Publications

The Guidance for Climate Target Setting for Banks outlines key principles to underpin the setting of credible, robust, impactful and ambitious targets for achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions goals in alignment with the Paris Agreement.

The Sustainability Risk Tool Dashboard is designed to help financial institutions navigate the rapidly evolving landscape of environmental and social risk tools. This open-access database provides a comprehensive overview of more than 100 tools, detailing their features, metrics, methodologies, assumptions, and common use cases.

Impact management explained, step by step! The Impact Protocol provides a step-by-step overview of how to analyse and manage bank…

A new UNEP FI policy brief compares sustainable finance taxonomies across ASEAN Member States, finding increasing alignment with the regional ASEAN Taxonomy in key areas.

This updated edition of the report, co-authored by the United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC) and the…

Global temperatures are over 1.1°C above pre-industrial levels, intensifying climate risks and demanding urgent action. This UNEP FI report equips financial institutions with insights from IPCC-assessed 1.5°C scenarios to support decarbonization and guide risk assessment strategies. It emphasizes actionable pathways to align finance with global climate goals.

In this review summarizing the achievements of UNEP FI and its network of members during the years 2022 and 2023, find out how UNEP FI continued to help banks and insurers implement the industry frameworks, the Principles for Responsible Banking and the Principles for Sustainable Insurance, as well as the progress of the groundbreaking UN-convened net-zero alliances.

Navigating Pollution : A Blueprint for the Banking Sector serves as a guide for banks addressing pollution, one of the three planetary crises alongside climate change and biodiversity loss.

Women and girls represent half of the world’s population and therefore also half of its potential. But gender inequality persists…

UNEP FI and WWF’s Greening Financial Regulation Initiative have jointly authored a new publication, Navigating Nature-related Regulations for Banks: Mapping…