Policy makers, regulators, and banking supervisors are increasingly assigning significant financial resources to change consumption, production, and business models to be more environmentally friendly. Effective climate risk management and sustainable economic development both require the full involvement of an economy's financial system, particularly in countries with both a well-developed banking system and a high rate of vulnerability to climate change. How can an economy efficiently use the financial system to help tackle climate change? What choices are the banks making to combat climate risks while protecting the interests of stakeholders? How can these decisions be properly assessed? Our analysis offers a unique approach to addressing these concerns by using empirical data to create a spectrum of climate risk standards that allows us to assess the strategic position of each bank. The result is a positioning map of Italian banks on the strategic and organizational choices they have made for climate risk management is displayed. These results confirm the need for seeking greater organizational efforts in particular areas of financial management that can strengthen the fight against climate change. These results also offer useful insights for policy and managerial orientations to better protect the interests of stakeholders.

政策制定者、监管机构和银行监管机构越来越多地分配大量金融资源来改变消费、生产和商业模式，使其更加环保。有效的气候风险管理和可持续的经济发展都需要经济体金融体系的充分参与，特别是在银行体系发达且易受气候变化影响的国家。一个经济体如何有效地利用金融体系来帮助应对气候变化？银行在保护利益相关者利益的同时应对气候风险做出了哪些选择？如何正确评估这些决定？我们的分析提供了一种独特的方法来解决这些问题，方法是使用经验数据创建一系列气候风险标准，使我们能够评估每家银行的战略地位。结果是显示了意大利银行在气候风险管理方面做出的战略和组织选择的定位图。这些结果证实，需要在财务管理的特定领域寻求更大的组织努力，以加强应对气候变化的斗争。