Building on an existing relationship, Virgin Money will benefit from Hometrack’s Climate Change Risk analysis, provided in partnership with Ambiental and Terrafirma.

Hometrack will also assist the bank as it works to meet ongoing regulation from the Bank of England.

As well as assessing the risk of climate change in the near-term, Hometrack will assess how risk is forecast to develop across Virgin Money’s portfolio over time.

Mark Thundercliffe, chief risk officer at Virgin Money, said: “The Climate Change Risk analysis along with other valuable insight from Hometrack that we will now receive will mean Virgin Money can better understand the risks and opportunities in the current market while also planning accordingly for the future.”

George Robbins, VP commercial at Hometrack, added: “Changing regulation around climate change is one of the biggest challenges facing lenders in today’s market.

“Indeed, it’s an issue that is set to face the industry for the long term – it isn’t going to dissipate any time soon.

“We welcome Virgin Money’s appetite to address this challenge early on and will support them as they gain control of its risk exposure based on our market leading data and analysis.”