The Monetary Authority of Singapore has announced a plan to decarbonise its US$300bn reserve fund, amid increasing global interest in the climate impact of central banks’ forex portfolios.
The Swiss National Bank has come under further pressure to take climate action after one of its largest shareholders passed a motion calling on the bank to align its policies with the Paris Agreement. …
Climate activists protested outside the Swiss National Bank’s AGM last week, highlighting the central bank’s substantial funding of fossil fuels and calling for climate-related disclosures and transition plans.
A study assessing twelve of the world’s largest central banks against ten climate-related policy criteria has found all failing to align their lending, asset purchases and regulatory activities with the Paris Agreement target.
Thousands of Fridays for Future and other activists protested in Frankfurt on Friday demanding an immediate end to the financing of fossil fuels by the ECB and commercial banks.
A crowd of 1,500 climate activists gathered outside the Swiss National Bank (SNB) on Friday to demand an immediate end to the central bank’s support for fossil fuel companies and activities. The portfolios of the SNB and the Swiss banking …
Zurich police detained climate activists from outside the Credit Suisse headquarters and several UBS bank buildings yesterday following a seven hour protest of the climate-damaging investments of Swiss financial institutions. Around 70 activists were taken into custody, said organising group …
ECB general agreement on a climate roadmap, SNB’s “moderate” climate-related risk, and the BIS Bitcoin proposal as a model for fossil fuels, and more.
Global Economist Megan Greene’s opinion piece on what central banks need to do to tackle climate change, and how the Fed lags behind its global peers.
Climate activists dressed as waiters and served glasses of oil outside the headquarters of the Swiss National Bank (SNB) this morning in protest of the central bank’s financial support for emission-intensive activities fuelling the climate crisis. In a press release …
The Swiss National Bank (SNB) will exclude coal mining companies from its foreign currency reserves, SNB Governor Thomas Jordan announced at a news conference on December 17, 2020. “In Switzerland, a broad consensus has formed in recent years in favour …
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