5 April 2007 | London, UK
About 30 delegates representing financial institutions, inter-governmental organisations as well as NGOs met together at a workshop organised by UNEP Finance Initiative in London. The workshop, which aimed to brief participants on biodiversity and ecosystem services, identify current barriers to understanding and assessing biodiversity risks, and the tools available for managing them, gave rise to some vibrant discussions around the theme of financial sector engagement in biodiversity and ecosystem services. The outcomes resulting from this workshop will provide concrete steps forward for UNEP FI in mapping out a clear path for achieving the Work Stream’s deliverables in 2007. The workshop was hosted by KPMG (www.kpmg.com) and Zerofootprint (www.zerofootprint.net) sponsored the carbon offsetting for the delegates’ air travel.
- Agenda (PDF: 100 KB)
- Summary Outcomes (PDF: 90 KB)
Presentations
- Introduction to UNEP FI and UNEP FI’s Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Workstream (PDF: 986 KB)
Martin Hancock, Westpac - Ecosystem Change and Emerging Issues for Financial Institutions (PDF: 1.8 MB)
Cecilia Repinski, World Resources Institute - Key emerging issues, the financial institutions’ response, and developing a ‘CEO Briefing’ to strengthen the business case for financial sector engagement (PDF: 2.9 MB)
Andre Abadie, Sustainable Finance - Biodiversity Risks and Opportunities for the Financial Sector: A Scoping Study (PDF: 247 KB)
Ivo Mulder, IUCN – The World Conversation Union - Introduction to the Biodiversity Benchmark (PDF: 322 KB)
Kerry ten Kate, Forest Trends & Annelisa Grigg, Fauna & Flora International - Business case, guidelines and tools for mitigating risk and the gaps (Bank) (PDF: 1.6 MB)
Sharon Maharg, West LB - Business case, guidelines and tools for mitigating risk and the gaps (Asset Manager) (PDF: 101 KB)
Sagarika Chatterjee, F&C Management, Ltd
Contact
Susan Steinhagen
biodiversity@unepfi.org