Banking

Banking, Climate Change, Insurance, News, Social | 12 June 2026

Read about the recently published Just Transition Finance: Case Studies from Banking and Insurance, which illustrates how financial institutions are moving beyond conceptual commitments into an early phase of applied implementation

Asia Pacific, Banking, News, Principles for Responsible Banking, Social | 11 June 2026

Financial health and inclusion are central to economic resilience, enabling households and small businesses to meet obligations, manage shocks, and invest - underpinning more resilient portfolios and, ultimately, more sustainable banks. This case study explores how PRB signatories in Asia Pacific are turning financial inclusion gains into resilience.

Climate Change, Net Zero Banking, Publications | 08 June 2026

This report provides guidance for banks on engaging with policymakers and industry stakeholders to accelerate the decarbonization of the aviation sector, a hard-to-abate industry characterized by long asset lifecycles, high capital intensity, and limited commercially viable low-carbon alternatives.

Climate Change, Net Zero Banking, Publications | 08 June 2026

Road transport accounts for roughly 12% of global greenhouse gas emissions, with light-duty vehicles responsible for the majority of those emissions. Decarbonizing the sector requires coordinated action across vehicle manufacturing, charging infrastructure, grid decarbonization, and the social foundations of the shift.

Banking, Pollution & Circular Economy, Publications | 03 June 2026

This series of guidelines equips commercial banks and DFIs with a practical methodology to assess the circularity of client activities across portfolios and client segments across the textile and agriculture sectors, as well as buildings and construction, minerals and metals, and plastics (coming soon). The guidelines help institutions determine which activities are circular and, where circularity criteria are not yet met, identify targeted engagement opportunities to support clients’ transition toward more circular business models.

Banking, Climate Change, Net Zero Banking, Publications, Target Setting | 12 May 2026

This report provides an overview of how financial institutions are developing decarbonization targets for maritime shipping, a hard-to-abate sector that underpins global trade. Drawing on the Poseidon Principles and evolving net-zero frameworks, the report sets out key methodological choices for banks, including the use of carbon intensity metrics aligned with IMO trajectories, definitions of emissions scope, and approaches to portfolio coverage and data quality.

Banking, Climate Change, Net Zero Banking, Publications | 12 May 2026

This report provides an overview of how banks are approaching decarbonization target-setting in the aviation sector, a hard-to-abate industry with growing emissions and limited short-term alternatives for decarbonization. This practical guidance is intended to help banks develop, refine, and implement aviation-related transition strategies in line with evolving methodologies and data availability.

Banking, Climate Change, Net Zero Banking, Publications | 12 May 2026

This report provides an overview of how financial institutions are developing decarbonization targets for cement, a hard-to-abate sector. It sets out key methodological choices for banks, including the use of physical emission intensity metrics, definitions of emissions scope and approaches to portfolio coverage and data quality.

Banking, Climate Change, Latin America & Caribbean, Publications | 04 May 2026

This Spanish-language guide, tailored for banking practitioners and sustainability professionals, provides practical measures to address climate mitigation and transition across an organization’s banking and corporate functions within the Latin America & Caribbean (LAC) region.

Banking, Climate Change, Insurance, Publications, Social | 02 April 2026

This report draws on the UNEP FI Just Transition Pilot Programme – a yearlong initiative that convened over a dozen banks and insurers for peer exchange and expert input – to document how just transition considerations are being integrated across banking and insurance.