Banking

Banking, News | 18 April 2019

CEOs invited to signing event being held at UN Headquarters parallel to high-level UN General Assembly Leading banks around the…

Asia Pacific, Banking, Events | 31 March 2019

State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) and GIZ hosted a UNEP FI’s Principles for Responsible Banking Consultation Workshop in Hanoi, Vietnam.…

Asia Pacific, Banking, Events, Regions | 19 March 2019

CIMB Group, one of 28 founding banks of the Principles for Responsible Banking, hosted a Malaysia Responsible Banking Engagement and…

Banking, Blue Finance, Nature, NCFA, News | 19 February 2019

When Madeleine Ronquest attended the Johannesburg launch of an innovative guide designed to help banks assess their exposure to environmental degradation, a…

Banking, News | 19 February 2019

Today 12 more banks are endorsing the UNEP Finance Initiative’s Principles for Responsible Banking, bringing the total number of banks…

Asia Pacific, Banking, Events, Regions | 04 February 2019

UNEP Finance Initiative, as a Knowledge Partner, participated in the launch of the Asia Sustainable Finance Initiative on 21 January 2019…

Africa & Middle East, Banking, Nature, NCFA, News | 25 January 2019

Johannesburg will see the African launch of the world’s first step-by-step guide to help banks conduct a rapid natural capital risk assessment by the Natural Capital Finance…

Banking, Events, Nature, NCFA, Webinars | 09 January 2019

The Natural Capital Finance Alliance, funded by the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) and the MAVA Foundation, has come up with tools and insights to help practitioners identify material natural capital risks and opportunities within their portfolios and integrate these considerations into financial decision making. The webinar will provide an overview of the recently launched ENCORE tool (Exploring Natural Capital Opportunities, Risks and Exposure). It also marks the official online launch of the NCFA’s latest report produced by PwC, which applies the ENCORE tool to develop a natural capital assessment framework for enhanced portfolio risk management in banks.

Banking, News | 18 December 2018

Standard Chartered PLC, KBC Group, KB Financial Group, DGB Financial Group, Natixis, GLS Bank, Landsbankinn, Zenith Bank and Keystone Bank…

Banking, Climate Change, Insurance, Investment, News | 18 December 2018

On Saturday, following two weeks marked by dramatic rhetoric and intense negotiations over legal language, close to 200 Governments bridged…