Industries

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.

Europe, News, Policy | 03 June 2026

Aviation and shipping are central to the EU’s economy and enable many other sectors to function, yet they remain almost…

Europe, Policy, Publications | 02 June 2026

This policy brief co-authored by UNEP FI and the European Banking Federation (EBF) discusses potential levers and actions for policymakers and financial institutions to help aid the sustainability transition for the EU aviation and shipping subsectors within the transportation sector by strengthening the investment case and attracting finance. It is intended to support financial institutions in understanding how the EU aviation and shipping subsectors are evolving within the broader sustainability transition, including the key policies influencing this shift.

Events, Policy, Webinars | 15 May 2026

En esta sesión con Banco de España, reguladores explicarán los desarrollos regulatorios más recientes en materia de riesgos climáticos, incluyendo el análisis de escenarios climáticos y las pruebas de estrés, y cómo estos desarrollos se traducen en nuevos requisitos de capital y divulgación para las instituciones financieras. 

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.

Events, Insurance, North America, Risk, Social, Webinars | 06 May 2026

Climate change is increasingly linked to mental health risks, with implications for insurance risk assessment, claims and customer outcomes. This webinar introduces the Mental Health Integration Guide: A Tool for Insurers and explores how insurers can begin integrating these considerations across underwriting, claims and customer engagement.

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.