RAPORTOWANIE INFORMACJI ZWIĄZANYCH Z KLIMATEM NA PRZYKŁADZIE BANKÓW
REPORTING INFORMATION RELATED TO THE CLIMATE ON THE EXAMPLE OF BANKS

Summary/Abstract: Environmental reporting of climate-related information concerns how the company’s activities affect the climate (both negative effects and protection activities) and how climate change affects the functioning of business entities. Specific obligations regarding reporting issues related to sustainable development (including climate) have been imposed on entities operating in the financial services sector. They must disclose specific information on how they introduce sustainability risks into their operations and take into account adverse sustainability impacts. The article addresses the inclusion of sustainable development issues in non-financial reports, which has attracted the interest of many authors. However, the article complements the existing scientific achievements in the field of non-financial reporting by isolating and detailing previously undiscussed climate issues. The aim of the article is to present the current state of reporting climate-related information in banks’ non-financial reporting. The article uses the analysis of legal acts, and literature on the subject, as well as the study of secondary data from non-financial reports of banks listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange and belonging to the WIG-Banki and WIG-ESG indexes. The conducted research shows that the new legal regulations introduced at the European level, addressed to the financial sector, force greater involvement in climate protection activities. The surveyed banks fulfil the obligations imposed on them, although this is done to a limited extent. The presented data is to a large extent dispersed in various parts of reports on activities and reports on non-financial information, which may result from the lack of uniform standards in this regard. The scope of climate-related information disclosed is similar to the reports of individual banks and concerns both the impact of the banks’ activities on the climate and the impact of the financial products offered on the climate. In conclusion, the surveyed banks try to be socially responsible and consciously attempt to include climate issues in their reports. However, the reporting of this information is only at an early stage.

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