Lenders and investors are beginning to identify climate change impact as an emerging risk that has the potential to profoundly impact not only their physical assets, but also entire financial systems due to climate change related events. Climate change can result in “direct financial risks, prompting a reassessment of asset values, changing the cost or availability of credit, or affecting the timing or reliability of cash flows,” as noted in “Climate Change and Financial Stability”, published by the Federal Reserve Board of Governors in March 2021. Just last week, Chairman Jerome Powell suggested that the Fed will probably require banks to conduct stress testing for climate vulnerability at some point in the future.
In this Globe St. blog, Kathryn Peacock and Partner Energy’s Tony Liou discuss identifying asset-level climate risks, standardizing the process, and what lenders will do with climate risk information.

April 27, 2026
In this article from Propmodo.com, Jerry Ostrander discusses a number of important factors to consider to help prevent environmental contamination concerns from becoming impenetrable roadblocks to development projects. Environmental challenges are a reality in many development projects.

April 23, 2026
An integrated, enterprise-level environmental strategy unifies environmental due diligence, remediation, environmental, health and safety (EHS), and compliance, energy and sustainability, and real estate support under one coordinated framework supported by building sciences expertise.

March 24, 2026
As PFAS continue to reshape the construction risk landscape, lenders that proactively integrate PFAS considerations into underwriting, due diligence, and loan structuring are better positioned to manage uncertainty and protect collateral value.




