Guidelines on Reporting of Sustainability-Related Risks and Opportunities for Banks and Financial Institutions, 2025

GUIDELINES ON REPORTING OF SUSTAINABILITY - RELATED RISKS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR BANKS AND FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, 2025 BANK OF TANZANIA JANUARY 2025

TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART I
PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS

1. Citation
2. Authorization
3. Application
4. Interpretation
5. Introduction
6. Objectives
   PART II
   GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE AND OVERSIGHT
7. Governance
8. Disclosures on the Board’s Responsibilities
9. Disclosures on Senior Management’s Responsibilities
   PART III
   STRATEGY
10. Strategy
11. Disclosures on strategy
    PART IV
    RISK MANAGEMENT
12. Risk management processes
13. Disclosures on Risk Management Processes
    PART V
    METRICS AND TARGETS
14. Metrics and targets
15. Disclosures on metrics
16. Disclosures on targets
    PART VI
    REPORTING TIMELINE
17. Reporting timeline
    PART VII
    COMPLIANCE AND DISCLOSURES
18. Statement of compliance
19. Disclosures
    PART VIII
    GENERAL PROVISIONS
20. Compliance
21. Implementation

PART I
PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS
Citation 1. These Guidelines shall be cited as Guidelines on Reporting of Sustainability - Related Risks and Opportunities for Banks and Financial Institutions, 2025. Authorization 2. These Guidelines are issued under section 71 of the Banking and Financial Institutions Act, 2006. Application 3. These Guidelines shall apply to all banks and financial institutions. Interpretation 4. In these Guidelines, unless the context otherwise requires:
“Act” means the Banking and Financial Institutions Act, 2006; “Bank” means the Bank of Tanzania; “bank” has the same meaning ascribed to it in the Act; "Board" means the Board of Directors of a bank or financial institution; “financial institution” has the same meaning ascribed to it in the Act; “material information” information is material if omitting, misstating or obscuring that information could reasonably be expected to influence decisions that primary users of general purpose financial reports make on the basis of those reports, which include financial statements and sustainability-related financial disclosures and which provide information about a specific reporting bank or financial institution; "no-cost retail checking accounts" refers to accounts that do not charge monthly maintenance fees regardless of account balance and have no minimum account balance requirement; “primary users” refers to existing and potential investors, lenders and other creditors who must rely on general purpose financial reports for much of the financial information they need; “stake holders” refers to primary users, policy makers, capital markets, civil societies and other general public; “sustainability-related risks and opportunities” means risks and opportunities that could reasonably be expected to affect a bank or financial institution’s cash flows, its access to finance or cost of capital over the short, medium or long term

due to interactions between a bank or financial institution and its stakeholders, society, the economy and the natural environment throughout its value chain; "unbanked customer" means a person that does not maintain a current or savings account with a bank or financial institution who may rely on alternative financial services; "underbanked customer" means a person who has an account with a bank or financial institution but regularly uses alternative financial service providers; "underserved customer" means a person who is unbanked, underbanked or otherwise has limited access to mainstream financial services; “Report by Those Charged with Governance” means information presented in a section of report by those charged with governance in the audited financial statements, which indicates the main trends and factors underlying the developments, operations, performance, financial position and cash flows of a bank or financial institution during the financial year and those which are likely to affect the bank or financial institution future developments, operations, performance, financial position and cash flows. Introduction 5. Reporting on sustainability-related risks and opportunities is crucial as the ability of a bank or financial institution to generate cash flows over the short, medium and long term is linked to the interactions with its stakeholders, the economy and the natural environment that forms an interdependent system throughout its value chain. Objective 6. These Guidelines are intended to guide banks and financial institutions to disclose information on sustainability-related risks and opportunities that is useful to primary users and other stakeholders of general-purpose financial reports in making decisions relating to providing or acquiring resources, policy making and other activities relating to a particular bank or financial institution.
PART II
GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE AND OVERSIGHT Governance 7. Banks and financial institutions shall establish:
(i) the governance body, which may include a Board or Board Committee or individual responsible for oversight of sustainability-related risks and opportunities; and

