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UNEP FI launches new holistic impact analysis tools for the finance sector
2 April 2020 – UN Environment Programme Finance Initiative’s (UNEP FI) Positive Impact Initiative (PII) has launched two new tools…
Statement from the United Nations-convened Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance on the coronavirus pandemic
We are not putting climate action on pause The coronavirus pandemic has hit the world with full force. We are…
Principles for Responsible Banking update: More than 170 banks worldwide now committed to aligning their business strategies with society’s goals
A total of 171 banks from around the world have now signed UNEP FI’s Principles for Responsible Banking: each one…
Wespath joins the UN-convened Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance
7th April 2020 – Wespath Benefits and Investments , the largest single pool of faith-based pension assets in the world,…
KENFO is the first sovereign wealth fund to join UN-convened Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance
9th March 2020 – German sovereign wealth fund KENFO has become the 21st member of the UN-convened Net-Zero Asset Owner…
ERAFP joins UN-convened Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance
5th March 2020 – French civil servant pensions fund ERAFP (Établissement de retraite additionnelle de la fonction publique) has become…
New platform gives MENA-based financial institutions tools and insight to help build resilience to climate change
Financial institutions based in the Middle East and North Africa can now find the tools and insight to transform the…
UNEP FI members recognised at ESG Finance Awards Japan 2019
Under the leadership of the Environment Minister, Shinjiro Koizumi, the Ministry of the Environment of Japan in 2019 established the…