Climate reporting by investors and energy transition

Reporting climatique des investisseurs et transition énergétique

Jean-Stéphane Mésonnier and Benoît Nguyen

Eco Notepad (in progress) from Banque de France

Abstract: Does requiring financial institutions to be more transparent about the climate impact of their portfolios encourage them to reduce their investments in the most polluting industries? We study the effect of a French law passed in 2015, the first to impose such an obligation. We show that investors subject to mandatory reporting have significantly reduced their holdings of securities issued by fossil fuel companies, compared to investors not targeted by the law.

Imposer aux institutions financières une plus grande transparence sur l’impact climatique de leurs portefeuilles les incite-t-elles à réduire leurs investissements dans les industries les plus polluantes ? Nous étudions l’effet d’une loi française adoptée en 2015, la première à imposer une telle obligation. Nous montrons que les investisseurs concernés ont fortement réduit leur détention de titres émis par les entreprises du secteur des énergies fossiles.

Date: 2021-09-13
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