Reserve managers focus on the ‘E’ in ‘ESG’
Central banks continue buying green assets while largely eschewing governance and social elements
Central bank reserve managers are still taking on green assets, Central Banking’s Reserve Benchmarks 2025 revealed. On average – calculated as a mean – they allocated 2.76% of their assets into environmental, social or governance (ESG)-related assets, though the median figure was just 0.93%.
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