On July 4, local time, the European Central Bank issued a statement announcing that in order to implement the EU climate action plan, it has decided to launch a monetary policy that is conducive to controlling climate change.
The specific contents include: increasing holdings of corporate bonds that are beneficial to protecting the environment, restricting corporate financing and issuance of bonds with high carbon emissions, requiring companies and banks to commit to comply with EU environmental regulations when applying for and granting loans, and increasing environmental protection in bank risk control. factor weights.
The ECB said the policies were in line with the European Union's emissions reduction targets and implementation of the Paris Agreement, a climate change agreement.
(Headquarters reporter Tao Ye)