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The Principles for Sustainable Insurance (PSI) serve as a global framework for the insurance industry to address environmental, social and…

In November 2021 the UNEP FI Leadership Council convened 20 CEOs of banks and insurers across six continents to debate…

A group of 28 banks under the Principles for Responsible Banking (PRB) has founded a first-of-its-kind commitment to promote universal financial inclusion and foster a banking sector that supports the financial health of customers. This marks the start of a collective journey to accelerate action on financial health and inclusion, alongside some other critical topics of our times, such as climate change, nature loss and pollution.

Emerging markets may need up to US $1 trillion a year to build a net-zero economy, yet developed nations have…

UNEP FI’s Climate Lead, Remco Fischer reviews the outcomes of COP26 and explains why ultimate climate success or failure depends…

On the heels of COP 26 and amidst the pandemic when society, business and the environment are at a critical juncture between recovery and crisis, the UNEP FI Leadership Council met for the first time, bringing together CEOs of banks and insurers to further mobilise the financial sector and deepen sustainability integration across the industry.  

UNEP FI today announces the formation of a new Leadership Council, designed to further mobilise the financial sector and deepen the integration of sustainability across the industry. The Council brings together 19 CEOs and Chairpersons of banks and insurers currently represented on one of the three elected UNEP FI governance bodies. As well as providing vision and strategic direction to UNEP FI, the body is designed to help shape, mainstream and deepen sustainability integration across the industry.

17 November 2021 – Leading international providers of sustainability standards and guidance have come together to create the Impact Management…

United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI), Ecobanking Project/ INCAE Business School, and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, along with China SIF, SynTao Green Finance and RepRisk delivered the first ESRA hybrid training in Chinese. The course was held online from 15 September to 15 October, and a two-day in-person training took place on 14 and 15 October in Beijing.

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.