23 January 2018

UNEP FI members and stakeholders discussed the current trends and expectations relating to financial institutions’ responsibility to respect human rights and their ability to address burning social issues at a series of regional dialogues on finance and human rights. These were organized as part of 2017 UNEP FI Roundtables for Sustainable Finance in Buenos Aires, New York, Geneva and Tokyo.

• Human rights and social issues in finance: from global to regional solutions, 6 September 2017, Buenos Aires
• Sustainable Finance and Indigenous Peoples Rights, 20 September 2017, New York (private meeting)
• A Rights-Based Approach to Sustainable Finance, 17 October 2017, Geneva
• Social inclusion and human rights in finance: a view from Asia Pacific, 12 December 2017, Tokyo