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Counting the cost: ENCORE helps banks assess exposure to environmental degradation
When Madeleine Ronquest attended the Johannesburg launch of an innovative guide designed to help banks assess their exposure to environmental degradation, a…
Principles for Responsible Banking on track to become industry standard as over 65 organisations now endorse
Today 12 more banks are endorsing the UNEP Finance Initiative’s Principles for Responsible Banking, bringing the total number of banks…
Call for feedback from investors on new IOPS guidelines on ESG integration in pension funds
The International Organisation of Pension Supervisors (IOPS) has opened a public consultation on Supervisory Guidelines on the integration of ESG factors…
Guidance developed on an impact-based approach to finance for real estate investors and asset managers
The UNEP FI Property Working Group, in collaboration with RICS, PRI, and members of the Global Investor Coalition on Climate…
New Guide to Empower Banks To Assess Natural Capital Risk Launching in South Africa
Johannesburg will see the African launch of the world’s first step-by-step guide to help banks conduct a rapid natural capital risk assessment by the Natural Capital Finance…
UN, WWF and world’s insurers to develop pioneering industry guide to protect World Heritage Sites
Geneva/Gland/Paris, 21 January 2019—A pioneering insurance industry guide to protect our planet’s most special places through its risk management, insurance…
Ground-breaking guide launched to strengthen banks to assess natural capital risk
New step-by-step guide from Natural Capital Finance Alliance, builds on launch of web-based tool ENCORE in November 2018. One week…
New Guide Launched In Zurich Empowers Banks To Assess Natural Capital Risk
A week before the World Economic Forum in Davos, where global financial leaders will discuss society’s most pressing issues, the…
Energy efficiency taxonomy and green tagging: EEFIG launches call for expressions of interest
The Energy Efficiency Financial Institutions Group (EEFIG), jointly convened by the European Commission and UNEP FI, has launched a call…
17 Institutions Become the First Endorsers of the Principles for Responsible Banking Joining the 28 Founding Banks
Standard Chartered PLC, KBC Group, KB Financial Group, DGB Financial Group, Natixis, GLS Bank, Landsbankinn, Zenith Bank and Keystone Bank…
