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Todays marks the first anniversary of the PRB Academy, an online learning platform designed to support the implementation of the Principles for Responsible Banking framework and provide comprehensive training on responsible banking practices across the global banking sector.

The Principles for Responsible Banking (PRB), the world’s foremost sustainability framework for the banking sector, marks its fourth anniversary with the publication of the second biennial progress report, “Responsible Banking: Towards Real-world Impact”.

This month marked a historic moment for the Principles for Responsible Banking (PRB). Banking industry leaders and civil society representatives from…

A pioneering working group consisting of 35 signatories of the Principles for Responsible Banking (PRB) has been formed to innovate…

UNEP FI promoted a three-day event to exchange experiences on targets for positive impact on financial health and inclusion, climate…

UNEP FI has been reappointed as an observer in the new mandate EU Platform on Sustainable Finance. This platform seeks to promote dialogue and close cooperation among a wide range of stakeholders from the public and private sector which will be crucial to deliver on the aims of the EU Taxonomy Regulation and ultimately of the European green and the EU climate targets for 2030 and 2050.

As the global framework and gold standard for Sustainable Banking, the Principles for Responsible Banking need to continuously evolve in line with increasing ambition and new goals humanity defines. Signatories have made the important decision to strengthen the definition of the Principles’ climate ambition to specify that Signatory Banks, in accordance with the Paris Agreement, are expected to align their portfolios with a 1.5 degrees pathway.

Following the adoption of the historic resolution to forge an international legally binding agreement to end plastic pollution by 2024…

Today, a historic agreement was reached at the UN Biodiversity Conference (CBD COP 15): the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework which aims to halt and reverse biodiversity loss by 2030. Taking a similar approach to the Paris Climate Agreement, this framework sets a clear mandate for private financial flows to align with the 2050 Vision of “Living in harmony with Nature”, providing the finance sector with a landmark agreement for biodiversity-related financial-decision making.

At the end of November, UNEP FI convened its Leadership Council of CEOs of banks and insurers to explore how sustainable…