Search results

News, UNEP FI in the News | 08 December 2021

The climate clock was ticking loudly in 2021. With every region of the globe impacted by climate change, expectations were high for COP26 which took place in Glasgow in November. The outcomes of the most anticipated climate conference since Paris were not as ambitious as required and left the goal of keeping global warming to 1.5C on life support. However, it came during a year when commitments to finance a net-zero economy were made by financial institutions from around the world – many of them from within the UNEP FI family.

Insurance, News | 06 December 2021

The Principles for Sustainable Insurance (PSI) serve as a global framework for the insurance industry to address environmental, social and…

Asset Owner Alliance, Climate Change, Net Zero Banking, Net Zero Insurance, News | 25 November 2021

UNEP FI’s Climate Lead, Remco Fischer reviews the outcomes of COP26 and explains why ultimate climate success or failure depends…

Asset Owner Alliance, Climate Change, News | 02 November 2021

For the first-time sector allocations of the global carbon budget have been provided for both hard to abate and all…

Climate Change, Investment, News | 29 October 2021

In the first two blogs in this series, I wrote about the UN Principles for Responsible Banking (PRB) and the…

Climate Change, News | 22 October 2021

Earlier this week I wrote about the progress being made by the signatories to the UN Principles for Responsible Banking…

Asset Owner Alliance, Banking, Climate Change, Events, Insurance, News | 15 October 2021

The COP26 summit will bring governments, civil society and the private sector together to accelerate action towards the goals of the Paris Agreement and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Find out what UNEP FI is doing at COP26 to bring the latest climate commitments made by UNEP FI members to the attention of policymakers.

Asset Owner Alliance, Climate Change, Events, Investment, News | 13 October 2021

Ahead of the G20 Summit and COP26, hear from some of the most important net-zero pioneers who are acting now to decarbonize their portfolios and speaking out about the imperatives, challenges, opportunities and feasibility of doing so.

News | 19 July 2021

Several milestones in sustainable finance are highlighted in our overview of UNEP FI’s work during the period from July 2019 to December 2020, which provides a summary of initiatives that are helping to transform the financial sector. Read the report's foreword here to find out more.

Climate Change, Investment, News | 01 June 2021

Geneva, Tuesday 1 June. The UN Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) and the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) are…