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A person looks up a several black balloons floating above an ornate building in Zurich
News| January 16, 2023

SNB targeted by protestors over fossil fuel lending

Advocates from Campax protested in front of the Swiss National Bank to demand an end to its investments in fossil fuel companies.
A person uses a long-handled tool to clean a large solar panel in a srubby desert
News| November 22, 2022

Eurosystem tops latest Green Central Banking Scorecard

Work to green the ECB’s monetary policy has put Eurosystem central banks at the top of the 2022 Green Central Banking Scorecard as China, the Us, Brazil and India all fall in the rankings.
An expanse of tropical forest, cleared in the foreground creating an angular treeline
News| September 30, 2022

QE-funded deforestation linked to financial instability

Two new studies have found that deforestation could create a loss in value as great as the 2008 financial crash, and that central banks have purchased debt from issuers linked to forest loss.
A wind turbine emerges from low-lying mist
News| September 27, 2022

NGOs criticise ECB asset decarbonisation plan

Civil society groups have criticised the ECB’s plan to decarbonise its corporate portfolio, saying it lacks transparency and allows continuing support for the worst polluters.
Two Shell petrol pumps side-by-side on a garage fourecourt at night
News| September 23, 2022

Climate-related inflation requires ECB response, report finds

Inflation associated with fossil fuel dependency and changing weather patterns requires ECB action if it is to fulfill its mandate, finds a new report.
Close-up detail of a sculpture in the shape of a euro symbol, surrounding by five yellow stars
News| September 19, 2022

ECB begins decarbonisation of corporate portfolio

The ECB will soon introduce climate change considerations into its corporate bond purchases, favouring issuers according to past performance, future targets and quality of disclosures.
ECB president Christine Lagarde
News| September 12, 2022

Civil society issues criteria for greening ECB corporate portfolio

As the ECB moves to decarbonise its corporate bond portfolio, 12 leading research and advocacy groups have issued a list of four key criteria they say are crucial to the robustness and credibility of the exercise.
A pool of bright blue water lies in a depression on a glacier
News| September 7, 2022

Civil society groups tell central banks: ‘do whatever it takes’ on climate

A coalition of international NGOs and senior academics have issued a powerful call to action, demanding that central banks use all available tools to address climate change and biodiversity loss.
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Dead fish in the dry bottom of a river
News| August 29, 2022

Climate change has clear impact on inflation, says Lagarde

The ECB’s Lagarde on climate change and inflation, a climate warning from the NGFS chair, new disclosure rules from the Bank of Thailand, a Green Swan compilation and more from this week in green central banking.
Isabel Schnabel
News| June 14, 2022

Market efficiency mandate requires climate action, say ECB figures

A group of leading ECB figures have argued that demonstrated market flaws surrounding emissions and climate change require corrective action to fulfil the central bank’s mandate of “favouring an efficient allocation of resources”.
A man walks past a row of banners, reading 'Decarbonize the national bank!'
News| May 30, 2022

Zurich regional government joins growing calls for SNB climate action

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. …

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