The latest ECB figures show it owns just over 340 billion
euros worth of corporate bonds bought under its corporate sector
purchase programme (CSPP) plus another 45 billion euros worth
purchased with its COVID-era Pandemic Emergency Purchase
Programme (PEPP).
Raposo said while she wasn't "particularly ecstatic" about
the size of the carbon footprints, it was an important process
and a benchmark to work from.
(Reporting by Marc Jones; editing by Jason Neely)
By Marc Jones
LONDON, March 22 (Reuters) - The European Central Bank
and euro zone national central banks will publish in their first
detailed "carbon footprints" in the coming days, figures that
will show the environmental impact of years of crisis-fighting
efforts.
The ECB and the 20 countries that use the euro have spent
trillions of euros during years of rolling crises buying bonds,
including those of companies that are heavy polluters.
"We will be disclosing the (ECB and Eurosystem) carbon
footprint" Clara Raposo, a vice governor at Portugal's national
central bank, said during an OMFIF-hosted sustainable policy
conference.
Carbon footprints measure of the amount of carbon dioxide
released into the atmosphere as a result of everyday activities.
For the ECB and euro zone national central banks that includes
asset buying programmes, as well as areas such as staff
pensions.
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