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Banking, Climate Change, Net Zero Banking, PRB Guidance, Principles for Responsible Banking, Publications, Target Setting | 03 October 2025

The Guidance for Climate Target Setting for Banks outlines key principles to underpin the setting of credible, robust, impactful and ambitious targets for achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions goals in alignment with the Paris Agreement.

Banking, Nature, Publications | 02 October 2025

Banks are increasingly talking to their clients about nature but knowing which questions to ask to understand the impact and reliance of their businesses on nature is not always clear. This prototype is an excel-based tool intended to assist banks—and specifically relationship managers—to formulate succinct, meaningful questions as part of client engagement on nature.

Asset Owner Alliance, Climate Change, Industries, Investment, News, Themes | 02 October 2025

Asset owners explored options for the future focus of the NZAOA, such as climate adaptation and resilience

Climate Change, News, Policy | 29 September 2025

This November, governments will gather in Belém, Brazil, for COP30, for what we hope will be a pivotal moment for advancing the Paris Agreement and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). 

Events, Policy, Webinars | 24 September 2025

Join UNEP FI and ISSB for a public webinar focusing on how the adoption of mandatory sustainability reporting policies interact with and complement the implementation of prudential-related sustainability reporting regulations.

Banking | 21 September 2025

2025 marks a very special year for the UN Principles for Responsible Banking (PRB). Over 350 institutions, representing ~50% of…

Policy, Sustainable finance taxonomies | 17 September 2025

UNEP FI is working with governments and other partners to support development and interoperability of sustainable finance taxonomies at the national, regional, and global levels. Read about our initiatives and projects.

Adaptation Finance, Climate Change, Events, Policy, Webinars | 03 September 2025

Designed for risk and sustainability finance professionals, policymakers, and sustainability practitioners, this session will provide actionable insights into leveraging sustainable finance taxonomies as a catalyst for scaling adaptation finance. 

Events, Policy, Webinars | 25 August 2025

Join us for an insightful session exploring the current landscape of jurisdictional adoption of sustainability standards, with a particular focus on the global rollout of the ISSB’s IFRS S1 and S2 standards and its consequences for financial institutions.

Banking, Nature, Principles for Responsible Banking, Publications | 19 August 2025

Co-authored by UNEP FI and the United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), the new “Nature Impact Target Setting for Banks” discussion paper proposes an approach for banks to set impact targets for nature – targets that aim to achieve an improvement in the state of nature through a set reduction of pressures across a bank’s lending, investing, and underwriting activities.