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Banking

‘Principles for Responsible Banking’ and their supporting framework released following six-month consultative process — Endorsed by more than 100+ financial institutions ahead of their 22 September global launch

Climate Change

UNEP FI launches paper on adaptation finance for the Global Commission on Adaptation

Europe, Investment

European Commission’s Technical Expert Group on Sustainable Finance launches reports, including on an EU Taxonomy, to help drive the transition towards a sustainable economy

Climate Change, Investment, TCFD

Changing Course: UNEP FI and twenty institutional investors launch new guidance to implement TCFD Recommendations

EVENTS AND WEBINARS

Webinar: Banking on ESG: How will the banking sector adapt in an era of global volatility

16 September 2019

Description: Sustainable finance and ESG integration are fast becoming a global preoccupation for the banking sector. As ESG reporting shifts from niche to mainstream and begins to have balance sheet implications, investors are raising challenging questions on how ESG performance

Regional Roundtable on Sustainable Finance in North America

22 September 2019

New York

UNEP FI’s Regional Roundtable in North America will take place during UN General Assembly week, alongside Climate Week and the Secretary-General’s Climate Action Summit on 23-25 September 2019, New York.

Webinar: Global Real Estate Investor Survey on ESG Integration – ”Findings and Analysis“

21 May 2019

The webinar will present the key findings from the survey and discuss how UNEP FI is working to shift finance sector practices toward greater climate and ESG ambition.

Webinar: Principles for Responsible Banking: Shaping the Future

17 April 2019

The banking industry represented by leading UNEP FI member banks worldwide have set out to develop global Principles for Responsible Banking that will define the banking industry’s role and responsibilities in aligning financing with the UN Sustainable Development Goals and

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Driving Finance Today for the Climate Resilient Society of Tomorrow

UNEP FI partnered with Climate Finance Advisors to deliver this report to the Global Commission on Adaptation. It identifies the ...

Principles for Responsible Banking

The Principles for Responsible Banking provide the much-needed framework for the sustainable banking system of the future – and enable ...

ESG data in China: recommendations for primary ESG indicators

A new joint report by UNEP FI, PRI and SynTao Green Finance, launched in Shanghai on June 5, 2019, provides ...

Changing Course: A comprehensive investor guide to scenario-based methods for climate risk assessment, in response to the TCFD

Twenty institutional investors from eleven countries, convened by UNEP FI and supported by Carbon Delta, have worked throughout 2018–2019 to ...

Natural Capital Credit Risk Assessment in Agricultural Lending

The report, 'Natural Capital Credit Risk Assessment in Agricultural Lending' is a new template that enables financial institutions to conduct ...

Global ESG Real Estate Investment Survey Results

In late 2018, a global survey was conducted to better understand how the attitudes, strategies, and practices of real estate investors, and ...

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HEADLINE NEWS

‘Principles for Responsible Banking’ and their supporting framework released following six-month consultative process — Endorsed by more than 100+ financial institutions ahead of their 22 September global launch

UNEP FI launches paper on adaptation finance for the Global Commission on Adaptation

European Commission’s Technical Expert Group on Sustainable Finance launches reports, including on an EU Taxonomy, to help drive the transition towards a sustainable economy

Changing Course: UNEP FI and twenty institutional investors launch new guidance to implement TCFD Recommendations

EVENTS AND WEBINARS

Webinar: Banking on ESG: How will the banking sector adapt in an era of global volatility

Regional Roundtable on Sustainable Finance in North America

Webinar: Global Real Estate Investor Survey on ESG Integration – ”Findings and Analysis“

Webinar: Principles for Responsible Banking: Shaping the Future

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Driving Finance Today for the Climate Resilient Society of Tomorrow

Principles for Responsible Banking

ESG data in China: recommendations for primary ESG indicators

Changing Course: A comprehensive investor guide to scenario-based methods for climate risk assessment, in response to the TCFD

Natural Capital Credit Risk Assessment in Agricultural Lending

Global ESG Real Estate Investment Survey Results

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