As the Minister of Finance noted yesterday, the Bank has already taken important steps to upgrade our supporting financial infrastructure, in line with the requirements of an IFC. Our infrastructural framework now comprises electronic clearance and settlement systems, a regional credit rating agency and an online auction system and integrated securities depositories.
Already in February 2021, the Eurosystem agreed on a common stance for climate change-related sustainable and responsible investment principles for its euro-denominated non-monetary policy portfolios (see press release of 4 February 2021).