Sustainable finance data for central banks : 2021 survey conducted by the Irving Fisher Committee on Central Bank Statistics (IFC)

This IFC report summarises the results of a survey conducted on sustainable finance statistics among its members (with 63 answers, providing detailed information for 28 AEs and 31 EMEs). The objective was to identify related data needs, availability and gaps from the perspective of the central banking community, in close coordination with other international statistical initiatives. Sustainable finance is defined as integrating a wide range of environmental, social and governance (ESG) aspects when making investment decisions. A key finding is that statistics on sustainable finance are of growing interest to central banks in pursuing their core mandates, ie micro- and macro-prudential supervision, asset and reserve management activities, and the conduct of monetary policy.