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United Bank for Africa (Ghana) Limited

United Bank for Africa (Ghana) Limited — 2026 H1 · 124 assets · generated 2026-10-03 · PortfolioCheck methodology — Dr. Minka Aduse-Poku

A portfolio-scale physical-climate risk screen for a Ghanaian lender — every asset pinned and scored across flood, coastal, heat, riparian, land and drought hazards, ranked by vulnerability, concentrated geographically, and translated into a collateral-haircut and climate-ECL overlay with scenario horizons — structured for the Bank of Ghana Climate-Related Financial Risk Directive, the Ghana Sustainable Banking Principles and IFRS S2 / TCFD.

⚑ Wholly synthetic nationwide demonstration book. Public institution name used only as a navigation label; no bank or borrower data is represented.

Executive summary

This report screens United Bank for Africa (Ghana) Limited — 2026 H1 for United Bank for Africa (Ghana) Limited against physical-climate & environmental hazards, ranks every asset by vulnerability, maps the geographic concentration of risk, and translates the exposure into a collateral-haircut and climate-adjusted Expected-Credit-Loss (ECL) overlay — structured as evidence for the Bank of Ghana Climate-Related Financial Risk Directive and IFRS S2 / TCFD.

○ Screening data: built-in analyser — Ghana location model, instant, offline, zero-load default. Add the live engine overlay (SafeGround + FloodGuard) for engine-backed flood, riparian, coastal and land layers.

GHS 74.08Mtotal exposure · 124 assets
20%of exposure at High+ risk
GHS 9.50Mcollateral shortfall (stressed)
12assets under-collateralised
GHS 1.57Mlargest single-event loss · Greater Accra
GHS 883kannual physical damage (AAL)

Portfolio vulnerability distribution

Critical (11) High (20) Moderate (86) Low (7)

Vulnerability is a weighted composite of flood, coastal, heat, riparian, land and drought hazards (weights in §Methodology). Bands: Low <25, Moderate 25–50, High 50–75, Critical ≥75 (of 100).

1 · Portfolio risk map

124 assets pinned by vulnerability band. Low Moderate High Critical · switch to Satellite/Hybrid (top-right) to see building footprints.

2 · Geographic concentration of exposure

Where the book — and its high-risk exposure — clusters.

Region / clusterAssetsExposure % High+ riskHigh+ exposure
Greater Accra 33 GHS 28.22M
13% GHS 3.72M
Ashanti 14 GHS 7.56M
27% GHS 2.07M
Central 10 GHS 7.11M
5% GHS 352k
Eastern 10 GHS 6.86M
0% GHS 0
Northern 8 GHS 5.12M
100% GHS 5.12M
Volta 13 GHS 4.81M
0% GHS 0
Western 6 GHS 4.63M
64% GHS 2.96M
Bono East 7 GHS 2.79M
0% GHS 0
Bono 7 GHS 2.26M
0% GHS 0
Western North 4 GHS 1.83M
0% GHS 0
Ahafo 3 GHS 1.13M
0% GHS 0
Oti 3 GHS 806k
0% GHS 0
North East 3 GHS 348k
100% GHS 348k
Savannah 1 GHS 277k
0% GHS 0
Upper East 1 GHS 170k
100% GHS 170k
Upper West 1 GHS 158k
100% GHS 158k

2b · Fairness & disparate-impact check (anti-redlining control)

Two lenses. CONCENTRATION shows where High+ risk clusters (can be legitimate geography). PROPORTIONALITY flags localities repriced HARDER than their measured risk warrants (repricing intensity ≥ 1.5× the system's) — the actual disparate-impact question. Every high-risk asset routes to adaptation structuring (never a location denial); price-based exclusion remains the bank's market-conduct responsibility.

1 locality repriced disproportionately to measured risk (repricing intensity ≥ 1.5× the book's 22.25 average) — the disparate-impact signal to review.

