Month: March 2022

As climate risk has become an issue of regulatory and strategic importance, a range of tools and methodologies for assessment have been developed. On March 31st, UNEP FI is releasing two reports that will help the financial sector adopt and apply climate risk tools to their portfolios.

UNEP FI and LAGreen’s Technical Assistance Programme will conduct a series of trainings on Green, Social and Sustainable Bonds in Latin America and the Caribbean during 2022: Bolivia, Brazil, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Mexico, Panama, Peru and the Dominican Republic.

With the global economy heavily reliant on ocean health, a sustainable future is paramount. This article gives an overview of the scale of the problem, and highlights how Financial institutions can take action to transition sectors such as shipping and seafood transition to sustainable practices.  It gives an overview of available innovations, guidance, principles for financial institutons to ensure that investment, underwriting and lending activities are aligned to a positive future for the marine environment.

The Taskforce on Nature-Related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) today released its beta framework – the first integrated approach to incorporating nature-related…

UNEP FI, along with LAGreen and Banking Association in Perú (ASBANC) will deliver a series of training sessions on “Green, Social and Sustainable Bond”; Trainings will take place online in Spanish in May, 2022.

This paper is the product of a UNEP FI Reflective Cycle which investigated how a holistic and more locally driven approach to the SDGs could unlock private finance for climate change and other SDG topics in the MENA region. This process, which was conducted in Egypt and Morocco, combined desk-top research with a series of dialogues with experts and decision-makers from public and private entities from both countries.

UNEP FI, along with Chamber of Banks and Financial Institutions in Panamá will deliver a series of training sessions on “Green, Social and Sustainable Bond”; Trainings will take place online in Spanish in May/June, 2022.

Presented by the PRI, the session will begin with an overview of the “A Legal Framework for Impact” report followed by…

UNEP FI, along with LAGreen and Chamber of Banks and Financial Institutions in Costa Rica will deliver a series of training sessions on “Green, Social and Sustainable Bond”; Trainings will take place online in Spanish in June/July, 2022.

The insurance industry took its biggest step towards decarbonisation with launch of the Net-Zero Insurance Alliance (NZIA) in July 2021. Some of the world’s biggest insurers have now joined. The NZIA arguably has the potential to be more influential than its investor counterparts in encouraging change among high-emitting companies. Without insurance, companies cannot function.