Pollution & Circular Economy

Banking, Climate Change, News, Pollution & Circular Economy, Principles for Responsible Banking | 18 July 2024

New resources to help banks operationalise the links between the circular economy and sustainability impacts

The UN Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) releases the first reports in a new series of resources helping banks implement and benefit from the interlinkages between the circular economy and major sustainability challenges of climate change, nature loss, and pollution.

Banking, Pollution & Circular Economy, Principles for Responsible Banking, Publications, Target Setting | 18 July 2024

Circular Economy as an Enabler for Responsible Banking

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.

News, Pollution & Circular Economy | 19 April 2024

160 financial institutions representing 15.5 USD trillion combined assets call for an ambitious international treaty to end plastic pollution

One hundred and sixty financial institutions and two industry stakeholders from around the world are calling on governments to negotiate an ambitious treaty to end plastic pollution ahead of negotiations taking place at the fourth meeting of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution (INC-4) next week.

Events, Pollution & Circular Economy, Webinars | 01 February 2024

Onboarding finance to beat plastic pollution

During this webinar and ahead of INC-4, UNEP FI and partners will open the Finance Statement on Plastic Pollution for signatures. All financial institutions are invited to sign the statement to call on governments for an ambitious plastics treaty that creates the mandatory framework and the enabling environment for the private finance sector to fully play its role in ending plastic pollution.