To this end, central banks and other authorities, not exclusively in the financial sector but perhaps also in the environmental and related realms, must join efforts to gather, generate and publicize relevant, dependable statistics of trusted quality. More directly, central banks themselves can “lead by example”, specifically by evaluating the possibility to systematically incorporate sustainability considerations as part of their portfolio allocation decision process.
The potential for action in this front is ample, in view of both the amount of financial resources (i.e. international reserves) managed by these institutions, on the one hand, and the still-low extent to which they take action along these lines, on the other.