• EY has provided limited assurance of the methodology underlying the Meniga Carbon Index assessing its reliability, transparency and suitability for estimating the carbon value of banking transactions

• Meniga Carbon Index is the first global transaction-based carbon index to have undertaken such a third party review

• The Meniga Carbon Index is the foundation for Meniga’s ‘Carbon Insight’ product, which allows banks to help their customers to track and reduce their carbon footprint based on their everyday consumption

Meniga (www.meniga.com), the global leader in digital banking and personal finance solutions, today announced that the index underpinning its innovative green banking solution ‘Carbon Insight’ - which allows banking app users to track and reduce their carbon footprint - has been reviewed by EY, one of the “Big-4” accounting & professional services firms in the world.

Following the limited assurance (according to the ISAE 3000 standard), EY has made a conclusion regarding the reliability, transparency and suitability of the methodology for estimating the carbon value of banking transactions. For the full auditor’s report, see https://www.meniga.com/download/meniga-carbon-index.

With EY’s conclusion, Meniga continues to bolster its offering of green banking products, enhancing the credibility of the Carbon Index and establishing it as a possible benchmark for carbon footprint measurement tools. Meniga’s Carbon Index is the first solution of its kind to receive such a review, further underlining Meniga’s credentials as the leading provider of carbon footprinting solutions in the world.

Bragi Fjalldal, CMO & VP Business Development, comments:

“EY’s assurance is a major milestone on our journey towards mass adoption of our Carbon Insight solution by banks across the world. We expect our solution to be live in 5-6 countries by the end of the year as more and more banks recognize the opportunity they have to take a firm position in the fight against climate change together with their customers”

“Third party review is key to establishing credibility for a solution of this complexity and this has been a clear expectation of the banks who have signed up to date. We are extremely proud to be the first solution of this kind to go through this independent assurance”

According to EY‘s Future Consumer Index, people increasingly want to make sustainable choices and companies need to respond to growing demand for eco-friendly products & services. Financial services organizations are no exception to this – and many banks are recognising the unique opportunity and tangible business value that green banking solutions can bring in serving the needs of the rapidly growing segment of carbon-conscious consumers. According to a recent survey by Meniga, 62% of European consumers want their bank to provide them with an overview of their carbon footprint.

Thomas Holm Møller, Partner EY-Parthenon & Co-Lead EMEIA Digital, comments:

“Climate change is one of the greatest challenges of our lifetime, and at the same time the innovation opportunity of a generation. The involvement of consumers is critical in order to accelerate our journey to net zero emissions. Banks find themselves in a unique position to empower a rapidly growing movement of carbon conscious consumers by providing real-time access to carbon footprint data and insights. These types of advanced data analytics solutions need third party reviews to ensure quality and credibility to both banks and consumers"