Partnership between United Nations Environment and the global financial sector to promote sustainable finance
UNEP FI, along Global Compact Spain, ICO -Instituto de Crédito Oficial and Círculo de CFOs will deliver a webinar on “CFOs: Key players on the road to a more sustainable economy”; The event will take place online in Spanish in May, 2022.
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.
In this associate event of the Stockholm+50 meeting, UNEP Fi gathers financial institutions to discuss the implementation of their commitments to the SDGs and Climate Action under the UN-convened industry Principles and Alliances, and how they will mobilise private finance for sustainable development, and effectively support governments and international organisations.
This event will bring together financial institutions, development banks, UN Agencies, and other partners to share their insights, initiatives and best practices on financing circularity and its potential for a sustainable recovery and green jobs generation.
Explore how central banks are starting to tackle nature and biodiversity loss, recognising the need to consider this critical topic in order to maintain monetary and financial stability across the economy. Taking a global view, this webinar looks at the challenges faced by both developed and emerging economies worldwide, taking stock of the increasing speed of development in this fast-evolving space, as policymakers, regulators, central banks and financial institutions realise they can leverage their experience in climate to take rapid action on nature.
The Net Zero High-level Dialogue provides an opportunity for leaders to discuss how to prepare their banks for the transition to a decarbonized economy and explore the enablers to set robust climate targets and identify climate financing opportunities.
UNEP FI, along with LAGreen and Association of Private Banks in Bolivia (ASOBAN) will deliver a series of training sessions on “Green, Social and Sustainable Bond”; Trainings will take place online in Spanish in June, 2022.
UNEP FI, along with LAGreen and the Association of Banks of Ecuador will deliver a series of training sessions on “Green, Social and Sustainable Bond”; Trainings will take place online in Spanish on 16 & 23 June, 2022.
The high-level event will look at how the Principles for Sustainable Insurance Initiative has shaped the sustainable insurance agenda since its launch at the 2012 UN Conference on Sustainable Development, and how it will amplify sustainable insurance during this UN Decade of Action.
UNEP FI, along with The Government of Barbados, Grenada and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, SDG Joint Fund, UNDP, UNFPA, FAO, IDB and CDB will deliver a series of training sessions on Environmental and Social Risk Analysis (ESRA)/Blue Finance; Trainings will take place online in English on 23, 30 June and 13 July 2022.
Join a community of sustainability, finance & investment leaders to share insights, improve communication, address key challenges & showcase leading sustainable financial products and services.
UNEP FI, along with LAGreen and SITAWI will deliver a series of training sessions on “Green, Social and Sustainable Bond”; Trainings will take place online and through in person workshop in July, 2022.
Join UNEP FI this October for its 17th Global Roundtable (GRT), a major global agenda-setting event on sustainable finance. Held under the theme of “Transforming Finance, Accelerating Chance”, this online event will bring together decision-makers, experts and thought leaders on a virtual event platform to help shape approaches to integrating sustainability across the banking, insurance and investment industries.
Deloitte, United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI), The World Bank, with the collaboration of the Financial Market Commission (CMF) organized a webinar on “How to comply with NCG 461?”.
UNEP FI, along with The Government of Suriname, SDG Joint Fund, UNDP, UNFPA, FAO, IDB and CDB will deliver a series of training sessions on Climate Change and TCFD: risks and opportunities for Suriname; Trainings will take place online in English on 24th, 31st May, 7th, 14th, 21st June 2022.
UNEP FI and the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) will present the key learnings from their latest report “Economic Impacts of Climate Change: Exploring short-term climate related shocks for financial actors with macroeconomic models”.
Join this webinar to find out about a new paper produced by the Net-Zero Insurance Alliance (NZIA) to demystify, shape and advance net-zero insurance thinking and practices. It forms part of the Alliance’s engagement strategy and looks at potential insurance underwriting approaches to net zero, key challenges and next steps.
UNEP FI will organise 5 online trianing workshops on Circular Economy, the trainings will be offered in Spanish from May to September 2022.
UNEP Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) · Financing a just transition to a sustainable blue economy Including social equity considerations in investment decisions and processes is critical for the blue economy to deliver its full potential in addressing global challenges. In this episode, we look at the human dimension of the sustainable blue economy, focusing on…
UNEP FI, together with PRI, has invited Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change lead authors to present climate scenario findings as documented in the recently released Working Group III AR6 contribution report.
Designed for institutional investors, this webinar highlights best practices and offers guidance on why and how to engage with companies on biodiversity. Discover a new guide on engaging with companies, created with investors and building on best practices learned. It is published by the Finance for Biodiversity Foundation and the EU Finance@Biodiversity Community.
This roundtable webinar will examine whether companies are ready and well-positioned for reporting and disclosing on nature-related risks and opportunities. The webinar is focused on financial institutions as report users, but is also relevant for a corporate and an NGO audience.
Join the CEE Sustainable Finance Summit, a large-scale event focused on sustainable finance and sustainability in business.
UNEP FI, together with COLAC and IPACOOP will organise 4 online trianing workshops for credit unions in Panama, the trainings will be offered in Spanish in May 2022.
UNEP FI, along with LAGreen and the Association of Banks of Mexico (ABM) will deliver a series of training sessions on “Green, Social and Sustainable Bond”; Trainings will take place online in Spanish in May/June, 2022.
UNEP FI and Bci Chile is organizing a webinar on “Principles of Responsible Banking (PRB)”, the webinar will take place in Spanish on April 20th at 8am Mexico – 9am Chile – 15h CET.
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.