19 December 2023Banking, Climate Change, Insurance, Investment, Nature, News, Policy, Pollution & Circular Economy, SDGs and Impact, Social
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Natural Capital: the enabler
Natural Capital – the enabler: Anders Nordheim, Programme Leader – Ecosystems and Sustainable Land Use: UN Environment Programme Finance Initiative…
News, SDGs and Impact | 05 April 2018
Blog: Creating an impactful taxonomy
Sustainable finance is experiencing continued rapid growth. The European Commission’s recent proposal of a taxonomy as a common language for…
Climate Change, Energy Efficiency, Events, Fiduciary Duty publications, Investment, News | 04 April 2018
BrightTalk ESG summit: UNEP FI on Climate Disclosure, Fiduciary Duty & Energy Efficiency Investment
In partnership with the BrightTalk ESG summit, UNEP FI will be presenting updates on three work streams related to the implementation of the Paris Agreement and the SDGs. Financial institutions have a key role to play in implementing the world's agreed goals.
News, SDGs and Impact, UNEP FI in the News | 03 April 2018
Positive Impact Finance Initiative featured in UNA-UK publication, SDGs: Delivering Change
UNEP FI Head, Eric Usher writes about how the Positive Impact Finance Initiative is working with financial institutions to close the…
New Tools on the block for the Financial Sector and Natural Capital
Forty years ago this year, I stood on the summit of the second largest mountain in Borneo and looked down…
Climate Change, Investment, News | 15 March 2018
Leading investors partner with UN to boost climate transparency by piloting Task Force for Climate-related Financial Disclosures recommendations
UN Environment Finance Initiative (UNEP FI), together with nine investors representing close to US$…
Climate Change, Investment, Projects | 14 March 2018
TCFD Pilot Projects – Investors
UNEP FI, together with twenty of the world’s leading investors, has worked over the past year to develop scenarios, models, and…
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, 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…