Network for Greening the Financial System
The Network for Greening the Financial System (NGFS) is a network of 83 central banks and financial supervisors that aims to accelerate the scaling up of green finance and develop recommendations for central banks' role for climate change. The NGFS was created in 2017 and its secretariat is hosted by the Banque de France. Its current chair is Dutch central banker Frank Elderson. The NGFS has been awarded best green initiative of the year 2020 by Centralbanking.com.[1]
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| Abbreviation | NGFS |
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| Formation | December 2017 |
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Chair | Frank Elderson |
| Website | https://www.ngfs.net/ |
According to its charter,[2] the purpose of the NGFS is "is to define, promote and contribute to the development of best practices to be implemented within and outside of the Membership of the NGFS and to conduct or commission analytical work on green finance."
The NGFS was announced at the Paris “One Planet Summit” in December 2017. The network was launched by 8 founding central banks,[3] under the leadership of Banque de France's governor François Villeroy de Galhau, the Dutch Central Bank's Frank Elderson and the Bank of England's former governor Mark Carney.[4]
Work and activities
The NGFS organises events and research on climate change. The NGFS work is currently organised around 5 workstreams:
- Workstream on “Microprudential/Supervision”, chaired by Mr Zeng Yi Wong from the Monetary Authority of Singapore
- Workstream on “Macrofinancial”, chaired by Ms Sarah Breeden from the Bank of England
- Workstream on “Scaling up green finance”, chaired by Ms Sabine Mauderer from the Deutsche Bundesbank
- Workstream on “Bridging the data gaps”, chaired by Mr Patrick Amis from the European Central Bank and Mr Fabio Natalucci from the International Monetary Fund
- Workstream on “Research”, chaired by Mr Ma Jun from the People's Bank of China
Governance and membership
Today the NGFS comprises 75 members and 13 observers.[5]
| Name | Membership | Join date |
|---|---|---|
| Banque de France and ACPR | Permanent member | 2017 |
| Bank of England | Permanent member | 2017 |
| De Nederlandsche Bank | Permanent member | 2017 |
| Austrian Financial Market Authority | ||
| Banco Central de Costa Rica | 2019 | |
| Banca d’Italia | ||
| Banco de México | Permanent member | |
| Banco de España | 2018 | |
| Banco de la República (Central Bank of Colombia) | 2019 | |
| Banco de Portugal | 2018 | |
| Bank Al-Maghrib | 2018 | |
| Bank Indonesia | 2019 | |
| Bank Negara Malaysia (Central Bank of Malaysia) | 2018 | |
| Bank of Canada | ||
| Bank of Finland | 2018 | |
| Bank of Greece | ||
| Bank of Israel | ||
| Bank of Japan | 2019 | |
| Bank of Korea | 2019 | |
| Bank of Mauritius | 2020 | |
| Bank of Slovenia | ||
| Bank of Thailand | ||
| Banque Centrale de Tunisie | 2019 | |
| Banque centrale du Luxembourg | 2018 | |
| Bank of Estonia | 2020 | |
| Bank of Latvia | 2020 | |
| Bank of Lithuania | 2020 | |
| Bank of Russia | 2019 | |
| Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas | 2020 | |
| Central Bank of Brazil | 2020 | |
| Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht (BaFin) | Permanent member | 2017 |
| Bank of Mauritius | ||
| Central Bank of Armenia | 2020 | |
| Central Bank of Cyprus | 2020 | |
| Central Bank of Hungary | ||
| Central Bank of Malta | ||
| Central Bank of Seychelles | ||
| Central Bank of West African States | 2020 | |
| Comision Nacional Bancaria y de Valores | 2019 | |
| Comisión para el Mercado Financiero de Chile | 2019 | |
| Commission de contrôle des activités financières (Monaco) | ||
| Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (Luxembourg) | ||
| Danish Financial Supervisory Authority | 2020 | |
| Danmarks Nationalbank | ||
| Department of Financial Services (DFS) of the State of New York | 2019 | |
| Deutsche Bundesbank | Permanent member | 2017 |
| Dubai Financial Services Authority | ||
| European Banking Authority (EBA) | 2018 | |
| European Central Bank (ECB) | Permanent member | 2018 |
| European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) | ||
| Federal Reserve Bank of the United States | Permanent member | 2020 |
| Finansinspektionen (Swedish FSA) | Permanent member | 2017 |
| Finanstilsynet (Norwegian FSA) | ||
| Guernsey Financial Services Commission | 2019 | |
| Isle of Man Financial Services Authority | 2020 | |
| Istituto per la Vigilanza sulle Assicurazioni (IVASS) | ||
| Hong Kong Monetary Authority | Founding member | 2017 |
| Japan FSA | 2018 | |
| Malta Financial Services Authority | 2020 | |
| Monetary Authority of Singapore | Permanent member | 2017 |
| Národná banka Slovenska | 2019 | |
| National Bank of Belgium | 2018 | |
| National Bank of Cambodia | 2020 | |
| National Bank of Georgia | 2020 | |
| National Bank of Romania | ||
| Norges Bank | 2018 | |
| Oesterreichische Nationalbank (OeNB) | 2018 | |
| People's Bank of China | Permanent member | 2017 |
| Reserve Bank of Australia | 2018 | |
| Reserve Bank of New Zealand | 2018 | |
| South African Reserve Bank | ||
| Superintendencia Financiera De Colombia | ||
| Sveriges Riksbank | 2018 | |
| Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) | ||
| Swiss National Bank | ||
| Asian Development Bank | Observer | |
| Bank for International Settlement | Observer | 2018 |
| Basel Committee on Banking Supervision | Observer | |
| European Bank for Reconstruction and Development | Observer | 2018 |
| International Organization of Securities COmmission (IOSCO) | Observer | 2019 |
| European Investment Bank | Observer | |
| IDB (Inter-American Development Bank) | Observer | 2019 |
| International Association of Insurance Supervisors | Observer | |
| International Monetary Fund | Observer | 2019 |
| NIB (Nordic Investment bank) | Observer | |
| Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) | Observer | 2018 |
| Sustainable Insurance Forum | Observer | 2018 |
| World Bank and the International Finance Corporation | Observer | 2018 |
References
- "Green initiative: Network for Greening the Financial System". Central Banking. 4 February 2020. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
- "Charter of the Central Banks and Supervisors Network forGreening the Financial System" (PDF). www.ngfs.net. 2020. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
- "Members of Central Bank and Supervisors Network for Greening theFinancial System" (PDF). www.ngfs.net. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
- "The financial sector must be at the heart of tackling climate change". the Guardian. 17 April 2019. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
- "Members" (PDF). www.ngfs.net. Retrieved 22 November 2020.