Principles for Responsible Banking

Adaptation Finance, Banking, Climate Change, PRB Guidance, Principles for Responsible Banking, Publications | 25 July 2025

The Practical Guidance on Implementing Adaptation and Resilience for Banks provides a roadmap and resources to support bank action on climate adaptation and resilience, whether a bank is just beginning to address adaptation and resilience, or seeking to enhance established practices.

Banking, PRB Implementation, Principles for Responsible Banking, Publications | 01 June 2025

The Implementation Journey expands on the foundations set out in the PRB’s 3 Key Steps, demonstrating Principle by Principle how responsible banking can be defined in practice. It showcases the diverse range of actions banks can take on their progressive and continuous journey. 

Banking, News, Principles for Responsible Banking, SDGs and Impact | 28 May 2025

UNEP FI begins work with peer organizations and with practitioners to iterate the Sector Mappings, integrating lessons learned from users and improving its useability and usefulness for different audiences and use cases.

Banking, Policy, PRB Guidance, Principles for Responsible Banking, Publications | 28 April 2025

The new report, "Guidance on Responsible Policy Engagement," captures best practice and offers recommendations for developing and implementing effective policy engagement strategies, supporting banks in implementing Principles for Responsible Banking (PRB) “Principle 4: Stakeholder Engagement.” The guidance is centred around four pillars of responsible policy engagement: consistency, accountability, transparency, and active engagement.

Banking, News, Policy, Principles for Responsible Banking | 28 April 2025

UNEP FI's new report, "Guidance on Responsible Policy Engagement," offers recommendations for developing and implementing effective policy engagement strategies, centred around four pillars of responsible policy engagement: consistency, accountability, transparency, and active engagement.

Banking, News, Principles for Responsible Banking | 27 March 2025

UNEP FI releases the latest reports from our Banking on Sustainability: From Principles to Practice – Responsible Banking Case Study Series to showcase member progress under the UN Principles for Responsible Banking (PRB) framework and to highlight good industry.

Banking, PRB Implementation, Principles for Responsible Banking, Publications, SDGs and Impact, Target Setting | 19 March 2025

Impact management explained, step by step! The Impact Protocol provides a step-by-step overview of how to analyse and manage bank…

Banking, News, Principles for Responsible Banking | 05 March 2025

Four new case studies published as of the "Banking on Sustainability: From Principles to Practice – Responsible Banking Case Study Series" help banks develop a deeper understanding of how peer institutions across different regions, commercial contexts and regulatory landscapes are translating the Principles for Responsible Banking (PRB) into practical strategies, products and services.

Banking, Principles for Responsible Banking | 30 January 2025

The UN holds a clear vision for what a responsible banking sector looks like. Responsible banks measure and manage the…

Banking, News, Principles for Responsible Banking | 30 January 2025

The newly published Banking on Sustainability: From Principles to Practice – Responsible Banking Case Study Series is designed to spotlight industry best practice, the series looks at how banks are translating the PRB Principles into actionable strategies and initiatives within their regional, regulatory and commercial contexts.