LocalityAssetsExposure High+ rateMean repricingRepricing intensity
Cape Coast ⚠ repriced above risk10GHS 7.11M10%17.6%175.70
Odawna (small sample)9GHS 3.72M100%17.6%17.59
Tamale (small sample)8GHS 5.12M100%5.3%5.26
Bolgatanga (small sample)1GHS 170k100%5.9%5.90
Nalerigu (small sample)3GHS 348k100%0.4%0.40
Wa (small sample)1GHS 158k100%0.4%0.40
Aboabo (small sample)7GHS 2.67M71%13.2%18.50
Takoradi (small sample)6GHS 4.63M50%17.6%35.17
Goaso (small sample)3GHS 1.13M0%0.4%—
Kumasi (small sample)7GHS 4.89M0%8.9%—
Techiman (small sample)7GHS 2.79M0%0.4%—
Tema10GHS 7.58M0%1.5%—

3 · Hazard exposure across the book

Number of assets at High or Critical for each hazard. An asset exposed to several hazards is counted under each, so these counts (and the per-hazard exposures elsewhere) can overlap and sum above the portfolio total — they are not a partition.

Flood
20
16% of assets High+
Coastal / sea-level
15
12% of assets High+
Extreme heat
36
29% of assets High+
Riparian proximity
6
5% of assets High+
Land / contamination
0
0% of assets High+
Drought / water stress
5
4% of assets High+

4 · Financial impact — physical damage, collateral & climate ECL

Two channels, kept separate. (1) Physical damage — an Average Annual Loss (AAL) per hazard from a depth-damage × frequency proxy: GHS 883k/yr of expected (mostly uninsured) damage. (2) Market repricing — a forward collateral devaluation that raises stressed LTV and loss-given-default, driving GHS 9.50M of potential collateral shortfall and an GHS 139k/yr indicative climate ECL uplift. A single severe event in Greater Accra could cause GHS 1.57M of correlated, simultaneous loss.

⚠ Indicative annual marginal overlay — not a lifetime/12-month staged IFRS 9 ECL, not a valuation, not the bank's PD/LGD model. All parameters (AAL, repricing, downturn LGD, PD, ~90% uninsured) are illustrative and exposed for calibration — see §Methodology and the gap register.

AssetLocalityBandExposure LTVAAL/yrRepricing Str. LTVLGDShortfall ECL+/yr
RFI21-00078 East Legon Moderate GHS 2.81M 74% 0.5% 3% 76% 7% GHS 201k GHS 1k
RFI21-00067 East Legon Moderate GHS 2.46M 52% 1.1% 6% 55% 5% GHS 0 GHS 72
RFI21-00022 East Legon Moderate GHS 2.31M 68% 0.1% 0% 68% 5% GHS 0 GHS 3
RFI21-00110 Takoradi High GHS 1.20M 73% 4.9% 19% 90% 32% GHS 378k GHS 6k
RFI21-00098 Cape Coast Moderate GHS 1.13M 89% 3.8% 17% 107% 42% GHS 475k GHS 8k
RFI21-00103 Kumasi Moderate GHS 1.39M 81% 1.5% 8% 87% 24% GHS 329k GHS 5k
RFI21-00018 Cape Coast Moderate GHS 1.05M 79% 4.7% 21% 100% 39% GHS 405k GHS 8k
RFI21-00113 Tema Moderate GHS 1.36M 60% 1.0% 5% 63% 5% GHS 0 GHS 37
RFI21-00061 Kumasi Moderate GHS 1.25M 82% 1.8% 7% 88% 26% GHS 331k GHS 4k
RFI21-00012 Cape Coast Moderate GHS 1.03M 75% 4.0% 16% 89% 31% GHS 315k GHS 5k
RFI21-00012-N206 Cape Coast Moderate GHS 1.03M 75% 4.0% 16% 89% 31% GHS 315k GHS 5k
RFI21-00063 Tamale High GHS 899k 72% 0.9% 5% 75% 8% GHS 75k GHS 627

Top 12 by exposure × vulnerability. Full per-asset detail is in the CSV export.

