Financial services · Snowflake
NatWest Transforms Its ESG Analytics and Data Culture
Public case study · not a Metric Oak engagement
- reduction in total cost of ownership and carbon footprint
- 80%
- year saved during migration
- 1
What happened
The story in brief
One of Britain's oldest retail and commercial banks needed climate and social-responsibility analytics for regulation and customers. Rebuilding the work on Snowflake cut total cost of ownership and the associated carbon footprint substantially.
How it compares
- 80% reduction in total cost of ownership and carbon footprint, against a median reported cost reduction of 60% across 19 financial services results.
Planning something similar?
Cloud data migration
Legacy warehouse to lakehouse, with parallel-run validation. Senior engineers, fixed scope, measured results.
Frequently asked questions
What results did NatWest report?
NatWest reported 80% reduction in total cost of ownership and carbon footprint; 1 year saved during migration, according to its customer story published by Snowflake.
Which platform and technologies did NatWest use?
NatWest used Snowflake on AWS, including Snowpark, Streamlit, dbt.
How do these results compare with other financial services programs?
80% reduction in total cost of ownership and carbon footprint, against a median reported cost reduction of 60% across 19 financial services results.
Source
Customer story published by Snowflake: NatWest Transforms Its ESG Analytics and Data Culture (opens snowflake.com in a new tab) on snowflake.com. Figures as published, retrieved 27 October 2026. The summary above is Metric Oak's own. This is not a Metric Oak engagement.
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