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Research| March 24, 2021

Adapting Central Bank Operations to a Hotter World

NGFS technical document finds climate change poses new financial risks to central banks’ monetary policy and they should consider the effect.

Published by Network for Greening the Financial System
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Research| March 14, 2021

The Green Central Banking Scorecard

This study ranks and scores the responses of G20 central banks and financial supervisors to the climate crisis.

Published by Positive Money
A Toolbox of Sustainable Crisis Response Measures for Central Banks and Supervisors
Research| November 23, 2020

A Toolbox of Sustainable Crisis Response Measures for Central Banks and Supervisors

This briefing paper identifies policy tools used by central banks during Covid-19, assessing how climate factors can be integrated.

Published by Inspire, Grantham Research Institute and SOAS
Research| October 22, 2020

Decarbonising Is Easy: Beyond Market Neutrality in the ECB’s Corporate QE

This analysis of the ECB’s CSPP finds that market neutrality causes significant bias towards carbon-intensive sectors.

Published by New Economics Foundation, Greenpeace, SOAS, University of Greenwich and UWE Bristol
Research| October 17, 2020

Central Bank Market Neutrality is a Myth

The idea that the monetary policy portfolios of central banks can be market neutral is comprehensively dismantled in this article. 

Published by Council of Economic Policies
Research| August 4, 2020

Decarbonising the Bank of England’s Pandemic QE

This report shows how the BoE’s pandemic Corporate Bond Purchase Scheme is heavily biased towards carbon-intensive sectors.

Published by New Economics Foundation, Greenpeace, SOAS, University of Greenwich and UWE Bristol
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Research| July 22, 2020

The Covid Corporate Financing Facility: Where Are the Conditions for the Billion Pound Bailouts?

This report finds BoE’s Covid Corporate Financing Facility provides UK’s corporations with cheap loans without environmental conditions.

Published by Positive Money
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Research| October 14, 2019

A Sustainable and Responsible Investment Guide for Central Banks’ Portfolio Management

This NGFS report aims to encourage the adoption of sustainable and responsible investment practices by central banks.

Published by Network for Greening the Financial System
Research| August 14, 2019

The Myth of Market Neutrality: Comparative Study of the ECB’s and SNB’s Corporate Security Purchases

This comparative study examines the corporate bond purchases of the ECB and the SNB and how central bankers legitimise these purchases.

Published by Jan van 't Klooster & Clément Fontan

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