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Asset Owner Alliance, Climate Change, Events, Investment | 05 November 2021

This COP26 side event will bring together leading experts in the net zero and sustainable finance space to discuss what is needed to align all finance flows with Paris Agreement goals and ensure impact in the real economy.

Banking, Net Zero Banking, News | 05 November 2021

On the heels of COP 26 Finance Day, banking industry leaders met in Glasgow to discuss the leadership role of the banking sector towards net-zero under the UN-convened Net-Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA) – a game-changing commitment through which the banking sector is joining forces and mobilising capital at scale to tackle climate change, the defining issue of the 21st century.

Asset Owner Alliance, Climate Change, Investment, News, Themes | 02 November 2021

In response to the Reclaim Finance report, “It’s Not What You Say, It’s What you Do”, the Chair of the…

Climate Change, Investment, News | 29 October 2021

In the first two blogs in this series, I wrote about the UN Principles for Responsible Banking (PRB) and the…

Climate Change, Events, Investment, North America, Podcasts | 28 October 2021

In this episode, Charles Emond, CEO of CDPQ and Guy Cormier, CEO of Desjardins address net zero targets, climate risks,…

Asset Owner Alliance, Banking, Climate Change, Net Zero Banking, Net Zero Insurance, News | 27 October 2021

Ahead of the G20 Rome Summit this weekend, UN Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) today publishes its G20 input…

Climate Change, Events, Insurance | 22 October 2021

Throughout COP26, the UN Environment Programme’s Principles for Sustainable Insurance Initiative will focus on progressing the sustainable insurance agenda through the Net-Zero Insurance Alliance it convenes.

Asset Owner Alliance, Climate Change, Investment, News, Themes | 20 October 2021

Less than two weeks away from COP26, the UN-Convened Net Zero Asset Owner Alliance launches its inaugural, biennial Progress Report,…

Banking, Climate Change, News | 18 October 2021

COP26 has been dubbed the ‘finance COP’ in recognition of the crucial role of the global financial industry in delivering…

Asset Owner Alliance, Banking, Climate Change, Events, Insurance, News | 15 October 2021

The COP26 summit will bring governments, civil society and the private sector together to accelerate action towards the goals of the Paris Agreement and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Find out what UNEP FI is doing at COP26 to bring the latest climate commitments made by UNEP FI members to the attention of policymakers.