EU CSRD climate regulation: A study on sustainability reporting preparedness of banks in Finland

Growing awareness of sustainability has increasingly shifted business attitudes towards sustainable transformation. In 2021 the European Commission proposed a new Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) that will replace the cur-rent Non-Financial Reporting Directive (NFRD). The aim of t...

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Päätekijä: Lakio, Katri
Muut tekijät: Jyväskylän yliopiston kauppakorkeakoulu, Jyväskylä University School of Business and Economics, Jyväskylän yliopisto, University of Jyväskylä
Aineistotyyppi: Pro gradu
Kieli:eng
Julkaistu: 2025
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Linkit: https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/101399
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description Growing awareness of sustainability has increasingly shifted business attitudes towards sustainable transformation. In 2021 the European Commission proposed a new Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) that will replace the cur-rent Non-Financial Reporting Directive (NFRD). The aim of this new regulation is to enhance transparency and consistency in the market by requiring a larger number of companies to meet the reporting requirements. The Financial sector has a leading role in making significant transformations by allocating funds towards sustainable businesses. Therefore, this Master’s Thesis aims to provide information about the current level of preparedness of Finnish banks for the new CSRD sustainable directive, and the challenges that come with it. This is done by conducting qualitative research where seven sustainability experts from Finnish banks give their insights about the challenges and obstacles they have faced while implementing CSRD reporting in their business. This research was conducted using thematic interview method, which was divided into five different categories: present, resources, challenges, collaborations, and future. The research material was collected via TEAM’s interviews in 2024, and the interviews were recorded. The findings of this Master’s Thesis demonstrate a comprehensive picture of the challenges and obstacles in CSRD reporting. The common finding was that banks are facing several challenges in implementing CSRD and banks are making effort to address them. These challenges are divided into six different categories: regulatory interpretation, double materiality analysis, data availability and collection, need for management and training, resources and costs, and lack of collaboration. However, banks have widely recognised these challenges and obstacles in their business. Kestävän kehityksen kasvava tietoisuus on yhä enemmän muuttanut yritysten asenteita kohti kestävämpää liiketoimintaa. Vuonna 2021 Euroopan komissio ehdotti uutta yritysten kestävän kehityksen raportointidirektiiviä (CSRD), joka korvaisi nykyisen ei-taloudellisen raportoinnin direktiivin (NFRD). Uuden sääntelyn tavoitteena on lisätä markkinoiden läpinäkyvyyttä ja johdonmukaisuutta vaatimalla suurempaa määrää yrityksiä täyttämään raportointivaatimukset. Rahoitussektorilla on johtava rooli merkittävien muutosten tekemisessä suuntaamalla varoja kestäviin yrityksiin. Siksi tämän pro gradu -tutkielman tavoitteena on tutkia kuinka hyvin suomalaiset pankit ovat valmistautuneet uuteen CSRD-kestävän kehityksen direktiiviin ja millaisia haasteita siihen liittyy. Tutkimus toteutettiin laadullisena tutkimuksena, jossa seitsemän eri suomalaisen pankin kestävän kehityksen asiantuntijaa antoivat näkemyksensä haasteisiin ja esteisiin, joita pankit ovat kohdanneet CSRD-raportoinnin toteuttamisessa. Tutkimus toteutettiin käyttämällä teemahaastattelua, jossa haastattelun aiheet jaettiin viiteen eri teemaan. Tutkimusaineisto kerättiin TEAMS-haastattelujen avulla vuonna 2024. Haastattelut nauhoitettiin jatkoanalyysia varten. Pro gradu -tutkielman tulokset antavat kattavan kuvan CSRD-raportoinnin haasteista ja esteistä. Yhteinen nimittäjä oli, että pankit kohtaavat haasteita CSRD raportoinnin toteuttamisessa. Nämä haasteet jaettiin kuuteen eri luokkaan: sääntelyn tulkinta, kaksoisolennaisuusanalyysi, tietojen saatavuus ja keruu, johdon ja koulutuksen tarve, resurssit ja kustannukset sekä yhteistyön puute. Pankit ovat kuitenkin laajalti tunnistaneet nämä haasteet ja esteet liiketoiminnassaan.
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