Events

16-17 April 2018 Johannesburg, South Africa

This April, we’re going back to Johannesburg for another pioneering event—the first PSI Regional Market Event for Africa. The aim is to shape the sustainable insurance agenda in Africa across the insurance industry’s triple role in sustainable development as risk managers, insurers, and investors. Key sustainability challenges and opportunities that will be covered include the insurance protection gap, social and financial inclusion, and the resilience and sustainability of cities, infrastructure, and food and agriculture systems.

10-12 April 2018 Santiago de Chile

Chile's Leading Congress in New Energies (CIREC) will be hosting its 6th edition of CIREC Week in Santiago from 10 to 12 April 2018. Over the past seven years the event has grown and evolved along with Chile’s renewable energy sector.

4 April 2018 San Jose, Costa Rica

Costa Rican Stock Exchange will host a seminar to promote the use of Green Bonds within the country.

28 March 2018 Beijing, China

UNEP FI, the PRI, The Generation Foundation, and the International Institute of Green Finance (IIGF) invite you to the launch of the report on ‘Investor Duties and ESG Integration in China,’ hosted by BNP Paribas. The project team and key contributors will present the main findings and recommendations of the report on how clarifying the role of ESG integration in investor obligations and duties can contribute to achieving China’s long-term vision of balanced, inclusive and sustainable development.

28 March 2018 Santiago, Chile

Carolina López, UNEP FI Representative in Chile, will be participating in the 3rd version of the "Ring the Bell for Gender Equality" organized by the Santiago Stock Exchange and the UN Global Compact Chile

22-23 March 2018 Panamá City, Panamá

Two introductory training workshops on Environmental and Social Risk Analysis will take place in-house in Banistmo on 22 & 23 March. The workshops are organized by UNEP FI and the Ecobanking Project of INCAE Business School.

13 March 2018 Paris, France

Building on the success of its Forum in New York, Climate Action is bringing the Sustainable Investment Forum to Europe in March 2018 in partnership with UNEP FI. The European Forum will welcome 250+ high-level decision-makers from the finance community, European governments and think tanks to meet, network, share ideas and discuss concrete solutions to the current challenges of the European and global climate finance market.

28 February 2018 Quito, Ecuador

Asobanca and BID Invest, in collaboration with IDE Business School carried out a workshop in Quito, Ecuador, focussed on Sustainable Finance and the integration of sustainability within governance, strategy and financial products.  

22 February 2018 Brussels, Belgium

ShareAction and partners organize a discussion at the European Parliament on the means to ensure a strong role for human rights in the future of European financial regulation, in the context of the upcoming European Commission's Sustainable Action Plan. UNEP FI engages is dialogue on the role of human rights due diligence in the legal duties of investors and company directors.

15 February 2018 Asunción, Paraguay

UN Environment Subregional Director of the Southern Cone, Jose Dallo, attended the board of sustainable finance forum in February of this year.