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Africa & Middle East, Climate Change, News, Regions | 30 November 2016
Blog from Cop 22 Part II: A Tale of Two Cities
A Tale of Two Cities: Progress and Challenges on the Road from Paris to Marrakech In his second blog on…
Asia Pacific, News, Property | 29 November 2016
Japan Sustainable Building Consortium: The 3rd Symposium on Paris Agreement and ESG in Real Estate Investments
The 3rd Symposium on the Paris Agreement and ESG in Real Estate Investments was hosted by the Institute for Building…
Africa & Middle East, Climate Change, News, Regions | 14 November 2016
Blog: News from Climate COP22 Part I
The Good, The Bad, and the Unknown UNEP FI round-up: developments and outcomes from the first week of the 2016…
Africa & Middle East, Industries, News | 27 October 2016
UNEP FI‘s Global Roundtable held in the Middle East, Dubai, for the first time
25-27 October, 2016 | Dubai, United Arab Emirates Over the years the GRT has become the key global agenda-setting event…
Energy Efficiency, Events, Latin America & Caribbean, News | 21 October 2016
Innovative Financial Instruments to Support Private Sector Investments in Energy Efficiency: Experiences and Lessons Learned from the Latin-American and Asia-Pacific Regions
15-16 November 2016 | Lima, Perú This event aims to promote a dialogue and exchange of experiences among Financial Institutions…
Africa & Middle East, News | 21 October 2016
Commercial International Bank is Egypt’s first financial institution to join UN Environment Programme’s Finance Initiative
Commercial International Bank-Egypt (CIB) recently became a member of UN Environment Programme’s Finance Initiative, the first Egyptian bank to do…
Asia Pacific, News | 21 October 2016
Mitsubishi Corp.-UBS Realty Inc. becomes first Japanese J-REIT asset manager to join UNEP FI
Tokyo-based Mitsubishi Corp.-UBS Realty Inc., a joint venture between Mitsubishi Corporation and UBS, has become the first Japanese J-REIT asset…
Asia Pacific, News | 21 October 2016
Event: UN Environment Finance Initiative co-convened roundtable on Natural Capital in Tokyo September 2016
Over fifty participants from the financial sector, as well as representatives from government, industry, consulting, research institutes, and non-profits discussed…
Latin America & Caribbean, News | 21 October 2016
Costa Rica expresses interest in sustainable finance as a mechanism to strengthen its efforts for sustainable development
On October 11th, UNEP FI, UN-REDD Programme and INCAE met with the National Council of Financial System Supervision (CONASSIF) of…
Events, Latin America & Caribbean, News, Training | 16 October 2016
Introductory Training Workshop on Environmental and Social Risk Analysis Chile
4 noviembre 2016 | Santiago, Chile
Este taller tiene como objetivo sensibilizar al personal de las instituciones financieras sobre las consecuencias y oportunidades generadas por la identificación y evaluación de los riesgos socioambientales de sus clientes y/o socios de inversión, y a su vez enseñar a los participantes cómo detectar, disminuir y evaluar dichos riesgos a través de herramientas utilizadas por instituciones financieras internacionales.