Framework agreement for the supply, usage and disclosure of Sustainable & Responsible Investment (SRI) data
The Eurosystem central banks - the National Central Banks (NCBs) of the euro area countries and the European Central Bank (ECB) - have defined common disclosure principles for the climate-related financial disclosures of non-monetary policy portfolios (NMPPs) that they each manage under their own responsibility. These principles are also applied on a best effort basis to the climate-related financial disclosures of the Eurosystem APP and PEPP programmes. These disclosures include absolute and relative greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions as well as the portfolio shares of green, social, sustainability and sustainability-linked bonds (SLBs) and they are being continuously enhanced by other SRI metrics. On this basis, all Eurosystem central banks have been publishing annual climate-related financial disclosures since 2023. The SRI data are also used for other purposes, including the analysis, the current and the potential further incorporation of climate change considerations into the monetary policy framework, policy dossiers, climate stress tests and research projects; in this context, the SRI data are also intended to be made available to National Competent Authorities (NCAs) of the banking supervision under the Single Supervisory Mechanism (SSM) that are not central banks.
The Eurosystem central banks, as well as other interested non-euro area central banks of the European System of Central Banks (ESCB) and the NCAs, being members of the Eurosystem Procurement Coordination Office (EPCO) (all together the "participating central banks" or "central banks"), are aiming at procuring SRI data from up to two SRI data providers.
All references to "participating central banks" or "central banks" in the documents of this procurement procedure shall - unless explicitly stated otherwise - also include NCAs that are not central banks, but members of EPCO.
Deutsche Bundesbank and - as far as applicable - the European Central Bank (ECB) and other National Central Banks (NCBs) of the euro area countries as well as other interested non-euro area Central Banks of the European System of Central Banks (ESCB), being members of the Eurosystem Procurement Coordination Office (EPCO).The SRI data are also intended to be made available to National Competent Authorities (NCAs) of the banking supervision under the Single Supervisory Mechanism (SSM) that are not central banks.
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comprising: I. Data and methodologies, II. Data coverage and benchmark portfolio, III. Data quality controls, IV. Technicalities and data services, V. Accessibility and test access / Weighting 70 %
Specific metrics for green bonds, social bonds, sustainability bonds, sustainability-linked bonds (SLBs), cover pools of covered bonds and asset-backed securities as well as funds and indices are optional elements that may be provided by the applicants within this procurement. The provision of energy production and usage, biodiversity and nature-related data, data on EU taxonomy and CSRD compliance are optional elements as well.
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An application for review is inadmissible pursuant to Section 160(3) of the German Competition Act (Gesetz gegen Wettbewerbsbeschränkungen - GWB) if(1) the tenderer became aware of the claimed violation of public procurement provisions before filing the application for review, but did not complain to the contracting authority within a time limit of 10 calendar days; the expiry of the time limit under Section 134(2) remains unaffected;(2) violations of public procurement provisions which become apparent from the tender notice are not notified to the contracting authority by the end of the time limit for the application or the submission of a tender specified in the notice;(3) violations of public procurement provisions which only become apparent from the procurement documents are not notified to the contracting authority by the end of the time limit for the application or the submission of a tender specified in the notice;(4) more than 15 calendar days have expired since receipt of notification from the contracting entity that it is unwilling to redress the objection.Sentence 1 shall not apply to an application under Section 135(1) number 2 to have the contract declared ineffective. Section 134(1) sentence 2 shall remain unaffected.