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Banking, News, Risk | 22 July 2026

The United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) today launched The Conceptual Framework for Sustainability Risk Integration that sets out a practical approach to help banks embed sustainability risks into core risk management practices, in response to growing supervisory expectations and technical challenges experienced by banks.

Banking, Publications, Risk | 22 July 2026

This conceptual framework sets out how sustainability risks should be considered across the seven core elements of risk management: risk strategy, governance, risk identification, measurement and materiality, risk taxonomy and scope, risk appetite, risk management actions, and risk monitoring and reporting. Its purpose is to help banking risk professionals integrate sustainability risks fully into their risk management frameworks, enabling them to meet evolving regulatory expectations while strengthening resilience, safeguarding capital, and supporting better-informed decision-making.

Banking, Events, Global Roundtable, Insurance, Investment, Risk, Webinars | 16 July 2026

As a follow-up to the discussions at the UNEP FI Global Roundtable 2026 in June, this webinar will explore how financial institutions are enabling the real economy transition and strengthening resilience through financing, investment, and collaboration with the real economy. The session will highlight practical approaches to supporting the transition and provide participants with the opportunity to hear diverse perspectives from across the financial sector and the real economy.

Asia Pacific, Banking, Nature, News, Principles for Responsible Banking | 16 July 2026

Supporting clients in the transition to a nature-positive economy means embedding nature into client engagement, supporting clients through advice, financial products and solutions, and capacity building. This is both an environmental and strategic imperative. In Asia Pacific, where economies are closely tied to natural systems, enabling client transition can reduce portfolio risk, strengthen resilience, and unlock new business opportunities.

Events, Policy, Webinars | 13 July 2026

Este seminario web ofrecerá una visión general de la evolución del marco ESRS y explorará las oportunidades para que las instituciones financieras contribuyan al desarrollo de laos nuevaos ESRS para empresas de terceros países. Los participantes también recibirán orientación práctica para prepararse ante los futuros requisitos de información sobre sostenibilidad y conocerán los recursos disponibles para apoyar ese proceso.

Banking, Events, Pollution & Circular Economy, Principles for Responsible Banking, Webinars | 13 July 2026

Nature loss is increasingly recognized as a material risk for banks, with implications for the resilience of clients, portfolios and…

Events, Insurance | 09 July 2026

The UN Global Sustainable Insurance Summit in Dublin, Ireland, will bring together global leaders from insurance, regulation, government and the real economy to explore solutions to the growing insurability challenge, strengthen resilience and financial stability, and advance a resilient and sustainable transition ahead of COP31.

Banking, Events, Nature, Webinars | 09 July 2026

This webinar will introduce the new "Asking Better Questions on Nature" guide for Bank Risk Committees, developed to help board members, Risk Committee members, and senior executives better understand, oversee, and respond to nature-related risks and opportunities.

Adaptation Finance, Africa & Middle East, Asia Pacific, Insurance, Latin America & Caribbean, Publications, V20 | 08 July 2026

The V20 Sustainable Insurance Facility (V20-SIF), implemented under the PSI, has released its Landscape Study. Drawing on surveys and interviews with financial institutions across V20 economies, the report sets out a pragmatic and replicable approach to strengthening the climate resilience of MSMEs.

Banking, Events, Principles for Responsible Banking, Social, Webinars | 07 July 2026

This event marks the launch of UNEP FI’s Financial Health and Inclusion Commitment Impact Report, which reflects on five years of the Commitment, documenting the journeys of participating banks and their impact. Drawing on experiences across diverse markets and customer segments, the report highlights how banks have translated an emerging concept into practical action.