5 · Forward-looking scenario projection (IPCC AR6)

How the share of exposure at High+ risk migrates over time under SSP2-4.5 — Middle of the road. Each hazard is intensified by an AR6-grounded factor (Rx1day rainfall, hot-day count, consecutive dry days, sea-level rise) and applied to today's score with a bounded saturating projection — a screening estimate, not a downscaled climate forecast. The interactive dashboard lets the user switch between the SSP1-2.6 / SSP2-4.5 / SSP5-8.5 pathways and 2030–2100, and pull any single asset through all three.

Horizon% exposure High+ High+ exposureCritical assets Climate ECL uplift
Today 20% GHS 14.89M 11 GHS 139k
2030 36% GHS 26.56M 19 GHS 148k
2050 49% GHS 36.43M 23 GHS 156k

6 · Most-exposed assets — ranked register

Top 30 by exposure × vulnerability, with hazard fingerprint, data-confidence flag and the priority action. Hazard chips: Flood Coastal / sea-level Extreme heat Riparian proximity Land / contamination Drought / water stress.

AssetPropertyVuln.Hazards Conf.Exposure
RFI21-00078 GZ-364-4991, East Legon
Residential · Greater Accra
Moderate 34 FlCoExRiLaDr ◆ Medium · PCAF 4 GHS 2.81M
Priority actionSome water-stress sensitivity in the locality.
RFI21-00067 GE-890-6263, East Legon
Mixed-use · Greater Accra
Moderate 37 FlCoExRiLaDr ◆ Medium · PCAF 4 GHS 2.46M
Priority actionSome water-stress sensitivity in the locality.
RFI21-00022 GM-523-3753, East Legon
Residential · Greater Accra
Moderate 30 FlCoExRiLaDr ◆ Medium · PCAF 4 GHS 2.31M
Priority actionSome water-stress sensitivity in the locality.
RFI21-00110 WN-434-5171, Takoradi
Residential · Western
High 52 FlCoExRiLaDr ◆ Medium · PCAF 4 GHS 1.20M
Priority actionCoastal erosion / sea-level exposure: obtain shoreline-setback confirmation and a coastal-defence statement; treat as elevated collateral risk on long-tenor loans.
RFI21-00098 CE-995-6636, Cape Coast
Commercial · Central
Moderate 47 FlCoExRiLaDr ◆ Medium · PCAF 4 GHS 1.13M
Priority actionCoastal erosion / sea-level exposure: obtain shoreline-setback confirmation and a coastal-defence statement; treat as elevated collateral risk on long-tenor loans.
RFI21-00103 AS-223-2359, Kumasi
Residential · Ashanti
Moderate 38 FlCoExRiLaDr ◆ Medium · PCAF 4 GHS 1.39M
Priority actionModerate thermal stress: note cooling-cost sensitivity.
RFI21-00018 CE-842-6779, Cape Coast
Residential · Central
Moderate 50 FlCoExRiLaDr ◆ Medium · PCAF 4 GHS 1.05M
Priority actionCoastal erosion / sea-level exposure: obtain shoreline-setback confirmation and a coastal-defence statement; treat as elevated collateral risk on long-tenor loans.
RFI21-00113 GA-255-9409, Tema
Apartment · Greater Accra
Moderate 38 FlCoExRiLaDr ◆ Medium · PCAF 4 GHS 1.36M
Priority actionMinor land-use constraint flagged: confirm at file review.
RFI21-00061 AS-074-7773, Kumasi
Residential · Ashanti
Moderate 41 FlCoExRiLaDr ◆ Medium · PCAF 4 GHS 1.25M
Priority actionExtreme-heat exposure: building habitability/operating-cost risk — recommend passive-cooling / cool-roof / shading retrofit (green-loan candidate).
RFI21-00012 CE-616-6444, Cape Coast
Residential · Central
Moderate 50 FlCoExRiLaDr ◆ Medium · PCAF 4 GHS 1.03M
