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Regional Activities

 

Latin America

 

UNEP FI Latin American Task Force (LATF)

News

  • Environmental and Social Risk Analysis (ESRA) E-learning Programme
    Dates for 2008 Courses in Spanish
  • Training Workshop & CEO Breakfast for the Caribbean Financial Sector: Environmental and Social Risk Management, 24-25 November, 2008
    The Latin American Task Force joins forces with the Environment Ministry of Barbados and the Barbados Banking Association to convene a tandem of high-level awareness-raising and training events in Bridgetown, Barbados, for the very first time.
  • Coming Soon: Online Training Programme on Corporate Ecoefficiency for FIs
    To be piloted and launched in September 2008, this new training programme will seek to train financial institutions on how to operate more eco-efficiently and gain a further competitive edge.


About LATF

Through its Latin American Task Force, UNEP FI is working with financial institutions throughout Latin America to support and expand sustainable financial practice in the region. The LATF’s activities include:

  • Awareness-raising and dissemination
  • Capacity-building through workshops and online training courses
    Find out about our Risk Training Workshops and Online Courses
  • Exchange of views, ideas and best practice between members and key stakeholders
  • Research & tool development

Members

Banco Itaú (Brazil) Fundación Social (Colombia)
Banco Real (Brazil) Grupo BBVA (Spain)
BANOBRAS (Mexico) HSBC (Argentina)
BBVA Banco Continental (Peru) HSBC (Mexico)
BNDES (Brazil) HSBC Salvadoreño S.A. (El Salvador)
Corporacion Andina de Fomento (CAF) (Venezuela) Rabobank International (Brazil)
Fideicomisos Instituidos en Relación con la Agricultura (FIRA) (Mexico) Royal Bank of Scotland (Mexico)

Associate Members

Fundaçao Brasileira para o Desenvolvimento Sustentavel (FBDS) (Brazil) Fundación Futuro Latinoamericano (FFLA) (Ecuador)
Fundação Getulio Vargas(FGV) - CES (Brazil) Institutuo Nacional de Ecología (INE) (Mexico)
CLACDS - INCAE Business School & Proyecto Ecobanking (Costa Rica) SRInvest Argentina (Argentina)

Contact

Careen Abb
LATF Coordinator
Email: la@unepfi.org

 


LATF Brochure
  PDF UNEP FI Latin American Task Force Brochure (Spanish)
(115 KB | 2 pages)
 
    
  An introduction to UNEP FI's regional activities in Latin America.
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Portuguese (153 KB)
 
     
LATF Training
  Environmental & Social Risk Analysis E-Learning Programme
3-24 November, 2008
Latin America
 
     
  New E-Learning Programme: Corporate Ecoefficiency for FIs
15 September, 2008 -24 October, 2008
Pilot Course
 
     
LATF Events
  CEO Breakfast for the Venezuelan Financial Sector
29-30 October, 2007
Caracas, Venezuela
 
     
  Seminar: The Mexican Financial Sector and the Environment
4 October, 2007
Mexico City
 
     
  MoreAll Events  
LATF Publications
  PDF Report on the Legal Framework for Finance and Sustainability in Argentina (Spanish)
(800 KB | 47 pages)
 
    
  El Desarrollo Sostenible en el Sector Financiero Argentino. Marco Legal & Institucional.  
     
  PDF Finance and Sustainability in Argentina (Spanish)
(1.2 MB | 46 pages)
 
    
  El Desarrollo Sostenible en el Sector Financiero Argentino  
     
  MoreAll Publications