banking

This tool describes the concept of a Just Transition and makes the business case for financial institutions to partner with stakeholders and peers to support a just climate transition. Read more

This paper presents an overview of current practices on sustainable and responsible management of central bank portfolios and provides recommendations for central banks on how to introduce sustainable, responsible or ESG (environmental, social and governance) aspects to those portfolios. Read more

This paper reviews the recommendations of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) and their application by central banks to date. It also considers potential enhancements for central banks’ climate disclosures and their possible implications for the wider financial system. Read more

This article examines the relationship between capital ratios and returns on US bank stocks between 1973 and 2019. Read more

Scotland is targeting a net-zero transition that is inclusive and fair. Here, the authors report from a recent gathering of finance and government stakeholders in Edinburgh that explored how finance can be mobilised as part of the just transition. Read more

This policy insight looks at looks at the contribution the banking sector can make to ensuring that a just transition happens in the UK, under the Government's commitment to a net-zero-carbon economy by 2050. Read more

Nick Robins explores how UK banks and investors are starting to get behind the just transition that is needed for the country to reach its new net-zero target. Read more

Dirk Schoenmaker describes a novel approach to teaching the new generation of sustainable financiers. He presents a four-stage framework in which his favoured configuration, Sustainable Finance 2.0, monetises the social and environmental aspects, placing them on a par with the financial dimension. Read more

Note that an 8-page policy brief for decision-makers that draws on the full 36-page paper is available.  Headline issue Both... Read more