Publications

The Net-Zero Banking Alliance 2024 Progress Report provides an overview of member banks' efforts towards reaching net zero by 2050. It summarises information received from 122 member banks up to the end of May 2024 and offers insights into members’ progress on target setting and transition planning, two key aspects of the voluntary commitment banks make when joining the Net-Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA).

This Call to Action is a reminder to policymakers to act decisively and urgently to manage systemic risk, by committing…

Led by UNEP FI and the Finance for Biodiversity Foundation, this discussion paper intends to solicit feedback from the financial sector on a proposed Finance for Nature Positive working model, including definitions and associated practices. It aims to help operationalize the “Nature Positive” concept for the private financial sector.

The Principles for Responsible Banking Guidance on Client Engagement provides banks with sector-agnostic guidelines on engaging clients, helping banks move beyond analysis and target-setting, towards implementation on their sustainability and impact targets and actions.

The Principles for Responsible Banking Guidance on Effective Governance provides a model for sustainability governance from the banking perspective, helping banks move beyond analysis and target-setting, towards implementation on their sustainability and impact targets and actions.

In a series of three input papers, UNEP FI offers tangible recommendations for the G20 Sustainable Finance Working Group towards a nature-positive economy and a just transition.

La Taxonomía de Finanzas Sostenibles de Costa Rica define qué es una inversión ambientalmente sostenible de manera estandarizada, estableciéndose un marco común de referencia que ayuda a los actores de la economía real y del sector financiero de Costa Rica a identificar aquellas inversiones que contribuyen al cumplimiento de los objetivos medio ambientales y sociales del país.

This report and its accompanying support document provide essential guidance on climate stress testing. It focuses on assessing the vulnerability of financial institutions to climate change impacts, identifying systemic risks, and enhancing informed decision-making. By addressing the lack of standardized, high-quality data, this guide helps regulators, central banks, policymakers, and financial institutions navigate data challenges.

This report is aimed at providing a general overview on operationalising the interlinkages between circular economy and climate, nature, pollution, and healthy and inclusive economies, encouraging banks to embed circularity into internal policies and processes, engage with clients in their transition to circular business models, redirect financial flows towards circular solutions and opportunities, and advocate for mainstreaming circularity.

This report and the accompanying tool address the gap in short-term climate scenario analysis, focusing on near-term risks, economic volatility, and systemic vulnerabilities.