{"id":49357,"date":"2025-08-11T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-11T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/frankfurt-main-finance.com\/?p=49357"},"modified":"2025-07-31T10:31:54","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T08:31:54","slug":"associations-support-municipal-utilities-with-esg-reporting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/frankfurt-main-finance.com\/en\/associations-support-municipal-utilities-with-esg-reporting\/","title":{"rendered":"Associations Support Municipal Utilities with ESG Reporting"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"49357\" class=\"elementor elementor-49357 elementor-49352\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-690900c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"690900c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d03c739\" data-id=\"d03c739\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-73d1bde elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"73d1bde\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Association of German Banks (BdB), the Association of Public Banks (V\u00d6B), and the German Insurance Association (GDV) have joined forces to support companies providing municipal services of general interest in preparing sustainability data. As the GDV announced on Monday, the associations have created and published a guide for this purpose.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6748332 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6748332\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4b23ab5\" data-id=\"4b23ab5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-152072a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"152072a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Financial Sector Needs the Data<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0a00ad0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0a00ad0\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e992578\" data-id=\"e992578\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e4bed02 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e4bed02\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p data-start=\"887\" data-end=\"1291\">Although most municipal utilities and public service providers are still exempt from the disclosure requirements under the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), their lenders and insurers are obligated\u2014both by regulatory requirements and their own sustainability strategies\u2014to collect the relevant data from their clients. This explains the financial sector\u2019s strong interest in the topic.<\/p><p data-start=\"1293\" data-end=\"1693\">According to the associations, the guide takes into account sector-specific data requirements that banks and insurers need for their risk analyses, disclosure obligations, and sustainability-related financial decisions. The publication complements the cross-sector ESG data catalog introduced by the associations last year and transfers that structure to meet the requirements of municipal companies.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-daf0216 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"daf0216\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9289818\" data-id=\"9289818\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4a76887 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4a76887\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">BDEW and VKU Consulted<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5fd0425 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5fd0425\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cabce1a\" data-id=\"cabce1a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a5e132 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6a5e132\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>To ensure that the guide is user-friendly and easy to implement in practice, the financial industry associations consulted with the German Association of Energy and Water Industries (BDEW) and the Association of Municipal Enterprises (VKU). 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