Climate change poses risks to banks on several levels: it can directly impact their finances, tarnish their image and land them in the courtroom. - Reputation risk - The research done by NGOs like Finance Watch and Reclaim Finance evaluating bank lending in light of climate change is regularly used by media and has begun to tarnish their public image.

Climate change poses risks to banks on several levels: it can directly impact their finances, tarnish their image and land them in the courtroom. - Reputation risk - The research done by NGOs like Finance Watch and Reclaim Finance evaluating bank lending in light of climate change is regularly used by media and has begun to tarnish their public image.