Priority actionCoastal erosion / sea-level exposure: obtain shoreline-setback confirmation and a coastal-defence statement; treat as elevated collateral risk on long-tenor loans.
RFI21-00012-N206 CE-616-6444, Cape Coast
Residential · Central
Moderate 50 FlCoExRiLaDr ◆ Medium · PCAF 4 GHS 1.03M
Priority actionCoastal erosion / sea-level exposure: obtain shoreline-setback confirmation and a coastal-defence statement; treat as elevated collateral risk on long-tenor loans.
RFI21-00063 NS-496-3053, Tamale
Commercial · Northern
High 55 FlCoExRiLaDr ◆ Medium · PCAF 4 GHS 899k
Priority actionExtreme-heat exposure: building habitability/operating-cost risk — recommend passive-cooling / cool-roof / shading retrofit (green-loan candidate).
RFI21-00035 WN-721-2817, Takoradi
Residential · Western
High 52 FlCoExRiLaDr ◆ Medium · PCAF 4 GHS 928k
Priority actionCoastal erosion / sea-level exposure: obtain shoreline-setback confirmation and a coastal-defence statement; treat as elevated collateral risk on long-tenor loans.
RFI21-00007 GS-762-5975, Odawna
Residential · Greater Accra
High 64 FlCoExRiLaDr ◆ Medium · PCAF 4 GHS 741k
Priority actionFlood exposure here is largely PLUVIAL (rainfall / urban-drainage driven) and is substantially MITIGABLE — this asset need not stay in the high-flood band if drainage is built and maintained. Make engineered, maintained drainage a condition of the facility: correctly sized culverts/gutters, soakaways / SuDS, a raised plinth and finished-floor elevation, plus a desilting & maintenance covenant. Verified drainage works can move the asset out of the high-flood band and protect the collateral — finance them as a green-retrofit loan. Confirm flood insurance in the interim.
RFI21-00007-N203 GS-762-5975, Odawna
Residential · Greater Accra
High 64 FlCoExRiLaDr ◆ Medium · PCAF 4 GHS 741k
Priority actionFlood exposure here is largely PLUVIAL (rainfall / urban-drainage driven) and is substantially MITIGABLE — this asset need not stay in the high-flood band if drainage is built and maintained. Make engineered, maintained drainage a condition of the facility: correctly sized culverts/gutters, soakaways / SuDS, a raised plinth and finished-floor elevation, plus a desilting & maintenance covenant. Verified drainage works can move the asset out of the high-flood band and protect the collateral — finance them as a green-retrofit loan. Confirm flood insurance in the interim.
RFI21-00047 NS-992-5238, Tamale
Apartment · Northern
High 55 FlCoExRiLaDr ◆ Medium · PCAF 4 GHS 843k
Priority actionExtreme-heat exposure: building habitability/operating-cost risk — recommend passive-cooling / cool-roof / shading retrofit (green-loan candidate).
RFI21-00008 WN-062-6916, Takoradi
Residential · Western
High 54 FlCoExRiLaDr ◆ Medium · PCAF 4 GHS 835k
Priority actionCoastal erosion / sea-level exposure: obtain shoreline-setback confirmation and a coastal-defence statement; treat as elevated collateral risk on long-tenor loans.
RFI21-00006 GS-859-9703, Tema
Residential · Greater Accra
Moderate 31 FlCoExRiLaDr ◆ Medium · PCAF 4 GHS 1.45M
Priority actionSome water-stress sensitivity in the locality.
RFI21-00006-N202 GS-859-9703, Tema
Residential · Greater Accra
Moderate 31 FlCoExRiLaDr ◆ Medium · PCAF 4 GHS 1.45M
