How financial institutions assess, manage and disclose sustainability risks affects their exposure to mounting environmental and social risks. With stronger understanding comes better decision-making, stronger governance and more resilient risk functions.
Designed for financial risk professionals, UNEP FI’s Risk Centre helps banks and insurers stay on top of emerging approaches to sustainability risk, keep abreast of regulatory developments, and enhance capabilities in an increasingly complex landscape.
UNEP FI members can access practical resources and participate in our deep-dive research programme to build skills and technical knowledge and assess, manage, and report on their sustainability-related risks.
What does the Risk Centre offer to UNEP FI’s members?
Comprehensive resources for risk professionals
Benefit from good practice examples as well as guidance on:
- sustainability risk assessment, management and disclosure,
- established methodologies to assess and manage risks related to clients and portfolios, and
- insights into emerging approaches to environmental and social risk management.
Browse the Risk Centre resource library here.
In-depth research projects
For an additional fee, UNEP FI members can join our annual research programme to develop industry best practice with experts and peers and get access to exclusive resources.
Details of the research groups in the 2025-2026 research programme and how to join are available below.
Details of our 2027 research programme will be shared shortly.
Dialogues with supervisors and industry experts
Participants of the research programme are also invited to join discussions with regulators, academics and data and tool providers in the Risk Centre Forum.
These popular sessions enable UNEP FI members to interact with those that are setting regulation, conducting cutting-edge research, and developing the tools risk managers are using daily.
More information on our 2025-2026 research programme
Participants of the research programme can choose to join any of the following research groups, which were selected based off feedback from UNEP FI members.
- Sustainability risk integration into risk management practices – in progress
- Physical climate risks and adaptation benefits – in progress
- Enhancing environmental risk reporting and disclosure practices – in progress
- Physical nature risk – in progress
- Assessing and using client transition plans – starting soon
Participants have access to an extranet where they can view session summaries, presentations, case studies, and other related resources.
Get involved
To join any of the groups in the ongoing 2025-2026 research programme, please complete an application form in the Members Area. For questions about the Risk Centre or to express interest in joining the 2027 research programme, please send us an email.
