Article 18a
Disclosure of environmental, social and governance risks (ESG risks)
Institutions shall disclose the information referred to in Article 449a of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 as follows:
qualitative information on environmental, social and governance risks by using tables 1, 2 and 3 of Annex XXXIX to this Regulation and by following the instructions set out in Annex XL to this Regulation;
quantitative information on climate change transition risk by using Templates 1 to 4 of Annex XXXIX to this Regulation and by following the instructions set out in Annex XL to this Regulation;
quantitative information on climate change physical risks by using Template 5 of Annex XXXIX to this Regulation and by following the instructions set out in Annex XL to this Regulation;
quantitative information on mitigating actions associated with economic activities that qualify as environmentally sustainable under Articles 3 of Regulation (EU) 2020/852 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 1 ) towards those counterparties that are subject to Articles 19a or 29a of Directive 2013/34/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 2 ), towards households, and towards local governments as referred to in Part 1, point 42(b), of Annex V to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/451 ( 3 ), by using Templates 6, 7 and 8 of Annex XXXIX to this Regulation and by following the instructions set out in Annex XL to this Regulation;
quantitative information on other mitigating actions and exposures to climate-change-related risks that do not qualify as environmentally sustainable economic activities under Article 3 of Regulation (EU) 2020/852 but support counterparties in the transition or adaptation process for the objectives of climate change mitigation and climate change adaptation, by using Template 10 of Annex XXXIX to this Regulation and by following the instructions set out in Annex XL to this Regulation.
For the calculation of the percentage of the exposures to activities that comply with the requirements laid down in Article 3 of Regulation (EU) 2020/852 (taxonomy-aligned exposures) towards those counterparties, institutions:
may, where available, use the information received from their counterparties on a voluntary and bilateral basis through the loan origination, and regular credit review and monitoring processes;
where the counterparty is not able or willing to provide the data concerned on a bilateral basis, may use internal estimates and proxies and explain in the narrative accompanying the template to what extent those internal estimates and proxies have been used, and which internal estimates and proxies have been applied;
where they are unable to collect on a bilateral basis the information concerned, or cannot use internal estimates and proxies, or cannot collect that information or use those estimates and proxies in a way that is not overly burdensome for them or their counterparties, may explain that inability in the narrative accompanying the template.
For the purposes of point (a), institutions shall inform their counterparties that the provision of such information is voluntary.
Unless indicated otherwise in the instructions set out in Annex XL to this Regulation, institutions shall, as of 31 December 2022, disclose the information referred to in Article 449a of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 on the following dates:
for annual disclosures: 31 December;
for semi-annual disclosures: 30 June and 31 December of each year.
( 1 ) Regulation (EU) 2020/852 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 June 2020 on the establishment of a framework to facilitate sustainable investment, and amending Regulation (EU) 2019/2088 (OJ L 198, 22.6.2020, p. 13).
( 2 ) Directive 2013/34/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 on the annual financial statements, consolidated financial statements and related reports of certain types of undertakings, amending Directive 2006/43/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Council Directives 78/660/EEC and 83/349/EEC (OJ L 182 29.6.2013, p. 19).
( 3 ) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/451 of 17 December 2020 laying down implementing technical standards for the application of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to supervisory reporting of institutions and repealing Implementing Regulation (EU) No 680/2014 (OJ L 97, 19.3.2021, p. 1).
( 4 ) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/2178 of 6 July 2021 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2020/852 of the European Parliament and of the Council by specifying the content and presentation of information to be disclosed by undertakings subject to Articles 19a or 29a of Directive 2013/34/EU concerning environmentally sustainable economic activities, and specifying the methodology to comply with that disclosure obligation (OJ L 443, 10.12.2021, p. 9).