(ii) internal processes, controls, and procedures to identify, assess, monitor, manage, mitigate, and report sustainability￾related risks and opportunities. Disclosures on the Board’s Responsibilities
8. Banks and financial institutions shall disclose information about
how the Board:
(i) clearly reflects roles and responsibilities for sustainability￾related risks and opportunities in the terms of reference, mandates, role descriptions and other related policies; (ii) determines whether appropriate skills and competencies are available or will be developed to oversee strategies designed to respond to sustainability-related risks and opportunities; (iii) is informed about sustainability-related risks and opportunities; (iv) considers sustainability-related risks and opportunities when overseeing a bank or financial institution’s strategy, its decisions on major transactions and its risk management processes and related policies, including whether the Board has considered trade-offs associated with those risks and opportunities; and (v) oversees the setting of targets related to sustainability￾related risks and opportunities, and monitors progress towards targets and whether the performance metrics are included in remuneration policies. Disclosures on Senior Management’s Responsibilities
9. Banks and financial institutions shall disclose whether:
(i) the role related to management of sustainability-related risks and opportunities has been assigned to a specific committee or management level and how the oversight is being implemented; and (ii) controls and procedures are in place to support the oversight of sustainability-related risks and opportunities and how these controls are integrated with other internal functions.
PART III
STRATEGY
Strategy 10. Banks and financial institutions shall establish a strategy for managing sustainability-related risks and opportunities. Disclosures on strategy
11. Banks and financial institutions disclosures on strategy shall at
minimum include information about:
(i) sustainability-related risks and opportunities in terms of short, medium and long-term time horizons as per the planning horizons used by a bank or financial institution for strategic decision-making;

(ii) current and anticipated effects of sustainability-related risks and opportunities on the business model and value chain including concentration levels; (iii) how a bank or financial institution has responded or plan to respond to sustainability-related risks and opportunities in its strategy and decision-making including trade-offs between sustainability-related risks and opportunities; (iv) current and anticipated effects of sustainability-related risks and opportunities on a bank or financial institution’s financial position, financial performance, and cash flows over the short, medium and long term; and (v) the resilience of the deployed strategy and business model to sustainability-related risks.
PART IV
RISK MANAGEMENT
Risk
Management
Processes
12. Banks and financial institutions shall establish internal processes
to identify, assess, prioritise, and monitor sustainability-related risks and opportunities and integrate the processes into the overall risk management framework. Disclosures on Risk Management Processes
13. Banks and financial institutions shall disclose risk management
processes, which at minimum include information about:
(i) the processes and policies on sustainability-related risks and opportunities that shall at minimum include:
a) deployed parameters and inputs; b) the method such as scenario analysis used by a bank or financial institution to inform its identification of sustainability-related risks; c) assessment of the nature, likelihood and magnitude of the effects of those sustainability-related risks which may include qualitative factors and/or quantitative thresholds; d) how a bank or financial institution prioritises sustainability-related risks in comparison to other types of risks; e) how a bank or financial institution monitors sustainability-related risks; and f) whether and how a bank or financial institution has changed the processes it uses compared with the previous reporting period. (ii) the processes that a bank or financial institution uses to identify, assess, prioritise, and monitor sustainability￾related opportunities; and

(iii) the extent to which a bank or financial institution has integrated the processes for identifying, assessing, prioritising, and monitoring sustainability-related risks and opportunities into the overall risk management process.
PART V
METRICS AND TARGETS
Metrics and
Targets
14. Banks and financial institutions shall establish metrics and set
targets used to measure performance and monitor sustainability￾related risks and opportunities towards attaining sustainability￾related targets set by a bank or financial institution and any target that may be required by law. Disclosures on Metrics
15. (1) Banks and financial institutions shall disclose:
(i) metrics required by applicable Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) standards considering their scope of activities; and (ii) metrics used to measure and monitor sustainability risks and opportunities, and performance in relation to those risks and opportunities. (2) In the absence of applicable SASB standards to a specific sustainability-related risk or opportunity, a bank or financial institution shall disclose the following about the metrics used:
(i) source of metrics used other than International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) Sustainability Disclosure Standards; (ii) how the metric is defined including whether the metric is an absolute, relative to other metrics or a qualitative measure; (iii) whether the metric is validated by a third party and, the name of the third party; (iv) the method and inputs used to calculate the metric including limitations and assumptions; (v) data security, including:
a. number of data breaches; b. percentage that are personal data breaches;
c. number of account holder affected; and
d. description of approach to identifying and addressing data security risks. (vi) financial inclusion and capacity building, including:
a. number and amount of loans outstanding that qualify for programmes designed to promote small business and community development; b. number and amount of past due and non-performing loans or loans subject to forbearance that qualify for

