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Climate-related financial disclosures

Tackling climate change starts with having reliable data. Only then can we accurately measure our impact on the climate and understand the risks we face. This gives us a basis for taking meaningful and effective action.

What kind of information do we disclose?

Our disclosures provide detailed information on the carbon footprint and climate risk of the financial assets held by the European Central Bank (ECB) and the euro area national central banks, collectively known as the Eurosystem. Increased transparency means we can better understand our portfolios’ climate impact, make more well-informed decisions about achieving our climate goals and help others to better understand climate risk and impact. In 2023, the ECB and other Eurosystem central banks started collectively publishing climate-related financial disclosures. These disclosures are updated once a year.

Over time, these disclosures will reflect our efforts to decarbonise portfolios on a path that supports the goals of the Paris Agreement. They will also help us to monitor our progress and inform future adjustments of our measures, if needed.

What do the disclosures cover?

The ECB publishes disclosures for financial assets in portfolios that Eurosystem central banks hold for monetary policy purposes and for the ECB’s foreign reserves. In addition, all Eurosystem central banks publish disclosures for their non-monetary policy portfolios, which they each manage under their own responsibility.

One harmonised approach in the euro area

All disclosures are prepared in line with a Eurosystem common minimum disclosure framework based on the recommendations of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures and the Partnership for Carbon Accounting Financials.

A list of Eurosystem disclosures is provided below.

Overview of Eurosystem climate-related financial disclosures

Euro area

European Central Bank

Austria

Oesterreichische Nationalbank

Belgium

Nationale Bank van België/Banque Nationale de Belgique

Croatia

Hrvatska narodna banka

Cyprus

Central Bank of Cyprus

Estonia

Eesti Pank

Finland

Suomen Pankki – Finlands Bank

France

Banque de France

Germany

Deutsche Bundesbank

Greece

Bank of Greece

Ireland

Central Bank of Ireland

Italy

Banca d’Italia

Latvia

Latvijas Banka

Lithuania

Lietuvos bankas

Luxembourg

Banque centrale du Luxembourg

Malta

Central Bank of Malta

The Netherlands

De Nederlandsche bank

Portugal

Banco de Portugal

Slovakia

Národná banka Slovenska

Slovenia

Bank Slovenije

Spain

Banco de España

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