Telescope provides a simple workflow for transition plans, enhancing asset value, sustainability, and reducing tenant costs.

PHYSICAL RISK

With rising climate risks, the EU requires disclosures. Telescope helps you reduce risks and protect asset value.

Biodiversity

Telescope helps you manage biodiversity, aligning your projects with ecosystem preservation.

PORTFOLIO

Keep track of risk across entire portfolios with a birds-eye-view.

CASE study

Climate Risk Screening for Banks: Smarter Real Estate Lending Decisions

Discover how banks are using climate risk tools to evaluate loan portfolios and reduce exposure to risky assets.

August 12, 2025

by

Vegard Blauenfeldt Næss

The ESG Risks Hiding in Your Loan Book

A property gets financed. Two years later, it's hit by flooding. Insurance doesn’t fully cover it. Value plummets. That’s not bad luck - it’s a gap in ESG screening.

Climate risk - physical, transition, biodiversity - is now a material part of loan evaluation. Yet many banks still rely on outdated models that ignore these risk types.

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