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Africa & Middle East, Banking, Climate Change, Events, News | 12 November 2021

UNEP FI, the Union of Arab Banks (UAB) and the Tunisian Professional Association for Banks and Financial Institutions (APTBEF) have partnered to deliver a series of workshops on climate risks, opportunities, and disclosures focusing on the Tunisian Banking industry.

Asset Owner Alliance, Climate Change, Investment, News, Themes | 11 November 2021

Upon the release of the draft COP26 decision, Guenther Thallinger, Chair of the UN-convened Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance, made the…

Africa & Middle East, Events, Investment | 09 November 2021

Join this UNEP FI webinar to discuss how African investors and their global partners can begin to use the Investor Climate Action Plans (ICAPs) Expectations Ladder to start the decarbonisation process and jumpstart a green recovery.

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.