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  • Transition risk premium penalises high emitters, DNB research finds

    08 August 2024

    Some high-emitting European companies are paying more than 40 basis points higher interest rates than companies with low or no carbon emissions over perceived transition risk, research by De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB) has found.

  • Webinar: How central banks are exploring deforestation risks

    10 July 2024

    Central banks are gaining new insights into financial risks associated with deforestation and other land use changes and are encouraging widespread uptake of a novel framework to assess these risks, an Environmental Finance webinar heard.

  • Why central banks are paying attention to deforestation

    08 July 2024
  • Netherlands central bank first to carry out LEAP assessment

    05 March 2024

    De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB), the Netherlands central bank, has become the first central bank to carry out a LEAP (Locate, Evaluate, Assess and Prepare) assessment.

  • Central bank work on nature 'lacking concrete action', WWF says

    15 January 2024
  • European insurers 'shun green bonds,' according to study

    14 August 2023

    Research has suggested European insurers surprisingly "shun green bonds" as investments, leaving mutual and pension funds as the "preferred habitat" for the sustainability-focused fixed income instrument.

  • COP27: NGFS launches blended climate finance initiative

    09 November 2022

    The Central Banks and Supervisors Network for Greening the Financial System (NGFS) has launched a blended finance initiative at the UN COP27 climate summit,...

  • ECB: 'We can no longer drag our feet' with nature risks

    30 September 2022

    A European Central Bank (ECB) executive has urged action to tackle financial risks related to nature as well as climate.

  • DNB reveals extent of Dutch financial institutions' carbon emissions

    11 January 2022

    Dutch financial institutions are estimated to have financed carbon emissions of at least 82 megatonnes (Mt) in 2019, according to analysis by the country's central bank.

  • DNB publishes guide on financial institutions and biodiversity

    17 December 2021

    The Dutch central bank has published a guide to help financial institutions improve management of their exposure to biodiversity-related risks.