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Blue Finance, Nature, Publications | 17 June 2021
Recommended Exclusions for Financing a Sustainable Blue Economy
Based on the market-first practical guidance for financial institutions, Turning the Tide, UNEP FI’s recommended exclusions list for a sustainable blue economy provides financial institutions with an overview of activities to exclude from financing due to their damaging impact on the ocean and high risk.
Impact Centre, Publications | 14 June 2021
Investment Portfolio Impact Analysis Tool
The Investment Portfolio Impact Analysis Tool was developed to enable financial institutions to holistically identify and assess the impacts associated with their…
The UN & TNFD: Stewarding Systems Change
The market-led and UN-supported Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) was launched on 4 June 2021. It is designed to…
Banking, Events, Impact Centre | 04 June 2021
Launch: UNEP FI Investment Portfolio Impact Analysis Tool
The Investment Portfolio Impact Analysis Tool was developed to enable signatories to the Principles for Responsible Banking (PRB) to meet their requirements under Principle 2 on impact analysis, namely as a basis for meeting their subsequent requirements under Principle 3 on target-setting. It complements the Bank Portfolio Impact Analysis Tool which focuses on Consumer, Business, Corporate and Investment Banking.
Banking, Events, Impact Centre | 04 June 2021
Launch: UNEP FI Real Estate Impact Analysis Tool
The Real Estate Impact Analysis Tool was developed to enable financial institutions to identify and assess the impacts associated with their real estate investments and portfolios. The purpose of such an analysis is for financial institutions to define strategies and set targets that will increase the positive impacts and decrease the negative impacts of their real estate investments and portfolios.
Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) launched
Major financial institutions and multinational corporates have endorsed the launch of a new market-led Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD), which will support business in assessing emerging nature-related risks and opportunities.
Climate Change, Investment, News | 01 June 2021
UNEP FI and PRI launch joint programme to boost leadership in responsible investing
Geneva, Tuesday 1 June. The UN Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) and the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) are…
Climate Change, Events, Insurance | 27 May 2021
Insurance supervisors and climate action
Co-hosted by the UN-convened SIF, UN PSI and the IAIS, this webinar will present the climate change risks and opportunities for the insurance sector and introduce the Application Paper on the Supervision of Climate-related Risks in the Insurance Sector.
Asset Owner Alliance, Climate Change, Investment, News | 27 May 2021
Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance adds 5 new members managing $900 billion
The UN-convened Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance announced the addition of five new members managing nearly one trillion US dollars of…
Cutting-edge Biodiversity Module now Available
In a critical decade for climate and nature, banks and investors can now explore their portfolio’s impact on species extinction risk and ecological integrity, and take immediate action to reverse biodiversity loss.
