sustainable finance

A new global framework for the protection of nature was adopted at COP15, with material targets for 2030. This commentary outlines their particular relevance for the financial sector and its efforts to halt nature loss. Read more

This paper explores current models and scenarios for analysing nature-related financial risks. It identifies the key methodological considerations and requirements if nature assessments are to provide useful guidance to the financial sector. Read more

This paper sets out why it is important for central banks and supervisors to actively support the just transition, suggests a three-step roadmap for achieving this goal, and explores policy options for aligning monetary policy operations and financial regulation with the just transition. Read more

The impacts of biodiversity loss call for urgent and transformative changes to economic and financial systems. This paper discusses the need to extend the scope of central banks’ approach to the environmental crisis. Read more

With $468 trillion in assets across the globe, there is no shortage of cash to prevent climate harm; the problem is that the priorities, rules and incentives that govern public and private finance have long been pointing in the wrong direction. Nick Robins writes from COP27 on the steps being made to transform finance for a net zero and resilient world. Read more

Net zero transition plans can provide an additional dynamic instrument for financial supervisors to assess and address financial risks. This report provides steps towards incorporating transition plans into prudential supervision. Read more

This book chapter discusses the role that central banks and financial supervisors (CBFSs) can play in scaling up sustainable finance and investment. Read more

This report provides guidance to financial Institutions on how they can incorporate the social dimension of climate action – the just transition – into their net zero transition plans. Read more

This paper considers how capital requirements - which in their current form act as a barrier to the transition to an environmentally sustainable economy - can become green. Specifically, it explores how green differentiated capital requirements (GDCRs) can be incorporated into financial regulation frameworks. Read more

This policy brief (produced for the T20 Summit in Bali, Indonesia) highlights the potential of digital solutions and presents six proposals to enhance digital technologies with implications for the Group of 20 (G20) central banks and supervisors. Read more