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1.  ''Sustainability - sustainable development - United Nations - UN Environment Programme (UNEP).''
''Bank supervision - capital adequacy''.


The UNEP defines green financing as increasing the level of financial flows from the public, private and not-for-profit sectors to sustainable development priorities.
(RWAs).


Risk Weighted Assets provide a measure of the total scale and risk of a regulated bank's activities, against which the bank is required to hold minimum levels of regulatory capital.


2.  ''Sustainability - sustainable development - UK - HM Treasury - green gilt - green savings bonds.''


The proceeds of green finance instruments issued by the UK government, including green gilts and Green Savings Bonds.
In simple terms, assets are multiplied by appropriate risk weightings - historically ranging from 0% to 100% depending on the level of risk - and aggregated.


Other risks, including operational risk and off balance sheet risk, are also appropriately evaluated and risk weighted, adding additional RWAs to the regulatory total.


3.  ''Treasury - corporate finance and funding.''


Similar financial flows and instruments in the corporate sector.
The calculation of RWAs has been increasingly refined over time.


Risk weights may, in some cases, be derived from individual banks' own internal risk models, subject to the regulator's approval.


== See also ==
Other risk weightings are determined on a standardised basis for all banks.
* [[Carbon-neutral]]
* [[Corporate finance]]
* [[Debt Management Office]]
* [[ESG investment]]
* [[Funding]]
* [[Green bond]]
* [[Green Bond Principles]]
* [[Green finance]]
* [[Green Finance Initiative]]
* [[Green Finance Institute]]
* [[Green Finance Study Group]]
* [[Green gilt]]
* [[Green savings bond]]
* [[HM Treasury]]
* [[International Capital Market Association]]
* [[Issuance]]
* [[Loan Market Association]]
* [[Sustainable finance]]
* [[Sustainable Development Goals]]
* [[Ten Point Plan for a Green Industrial Revolution]]
* [[United Nations Environment Programme]] (UNEP)




==External links==
Also known as ''total risk weighted exposure''.
*[https://www.unep.org/regions/asia-and-pacific/regional-initiatives/supporting-resource-efficiency/green-financing United Nations Environment Programme - green financing]
 
* [https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/998127/20210630_UK_Government_Green_Financing_Framework_Final.pdf UK Government Green Financing Framework, 2021]
 
==See also==
*[[Bank supervision]]
*[[Basel 3.1]]
*[[Capital]]
*[[Capital adequacy]]
*[[CET1 ratio]]
*[[Credit Conversion Factor]]  (CCF)
*[[Off balance sheet risk]]
*[[Operational risk]]
*[[Pillar 1]]
*[[Total capital ratio]]


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[[Category:Accounting,_tax_and_regulation]]
[[Category:The_business_context]]
[[Category:The_business_context]]
[[Category:Corporate_finance]]
[[Category:Investment]]
[[Category:Long_term_funding]]
[[Category:Financial_products_and_markets]]
[[Category:Trade_finance]]

Revision as of 22:57, 28 February 2023

Bank supervision - capital adequacy.

(RWAs).

Risk Weighted Assets provide a measure of the total scale and risk of a regulated bank's activities, against which the bank is required to hold minimum levels of regulatory capital.


In simple terms, assets are multiplied by appropriate risk weightings - historically ranging from 0% to 100% depending on the level of risk - and aggregated.

Other risks, including operational risk and off balance sheet risk, are also appropriately evaluated and risk weighted, adding additional RWAs to the regulatory total.


The calculation of RWAs has been increasingly refined over time.

Risk weights may, in some cases, be derived from individual banks' own internal risk models, subject to the regulator's approval.

Other risk weightings are determined on a standardised basis for all banks.


Also known as total risk weighted exposure.


See also