Priority actionSome water-stress sensitivity in the locality.
RFI21-00052 AS-605-8379, Aboabo
Apartment · Ashanti
High 50 FlCoExRiLaDr ◆ Medium · PCAF 4 GHS 875k
Priority actionFlood exposure here is largely PLUVIAL (rainfall / urban-drainage driven) and is substantially MITIGABLE — this asset need not stay in the high-flood band if drainage is built and maintained. Make engineered, maintained drainage a condition of the facility: correctly sized culverts/gutters, soakaways / SuDS, a raised plinth and finished-floor elevation, plus a desilting & maintenance covenant. Verified drainage works can move the asset out of the high-flood band and protect the collateral — finance them as a green-retrofit loan. Confirm flood insurance in the interim.
RFI21-00065 GW-546-2764, Tema
Residential · Greater Accra
Moderate 31 FlCoExRiLaDr ◆ Medium · PCAF 4 GHS 1.40M
Priority actionSome water-stress sensitivity in the locality.
RFI21-00101 GE-565-2461, East Legon
Apartment · Greater Accra
Moderate 31 FlCoExRiLaDr ◆ Medium · PCAF 4 GHS 1.39M
Priority actionSome water-stress sensitivity in the locality.
RFI21-00066 GM-874-0889, East Legon
Residential · Greater Accra
Moderate 30 FlCoExRiLaDr ◆ Medium · PCAF 4 GHS 1.34M
Priority actionSome water-stress sensitivity in the locality.
RFI21-00081 AK-020-4687, Kumasi
Residential · Ashanti
Moderate 40 FlCoExRiLaDr ◆ Medium · PCAF 4 GHS 1.02M
Priority actionExtreme-heat exposure: building habitability/operating-cost risk — recommend passive-cooling / cool-roof / shading retrofit (green-loan candidate).
RFI21-00038 NS-506-3469, Tamale
Apartment · Northern
High 55 FlCoExRiLaDr ◆ Medium · PCAF 4 GHS 711k
Priority actionExtreme-heat exposure: building habitability/operating-cost risk — recommend passive-cooling / cool-roof / shading retrofit (green-loan candidate).
RFI21-00026 CC-273-6509, Cape Coast
Residential · Central
Moderate 49 FlCoExRiLaDr ◆ Medium · PCAF 4 GHS 794k
Priority actionCoastal erosion / sea-level exposure: obtain shoreline-setback confirmation and a coastal-defence statement; treat as elevated collateral risk on long-tenor loans.
RFI21-00009 NS-307-0209, Tamale
Residential · Northern
High 55 FlCoExRiLaDr ◆ Medium · PCAF 4 GHS 641k
Priority actionExtreme-heat exposure: building habitability/operating-cost risk — recommend passive-cooling / cool-roof / shading retrofit (green-loan candidate).
RFI21-00009-N204 NS-307-0209, Tamale
Residential · Northern
High 55 FlCoExRiLaDr ◆ Medium · PCAF 4 GHS 641k
Priority actionExtreme-heat exposure: building habitability/operating-cost risk — recommend passive-cooling / cool-roof / shading retrofit (green-loan candidate).
RFI21-00048 WN-070-1509, Takoradi
Residential · Western
Moderate 50 FlCoExRiLaDr ◆ Medium · PCAF 4 GHS 704k
Priority actionCoastal erosion / sea-level exposure: obtain shoreline-setback confirmation and a coastal-defence statement; treat as elevated collateral risk on long-tenor loans.
RFI21-00049 AK-251-5456, Aboabo
Residential · Ashanti
Critical 75 FlCoExRiLaDr ◆ Medium · PCAF 4 GHS 461k
Priority actionSits within a watercourse / riparian buffer: confirm building permit and buffer compliance; heightened pluvial & legal-setback risk.

