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Asia Pacific, Banking, Insurance, Investment, News | 20 January 2017

ANT Financial Services and UN Environment launch Green Digital Finance Alliance

On Thursday 19 January 2017, at the World Economic Forum in Davos, UNEP FI member ANT Financial Services and UN…

Asia Pacific, Banking, Insurance, Investment, News | 13 January 2017

Chinese online payment provider Ant Financial joins UNEP FI

Chinese online payment provider Ant Financial joins UNEP FI Ant Financial Services Group has become the first Fintech company to…

Africa & Middle East, Banking, News | 05 January 2017

The Association of Banks in Jordan joins UNEP Finance Initiative as Supporting Institution

On 16 October 2016, the Association of Banks in Jordan (ABJ) joined UNEP FI as a Supporting Institution, becoming the…

Insurance, News | 02 January 2017

UN Environment and ICLEI create largest collaboration between insurance industry and cities

UN Environment’s Principles for Sustainable Insurance (PSI), the largest collaborative initiative between the UN and the insurance industry, and ICLEI—Local…

Investment, News | 20 December 2016

Fiduciary Duty in the 21st Century: Launch of Australia Roadmap

December, 2016 UNEP FI, PRI and The Generation Foundation have launched the Australia roadmap, following consultation with investors, policy makers,…

Banking, Climate Change, News, TCFD | 14 December 2016

Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures: Draft Recommendations Report out 14th December

  The Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) released its draft Recommendations Report in December 2016. The initiative –…

Banking, Events, News, SDGs and Impact | 07 December 2016

Launch of the Principles for Positive Impact Finance

The Principles for Positive Impact Finance were launched 19 leading banks and investors totaling $6.6 trillion in assets in Paris on January 30th 2017. The programme of the event is available here.

Read the press release in English and in French.

Events, Insurance, News | 07 December 2016

International insurance regulators establish Sustainable Insurance Forum

1-2 December, 2016 San Francisco, USA
At the beginning of December 2016, UN Environment convened insurance regulators and supervisors from around the world to launch the groundbreaking Sustainable Insurance Forum for Supervisors. The Forum aims to strengthen insurance regulators’ understanding of and responses to sustainability challenges, as well as the opportunities for the insurance business.

Insurance, News | 07 December 2016

Blog: The UN, the Sustainable Insurance Forum, and the City by the Bay

UNEP FI’s Butch Bacani was in San Francisco for the first meeting of the Sustainable Insurance Forum, a new international…

Asia Pacific, Investment, News | 01 December 2016

Launch of Investor Obligations and Duties in Asian Markets Report in South Korea

The Korea Sustainability Investing Forum together with UNEP FI, Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI), UN Global Compact Korea Network and…