Central Bank Mandates, Sustainability Objectives and the Promotion of Green Finance

Simon Dikau () and Ulrich Volz

Working Papers from Department of Economics, SOAS University of London, UK

Abstract: This paper examines to what extent climate-related risks and mitigation policies fit into the current set of central bank mandates and objectives. To this end, we conduct a detailed analysis of central bank mandates and objectives, using the IMF's Central Bank Legislation Database, and compare these to current arrangements and sustainability responsibilities that central banks have adopted in practice. To scrutinise the alignment of mandates with climate-related policies, we differentiate between the impact of environmental factors on the conventional core objectives of central banking, and a potential promotional role of central banks with regard to green finance and sustainability. Of the 133 central banks in our sample, only 12% have explicit sustainability mandates while 29% are mandated to support the government's policy priorities, which in most cases includes sustainability goals. However, given that climate risks can directly impact on traditional core responsibilities of central banks, most notably monetary and financial stability, even central banks without explicit or implicit sustainability mandate ought to incorporate climate- and mitigation-risks into their core policy implementation frameworks in order to efficiently and successfully safeguard price and financial stability.

Keywords: Central banks; central bank mandates; green finance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E5 Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 36
Date: 2019-03
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