7 · Regulatory & disclosure conformance matrix

How this screen maps to the frameworks a Ghanaian bank must satisfy. Needs bank data / sign-off marks requirements that depend on the bank's own governance, models or disclosure — see the gap register (§8).

Regulatory basis (verified June 2026): the Bank of Ghana Climate-Related Financial Risk Directive was issued November 2024 (under Act 930 s.92(1) and related Acts) and is effective for banks from January 2026 (SDIs/NBFIs from January 2027); it requires disclosure aligned to IFRS S2 / ISSB. ICAG's IFRS S1/S2 roadmap (28 March 2024) is voluntary 2024–2026 and mandatory for Significant Public Interest Entities from 1 January 2027. Confirm the latest text against the BoG primary source before filing.

BoG Climate-Risk Directive

RefRequirementTopicStatusEvidence
Governance Board & senior-management oversight of climate-related financial risk Governance Needs bank data / sign-off Bank governance
Risk Mgmt Identify & assess climate physical-risk exposures across the portfolio Risk management Addressed (screening) Portfolio screen
Risk Mgmt Climate risk integrated into credit risk management & ECL Risk management Partial Finance overlay (ECL)
Scenario Forward-looking climate scenario analysis / stress testing Scenario Partial Scenario projection
Disclosure Disclosure of climate-related risks & portfolio exposure Disclosure Addressed (screening) Portfolio report
Data Data & methodology for climate-risk measurement, with quality flags Data Addressed (screening) Confidence flags

Ghana Sustainable Banking Principles

RefRequirementTopicStatusEvidence
P1 Environmental & social risk management in business decisions E&S risk Addressed (screening) Portfolio screen
P2 Manage the bank's own E&S footprint Footprint Needs bank data / sign-off Bank operations
P3 Protect human rights & vulnerable groups in lending (anti-redlining / just transition) Social Partial Adaptation-first origination + land/community screen
P4 Financial inclusion & women's economic empowerment Inclusion Needs bank data / sign-off Bank strategy — out of scope of a physical-collateral screen
P5 Promote green / climate-resilient finance & resource efficiency Green finance Addressed (screening) Green/resilience-loan pipeline
P6 Capacity building on sustainable finance Capacity Needs bank data / sign-off Bank / sector programme — out of scope
P7 Report & disclose sustainability performance Reporting Addressed (screening) Portfolio report
SGN Vulnerable-sector exposure per the Sector Guidance Notes (Construction & Real Estate) Sector notes Partial Property book maps onto the Construction & Real Estate SGN

IFC SBFN Measurement Framework

RefRequirementTopicStatusEvidence
Pillar 1 ESG integration — physical-climate ESRM in the credit process ESG integration Addressed (screening) Portfolio screen + origination
Pillar 2 Climate-risk management — physical risk identified, measured, disclosed Climate risk Addressed (screening) Portfolio screen + BoG return
Pillar 2 (nature) Nature / biodiversity (TNFD) dependency & impact risk Nature Gap Out of scope — physical climate only; Land hazard is a proximity screen, not a TNFD assessment
Pillar 3 Financing sustainability — green / resilience-lending pipeline Financing Partial Adaptation/green-loan candidate pipeline (pre-eligibility)

ISSB IFRS S2 / TCFD

RefRequirementTopicStatusEvidence
Governance Governance of climate-related risks & opportunities Governance Needs bank data / sign-off Bank governance
Strategy Physical-risk exposure of the lending book & its financial effects Strategy Addressed (screening) Portfolio screen + finance overlay
Risk Mgmt Processes to identify, assess & manage climate risk Risk management Partial Portfolio screen
Metrics Climate metrics: % of exposure at high physical risk; climate ECL Metrics & targets Addressed (screening) Portfolio metrics
Resilience Climate resilience under multiple scenarios / horizons Strategy Partial Scenario projection

NGFS scenarios

RefRequirementTopicStatusEvidence
Physical Acute & chronic physical-risk assessment under NGFS pathways Physical risk Partial Scenario projection
Horizons Short / medium / long horizon (2030 / 2050) exposure view Horizons Addressed (screening) Scenario projection
Transmission Transmission of physical risk to credit loss Transmission Partial Finance overlay (ECL)

