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Groundbreaking work to assess real-world sustainability impact for investors: A Legal Framework for Impact
On 27 November 2019, United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI), the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) and The…
The 1.5°C goal is on the brink of becoming impossible: Get the numbers on global emissions in latest UNEP Report
UN Environment Programme’s Emission Gap Report, published today, finds that collective ambition must increase more than fivefold over current levels…
VIDEO: Fiduciary Duty in the 21st Century – From a Legal Case to Regulatory Clarification Around ESG
During the 21st century there has been a marked growth in responsible investment regulation and policy around the globe. Investors…
An updated look at Fiduciary Duty in the 21st Century: incorporation of ESG issues required and increasingly clarified in regulation
UNEP FI and the PRI provide an updated look at Fiduciary duty in the 21st Century with the release…
UNEP FI Regional Roundtable Latin America and the Caribbean 2019: Highlights
UNEP FI’s fourth Regional Roundtable on Sustainable Finance in 2019 for the Latin America and Caribbean region took place last…
Taking stock of energy efficiency finance and investment by the G20: new report from UNEP FI and IPEEC presents leading practice
Building on the outcomes of the G20 Global Summit on Financing Energy Efficiency, Innovation and Clean Technology which was held…
UN, WWF and world’s insurers unite to launch first insurance industry guide to protect UNESCO World Heritage Sites
Geneva/Gland/Paris/São Paulo, 15 October 2019—The first guide for the insurance industry to protect our world’s priceless and irreplaceable assets was…
Leading financial firms commit to improved transparency on the risks of climate change
New York, 24 September 2019. The Global Commission on Adaption estimates over $7 trillion of climate change-related damages over the…
Net-zero Asset Owner Alliance launches at Climate Action Summit in New York.
New York, 23 September, 2019 – In one of the boldest actions yet by the world’s largest investors to decarbonize the global economy, an alliance of the world’s largest pension funds and insurers – responsible for directing more than US$ 2.4 trillion in investments – has today committed to carbon-neutral investment portfolios by 2050.