Partnership between United Nations Environment and the global financial sector to promote sustainable finance
Ahead of the G20 Summit and COP26, hear from some of the most important net-zero pioneers who are acting now to decarbonize their portfolios and speaking out about the imperatives, challenges, opportunities and feasibility of doing so.
A leadership series convened by UNEP’s Principles for Sustainable Insurance Initiative and the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) to set the global agenda for nature-positive insurance.
A healthy ocean is key for a sustainable future both for people and the planet. Join this webinar to learn more about practical steps financial institutions can take to align their activities with ocean health and hear from pioneers and experts in the field of ocean finance.
UNEP FI, IDB and FINRESP will organize a webinar on Green Hydrogen to raise awareness on sustainable economy and to assess what the main challenges are in financing projects linked to green hydrogen production, storage and transport. The webinar will take place on 26 October in Spanish.
The COP26 summit will bring governments, civil society and the private sector together to accelerate action towards the goals of the Paris Agreement and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Find out what UNEP FI is doing at COP26 to bring the latest climate commitments made by UNEP FI members to the attention of policymakers.
UNEP FI is hosting its Regional Roundtable on Sustainable Finance for Europe as a virtual event on 10-11 November 2021.
Join a series of webinars on the net-zero financial alliances convened by UNEP FI. In English, Spanish and Portugese.
UNEP FI and GIZ hosted a series of webinars on Green Hydrogen from 12 August to 9 September, the training aimed to give an overview of the hydrogen industry, providing participants with relevant knowledge to evaluate green hydrogen projects and possible forms of financing.
UNEP FI is hosting its Regional Roundtable on Sustainable Finance for Latin America and Caribbean as a virtual event on 31 August–1 September 2021
The session will present the key findings from the report “A Legal Framework for Impact” authored by Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, and commissioned by The Generation Foundation, PRI and UNEP FI.
The EU Platform on Sustainable Finance presents the Practical Briefings on the EU Taxonomy. UNEP FI is happy to co-host this series of webinars examining the role of the Taxonomy, its implications for financial institutions and the future steps.
English description available after the Chinese description 2021年6月23日 ｜ 北京时间16:00-18:00 UNEP FI、中国金融学会绿色金融专业委员会、PRI和中国责任投资论坛（China SIF）将举办研讨会，探讨中国低碳转型和快速发展的气候相关金融风险披露。对金融行业利益相关方和全球监管方来说，这些披露越来越重要。随着对当前和未来气候风险的关注，气候相关财务信息披露工作组（TCFD）的指导已成为讨论和披露这些风险的重要框架。 本次研讨会将涵盖TCFD披露的良好做法，并探讨国际金融机构如何开展这些披露。此外，参会者还将了解有关低碳转型的净零/碳中和目标设定。利用央行绿色金融网络（NGFS）的参考情景（scenarios），参会者将探讨这些情景对中国的低碳转型之路意味着什么。 欢迎报名并参与我们的讨论。 报名链接 语言：英文/中文（提供同声传译） 议程（北京时间） 16:00 欢迎致辞 Eric Usher, UNEP FI负责人 16:10 国际银行业气候信息披露实践 主持人：David Carlin, UNEP FI TCFD项目负责人 16:50 了解净零银行 Sarah Kemmitt, UNEP FI…
The Investment Portfolio Impact Analysis Tool was developed to enable signatories to the Principles for Responsible Banking (PRB) to meet their requirements under Principle 2 on impact analysis, namely as a basis for meeting their subsequent requirements under Principle 3 on target-setting. It complements the Bank Portfolio Impact Analysis Tool which focuses on Consumer, Business, Corporate and Investment Banking.
The Real Estate Impact Analysis Tool was developed to enable financial institutions to identify and assess the impacts associated with their real estate investments and portfolios. The purpose of such an analysis is for financial institutions to define strategies and set targets that will increase the positive impacts and decrease the negative impacts of their real estate investments and portfolios.
Gold Sponsor – RepRisk Founded in 1998 and headquartered in Switzerland, RepRisk is a pioneer in ESG data science that leverages the combination of AI and machine learning with human intelligence to systematically analyze public information and identify material ESG risks. RepRisk’s flagship product, the RepRisk ESG Risk Platform, is the world’s largest and most comprehensive…
UNEP FI organized 2 tailored Environmental and Social Risk Analysis (ESRA) online course for ABAPPRA – Association of Public and Private Banks and Ecuador Savings and Credit Cooperatives from May to July in 2021, both courses were offered in Spanish.
Co-hosted by the UN-convened SIF, UN PSI and the IAIS, this webinar will present the climate change risks and opportunities for the insurance sector and introduce the Application Paper on the Supervision of Climate-related Risks in the Insurance Sector.
UNEP FI, along with Chilean Supporting Institutions, organized 2 webinars on Principles for Responsible Banking (PRB) & Principles for Sustainable Insurance (PSI) on 24 June and 2 August 2021. These events were held in Spanish.
The new, ground-breaking biodiversity module within the ENCORE tool enables financial institutions to identify risks and opportunities, in order to align their activities to a goal of no net biodiversity loss globally. Two sessions of the webinar “Aligning Financial Portfolios with Biodiversity Goals” will be held virtually on Wednesday, 26th May 2021 to introduce this…
Sponsors and Partners Headline partner – DB Insurance Among South Korea’s largest non-life insurers, DB Insurance (formerly Dongbu Insurance) sells an array of property/casualty insurance products. The company’s personal coverage includes homeowners, auto, accident and supplemental health coverage, and even a bit of life insurance and annuities. Its commercial products include fire, marine, and general casualty…