PCAF (data quality)

RefRequirementTopicStatusEvidence
Geocoding Asset-level location data with quality scoring Data quality Addressed (screening) Confidence flags
Coverage Portfolio coverage & per-asset confidence flags Data quality Addressed (screening) Confidence flags

PCAF (financed emissions)

RefRequirementTopicStatusEvidence
Scope 3 Financed-emissions baseline for the real-estate book (cross-sell) Emissions Gap Not yet in scope

8 · Regulatory return summary (BoG semi-annual)

The figures a Ghanaian bank files under the BoG Climate-Related Financial Risk Directive — material risk + exposure to vulnerable segments. Parameter set: BoG baseline v1 (2026-06) [baseline] · seed screen · as of 2026-10-03. Headline: 20% of exposure at High+ risk; GHS 139k/yr climate ECL uplift; GHS 9.50M stressed collateral shortfall; largest single-event loss GHS 1.57M (Greater Accra). Exportable as a filing CSV.

Exposure by region

RegionExposureHigh+% High+
Greater AccraGHS 28.22MGHS 3.72M13%
AshantiGHS 7.56MGHS 2.07M27%
CentralGHS 7.11MGHS 352k5%
EasternGHS 6.86MGHS 00%
NorthernGHS 5.12MGHS 5.12M100%
VoltaGHS 4.81MGHS 00%
WesternGHS 4.63MGHS 2.96M64%
Bono EastGHS 2.79MGHS 00%
BonoGHS 2.26MGHS 00%
Western NorthGHS 1.83MGHS 00%
AhafoGHS 1.13MGHS 00%
OtiGHS 806kGHS 00%
North EastGHS 348kGHS 348k100%
SavannahGHS 277kGHS 00%
Upper EastGHS 170kGHS 170k100%
Upper WestGHS 158kGHS 158k100%

Exposure by property type (segment)

TypeExposureHigh+
ResidentialGHS 50.98MGHS 9.25M
ApartmentGHS 12.46MGHS 3.37M
CommercialGHS 7.39MGHS 2.27M
Mixed-useGHS 3.24MGHS 0

9 · Gap register — what this screen does not replace

6 of 12 items are reliance-blocking. PortfolioCheck is screening-grade triage that flags collateral for closer review — it complements the bank's credit process; it does not certify it.

