Green finance
Brazilian governor outlines climate reporting rules
Campos Neto says Brazil’s banks must file climate risk reports from June 2023
PBoC launches carbon-reduction monetary policy facility
Facility will offer low-cost loans for private firms investing in green projects
BoE to start greening its corporate bond holdings
Central bank will use new climate-focused methodology to rebalance portfolio later this month
BIS and HKMA conclude green DLT project
HKMA says it is considering pilot issuance of tokenised green government bonds
Carney says over $130 trillion of capital now pledged to net zero
But rich countries admit they have fallen short of net zero financing goals
Centralised climate change teams crucial, central bankers say
As COP26 begins, central banks are focusing on improving governance of their climate actions
Approaching green central bank balance sheets
Climate-friendly balance sheets come at a ‘greenium’, panellists argue at a roundtable at Central Banking’s Summer Meetings, in collaboration with Invesco.
RBNZ climate stress test planned for 2023
Central bank faces challenges in adapting NGFS scenarios to New Zealand and greening its own operations
BIS launches third green bond fund in Asia
Asian Development Bank and BIS aim to foster issuance of safe green assets
BIS paper finds flaws in green taxonomies
“Taxonomy of taxonomies” proposes tackling weaknesses in categorisation of green assets
Agustín Carstens on BIS strategic priorities, innovation and central bank policy
The BIS general manager speaks about policy trade-offs at critical time, tackling NBFIs and the dearth of ‘green’ assets, tech collaboration, and why he favours Biden’s $3.5trn infrastructure bill
ECB climate stress test reveals uneven risks across eurozone
First step in ‘climate roadmap’ assesses 1,600 banks and over four million firms
RBI steps up work on climate change
Sustainable Finance Group will “spearhead” climate-related supervision and regulation
Bank of Finland targets 2050 carbon neutrality for investments
Greening FX reserves will only be possible if countries meet their Paris climate goal, central bank says
Greening the central bank balance sheet, or not?
Paul Fisher, fellow at the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership and senior adviser for Oliver Wyman, discusses how central banks can act to contribute to mitigating and adapting to climate change, and identifies some worthwhile interventions.
BIS and HKMA start work on green bond infrastructure project
Digital platform based on blockchain aims to improve green bond market’s transparency
Thai regulators aim to create ‘green’ taxonomy
Central bank and other regulators pledge to encourage sustainable investment
Green finance and mispricing: what role for central banks and governments?
Governments and central banks cannot stay on the sidelines if they are to fix market mispricing, says Sayuri Shirai
PBoC to support green finance with low-cost funding
Bank says it will extend its tougher regulation of crypto assets
US regulator joins NGFS
OCC follows Fed into green network and appoints climate change risk officer
Central Bank of Hungary adopts green monetary policy
Policy sees central bank launch green mortgage bond purchase programme
ECB bond holdings exposed to nature-related financial risks – paper
Study warns corporate bond holdings rely on ‘ecosystem services’ and contribute to biodiversity loss
DNB unveils sustainability policy
Dutch central bank sets out four-year green plan – investments must be “Paris-aligned”
BoJ to offer zero-interest loans for climate projects
Central bank highlights five areas of focus in new climate strategy