Carbon Footprint of Bank Loans, Emissions multipliers (normalized) by country
This dataset is designed to measure the carbon footprint of bank loans, which is a crucial component for understanding the environmental impact of financial portfolios. Bank loans provide finance to industries with varying degrees of carbon intensities. The footprint of bank loans contributes to the disclosure of...
What the numbers show
Carbon Footprint of Bank Loans, Emissions multipliers (normalized) is currently reported for 37 countries. The highest value is 170.79 in Kazakhstan; the lowest is 46.27 in Lithuania.
The median across all reporting countries is 87.45, and the mean is 91.11.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4.
Over the past decade 15 countries rose and 21 fell. The largest increase was in Turkey (up 171.2%), and the largest decrease in Malta (down 72.8%).
Carbon Footprint of Bank Loans, Emissions multipliers: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kazakhstan | 170.79 | 2018 | up 69.6% | rising |
| 2 | Turkey | 148.89 | 2018 | up 171.2% | rising |
| 3 | Brunei Darussalam | 126.2 | 2018 | down 17.5% | flat |
| 4 | Philippines | 118.69 | 2018 | up 68.0% | rising |
| 5 | Ireland | 114.38 | 2018 | up 33.9% | falling |
| 6 | Indonesia | 108.65 | 2018 | up 20.8% | rising |
| 7 | Tunisia | 104.63 | 2018 | up 34.2% | rising |
| 8 | Costa Rica | 99.8 | 2018 | down 57.1% | falling |
| 9 | Spain | 98.22 | 2018 | — | rising |
| 10 | Greece | 97.62 | 2018 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 11 | Finland | 93.44 | 2018 | down 28.9% | falling |
| 12 | Switzerland | 92.08 | 2018 | down 33.1% | falling |
| 13 | Croatia | 91.36 | 2018 | down 10.0% | flat |
| 14 | Cyprus | 90.73 | 2018 | down 26.9% | falling |
| 15 | Latvia | 88.77 | 2018 | up 19.7% | flat |
| 16 | Malaysia | 88.76 | 2018 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 17 | South Korea | 87.77 | 2018 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 18 | Hong Kong | 87.63 | 2018 | down 19.0% | falling |
| 19 | Canada | 87.45 | 2018 | up 3.8% | falling |
| 20 | Japan | 86.42 | 2018 | up 25.6% | rising |
| 21 | Denmark | 85.91 | 2018 | down 41.1% | falling |
| 22 | Italy | 85.6 | 2018 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 23 | France | 84.15 | 2018 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 24 | Portugal | 83.57 | 2018 | up 11.8% | falling |
| 25 | Iceland | 80.29 | 2018 | up 35.3% | flat |
| 26 | Belgium | 79.64 | 2018 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 27 | Hungary | 78.49 | 2018 | down 14.2% | falling |
| 28 | Slovakia | 78.27 | 2018 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 29 | Slovenia | 77.73 | 2018 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 30 | Peru | 77.22 | 2018 | down 24.6% | falling |
| 31 | Czechia | 75.22 | 2018 | up 12.5% | falling |
| 32 | Germany | 74.48 | 2018 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 33 | Brazil | 73.39 | 2018 | up 25.9% | rising |
| 34 | Bulgaria | 70.98 | 2018 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 35 | Malta | 68.96 | 2018 | down 72.8% | falling |
| 36 | Estonia | 68.54 | 2018 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 37 | Lithuania | 46.27 | 2018 | down 36.6% | falling |
About this data
This dataset is designed to measure the carbon footprint of bank loans, which is a crucial component for understanding the environmental impact of financial portfolios. Bank loans provide finance to industries with varying degrees of carbon intensities. The footprint of bank loans contributes to the disclosure of the carbon intensity of the loans portfolio.