#AreaWhat is requiredOwnerSeverity
G01 Property valuation Climate haircuts are applied to an implied collateral value, not a surveyed valuation. The bank's valuation must confirm property values. Bank credit / valuation BLOCKING
G02 PD / LGD models ECL figures use illustrative default PD/LGD parameters. The bank must substitute its own IFRS 9 term-structure and recovery model. Bank risk modelling BLOCKING
G03 Building-level resilience Finished-floor elevation, flood defences and construction quality are not observed unless the bank records completed adaptation measures per asset; absent that, resilience is assumed unmitigated. Survey / site inspection BLOCKING
G04 Adaptation evidence Recorded adaptation measures that reduce an asset's risk are SELF-REPORTED until accepted by the supervisor; they receive no regulatory credit until taken in full once the bank holds evidence (site inspection / as-built / maintenance covenant). The bank must hold that evidence before relying on the reduced figures in a regulatory return. Bank / site verification BLOCKING
G05 Insurance status Whether each property carries valid flood/peril cover is a key loss mitigant and is not in the book; confirm per asset. Bank / borrower records BLOCKING
G06 Governance & disclosure Board oversight, the bank's own footprint and the formal disclosure statement are governance items this screen cannot produce. Bank governance BLOCKING
G07 Scenario calibration Forward views use IPCC AR6 SSP intensification factors applied with a bounded saturating map — screening estimates, not downscaled climate projections. Confirm the pathway and horizon assumptions before external disclosure. Climate science / consultant Advisory
G08 Transition risk out of scope This screen covers PHYSICAL climate risk only. The BoG Directive also requires transition risk (policy, carbon, stranded-asset) — material for a mortgage book mainly via energy-efficiency repricing; assess separately. Bank / consultant Advisory
G09 Nature / biodiversity (TNFD) out of scope This screen covers PHYSICAL CLIMATE risk only. Nature-related financial risk (TNFD dependencies & impacts) is deliberately out of scope; the Land hazard is a proximity screen (Ramsar/protected/contamination), NOT a nature dependency/impact assessment. Assess via a TNFD-aligned process. Bank / consultant Advisory
G10 Social / inclusion & just transition Financial-inclusion, gender and just-transition dimensions (SBP P3/P4; IFC SBFN) are out of scope of a physical-collateral screen. The tool's anti-redlining safeguard keeps credit flowing to exposed communities via a financeable fix (never a location denial), but inclusion is assessed by the bank. Bank / SBP programme Advisory
G11 Price-based exclusion (market conduct) The origination safeguard prevents a location DENIAL, but risk-based repricing/ECL can still price a poor flood-zone borrower out. Price-based exclusion is a market-CONDUCT matter the bank must govern (affordability, conduct rules); the tool flags it but does not cap pricing. Bank market-conduct / BoG conduct Advisory
G12 Refer-resolution audit A high-risk 'Refer for adaptation structuring' hands off to a credit officer who could still decline. The bank must LOG each refer's resolution (offer made / adaptation loan structured / declined-with-reason) and report the split so the anti-redlining safeguard is auditable, not just a suggestion. Bank credit workflow Advisory

Methodology (screening-grade)

Vulnerability. Composite = 50% weighted hazard load (Flood 34% · Coastal / sea-level 18% · Extreme heat 16% · Riparian proximity 12% · Land / contamination 10% · Drought / water stress 10%) + 50% of the single worst hazard, so one extreme hazard that can impair the security is not averaged away (bands: Low <25 · Moderate 25–50 · High 50–75 · Critical ≥75). A single-peril severity floor completes the blend: a worst hazard ≥0.85 (e.g. an observed Sentinel-1 flood) floors the composite at Critical, and ≥0.70 at High, so a near-certain peril carries the asset even when the other hazards are low. Each hazard is scored 0–1 by the built-in analyser (Ghana location model) and, with the live engine overlay mode, overlaid with SafeGround (flood / river / coastal / land) and FloodGuard (flood susceptibility), FloodGuard felt-heat (ERA5) and NASA POWER rainfall climatology (drought / water-stress).

Hazard → money (two channels). (1) Physical damage — an Average Annual Loss (AAL) per hazard = max-AAL × score1.5 (building-collateral ceilings: flood 5%; financially supported coastal risk 5.5%). Riparian proximity is represented through flood to avoid double counting; heat, land and drought remain due-diligence scores without a standalone building-damage AAL until a case-specific impairment model is supplied. Hazard AALs are combined across hazards; damage is assumed mostly uninsured in Ghana (~90% assumed — penetration is very low, so the loss falls on the collateral). (2) Market repricing — a forward collateral devaluation = ~35% of the capitalised AAL (cap rate 9%) + an insurability premium, capped at 40%; this raises the stressed LTV. ECL = PD × LGD × EAD (indicative annual marginal): LGD from realisable collateral with a smooth downturn liquidation, floored at 5% (Basel-style, so no LTV kink); PD = 2% base, rising with negative equity (strategic default) and uninsured damage. Not a lifetime/12-month staged IFRS 9 ECL, not a valuation. The single-event figure is a correlated-tail proxy (one severe event hitting all High+ assets in a region at once). Data quality is flagged on the PCAF 1–5 scale (screening is never better than 3). Scenario multipliers are illustrative — anchor to IPCC AR6 SLR / NGFS before disclosure. All parameters are exposed for recalibration against the bank's own loss experience.

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