policy actions on each borrower and aggregate this to get a sense of impact on the book overall, making reporting simple and allowing them to take early action on any areas of concern. The Framework examines multiple drivers specific to each industry subsector, providing an ongoing evaluation of the impact on the loan book over the short (5 years), medium (10 years) and long (20 years) term. This bottoms-up approach considers the climate related financial risks across two distinct categories: Transition and Physical.

 

Transition risks

This identifies how a low-carbon policy and technological transition towards mitigating climate change could impact the credit risk in a bank’s loan book, as well as its lending strategy. Our modeling is based around four possible scenarios, ranging from a temperature rise of below 2°F to a more extreme situation of 4.3°F and above, mapping these to each subsector according to its carbon intensity. For example, oil, gas and transportation will experience profound, direct impact while the services and retail sectors will experience residual (but still significant) impact.

 

Physical Risks

Extreme, localized events such as floods, drought, hurricanes and winter freezes as well as chronic changes in climatic patterns such as rising temperatures, change in precipitation, increasing sea levels and desertification. Such events, along with accelerating change, pose risks in terms of individual incidents of damage and disruption or chronic shifts in labour, capital and other essential business drivers. Applying the ON Climate Assessment to your loan books enables you to understand the risks and potential impact of various climate change scenarios, enabling you to take a strategic view of your current loan books as well as shaping loan exposure to become more resilient.

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