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This April, we’re going back to Johannesburg for another pioneering event—the first PSI Regional Market Event for Africa. The aim is to shape the sustainable insurance agenda in Africa across the insurance industry’s triple role in sustainable development as risk managers, insurers, and investors. Key sustainability challenges and opportunities that will be covered include the insurance protection gap, social and financial inclusion, and the resilience and sustainability of cities, infrastructure, and food and agriculture systems.

Forty years ago this year, I stood on the summit of the second largest mountain in Borneo and looked down…

Carolina López, UNEP FI Representative in Chile, will be participating in the 3rd version of the "Ring the Bell for Gender Equality" organized by the Santiago Stock Exchange and the UN Global Compact Chile

            UN Environment Finance Initiative (UNEP FI), together with nine investors representing close to US$…

Costa Rican Stock Exchange will host a seminar to promote the use of Green Bonds within the country.

Asobanca and BID Invest, in collaboration with IDE Business School carried out a workshop in Quito, Ecuador, focussed on Sustainable Finance and the integration of sustainability within governance, strategy and financial products.  

Ahead of the Sustainable Investment Forum Europe, Climate Action talked to Eric Usher, Head of UNEP Finance Initiative about the…

UNEP FI, the PRI, The Generation Foundation, and the International Institute of Green Finance (IIGF) invite you to the launch of the report on ‘Investor Duties and ESG Integration in China,’ hosted by BNP Paribas. The project team and key contributors will present the main findings and recommendations of the report on how clarifying the role of ESG integration in investor obligations and duties can contribute to achieving China’s long-term vision of balanced, inclusive and sustainable development.

UN Environment Subregional Director of the Southern Cone, Jose Dallo, attended the board of sustainable finance forum in February of this year.

Chile's Leading Congress in New Energies (CIREC) will be hosting its 6th edition of CIREC Week in Santiago from 10 to 12 April 2018. Over the past seven years the event has grown and evolved along with Chile’s renewable energy sector.