The Green Asset Ratio (GAR): a new key performance indicator for credit institutions
- The financial sector plays an important role in financing the green transformation. Various regulatory initiatives in the EU aim to improve transparency in relation to the sustainability of financial products and the sustainability of economic activities of non-financial and financial undertakings. For credit institutions, the Green Asset Ratio (GAR) has been established by the European regulatory authorities as a key performance indicator (KPI) for measuring the proportion of Taxonomy-aligned on-balance-sheet exposure in relation to the total assets. The breakdown of the total GAR by type of counterparty, environmental objective and type of asset provides in-depth information about the sustainability profile of a credit institution. This information, which has not been available to date, may also initiate discussions between management and shareholders or other stakeholders regarding the future sustainability strategy of credit institutions. This paper provides an overview of the regulatory background and the method of calculating the GAR along different dimensions. Finally, the potential benefits and limitations of the GAR are discussed.
Author: | Volker BrühlORCiDGND |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-863180 |
DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1007/s40822-023-00224-0 |
ISSN: | 2147-429X |
Parent Title (English): | Eurasian Economic Review |
Publisher: | Springer |
Place of publication: | Berlin ; Heidelberg |
Document Type: | Article |
Language: | English |
Date of Publication (online): | 2023/03/17 |
Date of first Publication: | 2023/03/17 |
Publishing Institution: | Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg |
Release Date: | 2024/07/18 |
Tag: | Green Asset Ratio; Green finance; Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation; Sustainable finance; Taxonomy Regulation |
Volume: | 13 |
Issue: | 1 |
Page Number: | 27 |
First Page: | 57 |
Last Page: | 83 |
HeBIS-PPN: | 520822242 |
Institutes: | Wirtschaftswissenschaften / Wirtschaftswissenschaften |
Wissenschaftliche Zentren und koordinierte Programme / Center for Financial Studies (CFS) | |
Dewey Decimal Classification: | 3 Sozialwissenschaften / 33 Wirtschaft / 330 Wirtschaft |
JEL-Classification: | G Financial Economics / G1 General Financial Markets / G10 General |
G Financial Economics / G2 Financial Institutions and Services / G20 General | |
Sammlungen: | Universitätspublikationen |
Licence (German): | ![]() |