EBA · 2023_6844 Rejected question

Template 3 / Maturity of alignment targets

Regulation
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR)
Article
449a
Topic
Transparency and Pillar 3
Submitted by
Industry association
Submitted
2023-07-17
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Question

Template 3 requires information that is different from what banks have committed to disclose under their voluntary net zero commitments (for EU banks which are NZBA signatories): sectors are different, banks can use other benchmark net zero scenarios than the IEA NZE2050 and targets are due every 5 years under NZBA (vs. 3 years rolling at every reporting period in the ITS). Are new shorter-term targets expected to be set within the 5-year target period, or can banks report what they have indeed committed to through NZBA?

Background

The differences between what seems to be requested under Template 3 and banks' voluntary commitments under NZBA are important and will be extremely difficult to comply with: for example, their is no IEA NZE2050 scenario available for all sectors mentionned in Template 3, therefore it will not be possible to measure alignment, the use of another scenario should be allowed. Additional guidance is needed on what alternative scenarios can be used. Also, under NZBA, targets are set every 5 years and the alignment trajectory is unlikely to be linear between the baseline year and the target year, hence the difficulty to disclose in Template 3 an annual distance to target. Clarification is needed on whether this alignment metric can be identical to targets set under the NZBA commitment.
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Original source: European Banking Authority, Q&A ID 2023_6844

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