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Banking, Insurance, News, Pollution & Circular Economy | 17 January 2023
New finance leadership group supporting development of international agreement to end plastic pollution
Following the adoption of the historic resolution to forge an international legally binding agreement to end plastic pollution by 2024…
Climate Change, Events, Insurance | 10 January 2023
Launch of the NZIA Target-Setting Protocol
The Target-Setting Protocol of the United Nations-convened Net-Zero Insurance Alliance (NZIA) will be formally launched at the World Economic Forum…
Asset Owner Alliance, Industries, Investment, Themes | 29 December 2022
Structure and Governance
NZAOA’s Secretariat
Asset Owner Alliance, Climate Change, Industries, Investment, News | 20 December 2022
NZAOA’s ten most significant moments in 2022
In late 2021, 198 countries – signatories to the UNFCCC — agreed that “efforts towards the phasedown of unabated coal…
Banking, News | 19 December 2022
Why the new Global Biodiversity Framework matters to members of the Principles for Responsible Banking
Today, a historic agreement was reached at the UN Biodiversity Conference (CBD COP 15): the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework which aims to halt and reverse biodiversity loss by 2030. Taking a similar approach to the Paris Climate Agreement, this framework sets a clear mandate for private financial flows to align with the 2050 Vision of “Living in harmony with Nature”, providing the finance sector with a landmark agreement for biodiversity-related financial-decision making.
Adaptation Finance, Banking, Climate Change, Events, Latin America & Caribbean, Training | 15 December 2022
Cómo los bancos de América Latina y Caribe se adaptan al cambio climático
UNEP FI y la CAF –Banco de Desarrollo de América Latina–, en colaboración con la Federación Latinoamericana de Bancos (FELABAN),…
Asset Owner Alliance, Climate Change, Industries, Investment, News, Themes | 15 December 2022
Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance re-elects Günther Thallinger as Steering Group Chair
Günther Thallinger has been reelected as Chair of the UN-convened Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance for the next two years. He…
Insurance, Nature, News | 15 December 2022
COP 15 – A turning point for nature and the insurance sector
We are at a unique turning point for nature. COP15 [1] is expected to deliver the Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF),…
Banking, Insurance, Publications | 13 December 2022
Key Takeaways from the UNEP FI Leadership Council Meeting 2022
In November 2022, UNEP FI convened for the second time its Leadership Council of CEOs of banks and insurers to…
Banking, Insurance, News | 13 December 2022
Reinforcing sustainable finance to face global challenges: Insights from the 2022 meeting of UNEP FI’s Leadership Council
At the end of November, UNEP FI convened its Leadership Council of CEOs of banks and insurers to explore how sustainable…
