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Events, News, Social | 21 February 2018
Human Rights and Finance: next steps for EU Policy
ShareAction and partners organize a discussion at the European Parliament on the means to ensure a strong role for human rights in the future of European financial regulation, in the context of the upcoming European Commission's Sustainable Action Plan. UNEP FI engages is dialogue on the role of human rights due diligence in the legal duties of investors and company directors.
Climate Change, Investment, News | 15 February 2018
The Investor Agenda: Accelerating action for a low-carbon world
The Investor Agenda will bring together and promote the key actions that investors around the world are taking to…
News, SDGs and Impact | 01 February 2018
Stay in touch with the Positive Impact Finance Initiative: Read our new newsletter
These are exciting times for Positive Impact Finance. $5-7 trillion a year until 2030 are needed to realise the Sustainable…
News, Social | 23 January 2018
Practitioners share insights on community engagement and indigenous peoples’ rights
Together with AFD and IADB, UNEP FI took stock of standards, industry practice and barriers to address on sustainable finance…
News, Social | 23 January 2018
Regional dialogues on rights-based, inclusive sustainable finance
UNEP FI members and stakeholders discussed the current trends and expectations relating to financial institutions’ responsibility to respect human rights…
Banking, Climate Change, Europe, Events, Insurance, Investment, News | 12 January 2018
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.
Climate Change, Energy Efficiency, News | 19 December 2017
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…
News, SDGs and Impact | 15 December 2017
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.
News, SDGs and Impact | 12 December 2017
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.
Events, News, Social | 12 December 2017
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.