ESG screening has undergone a significant conceptual expansion in 2026: what began as a sustainability and reputational risk exercise is now formally integrated into AML, sanctions compliance, and financial crime risk management frameworks at leading financial institutions. The convergence reflects a structural recognition that environmental crime, governance failures, and financial crime are not parallel risks — they are frequently the same risk expressed through different channels. Climate-linked financial crime typologies now include illegal deforestation proceeds, illicit wildlife trade, illegal gold and artisanal mining laundering, and carbon credit fraud — all of which generate proceeds that enter the financial system through patterns that standard transaction monitoring may not capture without ESG-enriched...

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