Network for Greening the Financial System
The Network for Greening the Financial System is a network of 114 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 Ravi Menon, Managing Director of the Monetary Authority of Singapore. The NGFS has been awarded best green initiative of the year 2020 by Centralbanking.com.
According to its charter, the purpose of the NGFS 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, 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.
Work and activities
The NGFS organises events and research on climate change.Recommendations for central banks and supervisory authorities
In 2021, the NGFS identified 9 policy options that could be chosen by central banks to align their monetary policy with climate objectives.The NGFS work is currently organised around 4 workstreams and 2 task forces :
- WS “Supervision”, chaired by Mr Tolga Yalkin from the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions
- WS “Scenario Design and Analysis”, chaired by Mr Livio Stracca from the European Central Bank
- WS “Monetary Policy”, chaired by Mr James Talbot from the Bank of England
- WS “Net Zero for Central Banks”, co-chaired by Mr Paolo Angelini from the Bank of Italy and Ms Simone Robbers from the Reserve Bank of New Zealand
- TF “Nature-Related Risks”, co-chaired by Ms Emmanuelle Assouan from the Bank of France and Ms Saskia de Vries from De Nederlandsche Bank
- TF “Capacity Building and Training”, co-chaired by Ms Madelena Mohamed from the Central Bank of Malaysia and Mr Jeffery Yong from the Bank for International Settlements
Climate scenarios
The following six scenarios were examined: "Current Policies" considers only already implemented climate policies, while "NDCs" assumes that the voluntary pledges of Nationally Determined Contributions are met. "Below 2°C" assumes that a two-degree target in line with the Paris Agreement will be met, while "Net Zero 2050" assumes a 1.5-degree target will be achieved through early, globally coordinated climate policies. "Delayed Transition" assumes tighter climate policies only from 2030, while "Divergent Net Zero" envisages regionally and sectorally different climate adaptation.
Governance and membership
In 2020, the NGFS comprised 75 members and 13 observers.| Name | Membership | Join date | Withdrawal 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 | 2019 | ||
| Banco de Portugal | 2018 | ||
| Bank Al-Maghrib | 2018 | ||
| Bank Indonesia | 2019 | ||
| Bank Negara 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 | 2019 | ||
| 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 | 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 | |||
| Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier | |||
| Danish Financial Supervisory Authority | 2020 | ||
| Danmarks Nationalbank | |||
| Department of Financial Services of the State of New York | 2019 | ||
| Deutsche Bundesbank | Permanent member | 2017 | |
| Dubai Financial Services Authority | |||
| European Banking Authority | 2018 | ||
| European Central Bank | Permanent member | 2018 | |
| European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority | |||
| Federal Reserve Bank of the United States | Permanent member, withdrew Jan. 17, 2025 | 2020 | 2025 |
| Finansinspektionen | Permanent member | 2017 | |
| Finanstilsynet | |||
| Guernsey Financial Services Commission | 2019 | ||
| Isle of Man Financial Services Authority | 2020 | ||
| Istituto per la Vigilanza sulle Assicurazioni | |||
| 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 | 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 | |||
| 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 | Observer | 2019 | |
| European Investment Bank | Observer | ||
| IDB | Observer | 2019 | |
| International Association of Insurance Supervisors | Observer | ||
| International Monetary Fund | Observer | 2019 | |
| NIB | Observer | ||
| Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development | Observer | 2018 | |
| Sustainable Insurance Forum | Observer | 2018 | |
| World Bank and the International Finance Corporation | Observer | 2018 | |
| Reserve Bank of India | Member | 2021 | |
| National Bank of Serbia | Member | 2021 |