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As we mark World Environment Day, it is now more important than ever for communities across the globe to take bold action and ensure lasting solutions to beat plastic pollution.

UNEP FI begins work with peer organizations and with practitioners to iterate the Sector Mappings, integrating lessons learned from users and improving its useability and usefulness for different audiences and use cases.

Across the Global South, communities are responding to the impacts of climate change. Yet, the public and private financial systems designed to support climate adaptation continue to overlook these same communities.

UNEP FI's new report, "Guidance on Responsible Policy Engagement," offers recommendations for developing and implementing effective policy engagement strategies, centred around four pillars of responsible policy engagement: consistency, accountability, transparency, and active engagement.

UNEP FI releases the latest reports from our Banking on Sustainability: From Principles to Practice – Responsible Banking Case Study Series to showcase member progress under the UN Principles for Responsible Banking (PRB) framework and to highlight good industry.

The loss of glacier-fed freshwater supplies could put $4 trillion in global GDP at risk, disrupting agriculture, energy production, and urban water supplies. As we mark World Water Day 2025, the spotlight is on glaciers—natural water reserves that store nearly 70% of the world’s freshwater and sustain billions of people and industries.

In June 2024, UNEP FI reported that private finance for nature had surged to USD 102 billion in circulation, up elevenfold relative to 2020 (USD 9.4 billion). This year, we look forward to the release of a new iteration of the State of Finance for Nature report by UNEP, which will integrate these and other fresh datasets on private finance for nature.

This article shares highlights from a new UNEP FI policy brief comparing ASEAN Member States' sustainable finance taxonomies and their alignment with the regional ASEAN Taxonomy.

The United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) and UN Women new resource: "Advancing Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment: Target-Setting Guidance for Banks," provides banks with a clear roadmap to embed gender equality into their business strategies, workplace policies, and financial services.