The aim of the research presented in the article was to analyse the legitimacy of the use of scoring models in banking activities, together with the assessment of the effectiveness of this tool in reducing the high value of the NPL ratio in Polish cooperative banks on the example of banks...

Chapter 1. Introduction by the editors -- Chapter 2. The market reaction to climate risk: evidence from the European banking industry -- Chapter 3. Dissecting the European ESG premium vs the US: is it all about non-financial reporting? -- Chapter 4. Loan origination and monitoring guidelines:...