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Sustainable Investment Forum Europe: Financing Innovation for a Low Carbon Future
Building on the success of its Forum in New York, Climate Action is bringing the Sustainable Investment Forum to Europe in March 2018 in partnership with UNEP FI. The European Forum will welcome 250+ high-level decision-makers from the finance community, European governments and think tanks to meet, network, share ideas and discuss concrete solutions to the current challenges of the European and global climate finance market.
Blog: Argentina announces energy efficiency as priority for its G20 presidency
19th December, 2017 UNEP FI has been engaging with the new Argentinian G20 presidency via the G20 Energy Efficiency…
Governance changes: UNEP FI welcomes new committee members
Elections have been held recently for positions in the Global Steering Committee (GSC) as well as across the three industries:…
Nomura Real Estate Asset Management becomes 11th member of UNEP FI’s Japan Group
Nomura Real Estate Asset Management Co., Ltd. (NOREAM) has recently joined UNEP FI, becoming the 11th member of the Japan…
Positive Impact Initiative in the news: Review 2017
As 2017 is coming to a close, we are providing an overview of the many interesting articles and publications which have been published by the press on the Launch of the Positive Impact Principles and its further developments.
Climate Finance – Shifting from the Opportunistic to the Strategic
The world has moved on since the triumph at Paris in 2015, when the world united around a pledge to…
UNEP FI, UN Global Compact and PRI form UN Alliance for SDG Finance
UNEP FI, UN Global Compact and PRI are pleased to anounce the formation of the UN Alliance to maximize their impact on SDG Finance.
Social inclusion and human rights in finance: a view from Asia Pacific
The meeting looked at how financial institutions, in addition to applying human rights due diligence in their business, tackled social issues specific to the region. It also highlighted global trends from the finance and human rights agenda to inform local financial institutions in their approaches to human rights issues, and introduced the Corporate Human Rights Benchmark (CHRB), developed in 2017 with strong support from investors as a tool enabling businesses to better understand and act on corporate human rights performance.
CDPQ, Sarasin and SURA join Portfolio Decarbonization Coalition: Members now oversee more than US$800 billion in decarbonization strategies
12 December, 2017 In the latest demonstration of institutional investors’ commitment to taking action on climate change, asset owner La Caisse…
Portfolio Decarbonization Coalition: 3rd annual progress report details benefits of low-carbon approach
The third annual report from the Portfolio Decarbonization Coalition (PDC) examines the progress made by its members in assessing and…
