Banking

Asia Pacific, Banking, News, Principles for Responsible Banking | 21 October 2026

Circular Solutions for Nature: How Banks are Bridging the Gap | Asia Pacific Case Studies

Featuring examples from UNEP FI members banks, this case study explores how banks across Asia Pacific are advancing circular finance through innovative mechanisms. It highlights how financial institutions can help scale circular approaches, strengthen resilience and contribute to sustainable outcomes across sectors and value chains.

Banking, Climate Change, Publications | 14 October 2026

Supporting policy engagement for banks: cement

This report provides guidance for banks on engaging with policymakers and industry stakeholders to accelerate the decarbonization of the cement sector, a hard-to-abate industry.  Concrete is essential to modern construction and the cement it contains constitutes one of the world’s most emissions-intensive industries. Achieving low-carbon cement will require a combination of breakthrough technologies, material innovation and an enabling policy environment. As demand for cement continues to grow in many emerging economies, accelerating the sector’s transition is increasingly urgent.

Banking, Events, Principles for Responsible Banking, Risk, Webinars | 12 October 2026

The Role of Risk in Responsible Banking

This session will explore the role of the risk function in responsible banking, drawing on the newly published, "A Chief Risk Officer's Guide to the Principles for Responsible Banking". It will set out how Chief Risk Officers and their teams can implement the Principles for Responsible Banking (PRB) through the bank's existing risk management framework, and share the practical actions the Guide sets out across seven core risk element.

Banking, Principles for Responsible Banking, Publications, Risk | 21 September 2026

A Chief Risk Officer’s Guide to the Principles for Responsible Banking

A Chief Risk Officer’s Guide to the Principles for Responsible Banking explains how CROs and their teams can implement the PRB through the bank’s existing risk management framework. It connects each of the six Principles to the core elements of risk management, with practical actions, questions to ask, and case studies from signatory banks.

Banking, Nature, Publications, Risk | 16 September 2026

Asking Better Questions on Nature: For Bank Chief Risk Officers and Risk Committees

This guide helps risk professionals at banks gather the information they need to monitor and manage nature-related risks and opportunities across their portfolios. Structured around ten questions, the guide helps banks better understand their nature-related impacts, capabilities, and management practices – and turn that understanding into greater resilience and future opportunities.