programmes designed to promote small business and community development;
c. number of no-cost retail checking accounts provided
to previously unbanked or underbanked customers; and d. number of participants in financial literacy initiatives for unbanked, underbanked, or underserved customers. (vii) incorporation of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) factors in Credit Analysis including a description of approach to incorporation of ESG factors in credit analysis; (viii) business ethics including:
a. total amount of monetary losses as a result of legal proceedings associated with fraud, insider trading, antitrust, anticompetitive behaviour, market manipulation, malpractice, or other related financial industry laws or regulations; and b. description of whistle-blower policies and procedures. (ix) systematic risk management including description of approach to integrate results of mandatory and voluntary stress tests into capital adequacy planning, long-term corporate strategy, and other business activities. Disclosures on Targets
16. For each target, a bank or financial institution shall disclose
information about:
(i) the metric used to set the target and to monitor progress towards reaching the target; (ii) the specific quantitative or qualitative target; (iii) the timeframe over which the target applies; (iv) the base period from which progress is measured; (v) any milestones and interim targets; (vi) performance against each target and an analysis of trends or changes in performance; and (vii) any revisions to the target and an explanation for revisions.

PART VI
REPORTING TIMELINE
Reporting
Timeline
17. Banks and financial institutions shall report sustainability-related
financial disclosures for the same reporting period as its annual audited financial statements.
PART VII
COMPLIANCE
Statement of compliance
18. Banks and financial institutions shall make an explicit and
unreserved statement of compliance to the requirements of IFRS sustainability disclosure standards.
PART VIII
LOCATION OF DISCLOSURES
Location of disclosures
19. Banks and financial institutions shall provide disclosures
required by these Guidelines as part of its Report by Those Charged with Governance.
PART IX
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Compliance 20. (1) The Bank through its supervisory tools shall ensure the compliance of banks and financial institutions to the provisions of these Guidelines; and (2) Non-compliance with the provisions of these Guidelines shall lead to supervisory measures at the disposal of the Bank as per the existing laws and regulations. Implementation 21. Banks and financial institutions shall implement these Guidelines as outlined in Annex 1 of these Guidelines. Emmanuel M. Tutuba GOVERNOR

Annex 1: NBAA Roadmap for the implementation of Sustainability Reporting in
Tanzania
No. Description 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029

1. Sustainability Assessment: A thorough
   assessment of the entity’s sustainability readiness and performances
2. Sustainability Positioning: A positioning
   analysis aimed at identifying the current and prospective sustainability positioning of the entity versus its main competitors or industry Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).
3. Sustainability Framework and Sustainability
   Policy: A sustainability framework and sustainability policy outlining the entity’s commitment to practices and standards designed to promote environmentally and socially responsible operations.
4. Sustainability Strategic Plan: A strategic plan
   especially designed to help the entity meet its sustainability goals, through specific, measurable, attainable, relevant and time-bound interventions and KPI.
5. IFRS S1 Disclosures: For each disclosure topic,
   the information about Governance, Strategy, Risk Management and Metrics and Targets.
6. IFRS S2 Disclosures: For each disclosure topic,
   the information about Governance, Strategy, Risk Management and Metrics and Targets.
7. Scope 1 Greenhouse Gas Emission: (Direct
   greenhouse gas emissions that occur from sources that are owned or controlled by an entity)

No. Description 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029
8. Scope 2 Greenhouse Gas Emission: (Indirect
greenhouse gas emissions from the generation of purchased or acquired electricity, steam, heating or cooling consumed by an entity).
9. Scope 3 Greenhouse Gas Emission: (Indirect
greenhouse gas emissions (not included in Scope 2 greenhouse gas emissions) that occur in the value chain of an entity, including both upstream and downstream emissions). (1) Purchased goods and services (2) Capital goods (3) Fuel- and energy-related activities not included in Scope 1 greenhouse gas emissions or Scope 2 greenhouse gas emissions (4) Upstream transportation and distribution (5) Waste generated in operations (6) Business travel (7) Employee commuting (8) Upstream leased assets (9) Downstream transportation and distribution (10) Processing of sold products (11) Use of sold products (12) End-of-life treatment of sold products (13) Downstream leased assets (14) Franchises (15) Investments