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Uncategorised | 21 July 2021

A Legal Framework for Impact: sustainability impact in investor decision-making Authored by Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and commissioned by PRI, UNEP…

Investment, Policy, Publications | 21 July 2021

The report, authored by Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and commissioned by PRI, UNEP FI and The Generation Foundation, provides ground-breaking legal analysis on the extent to which legal frameworks enable investors to consider impact in their activities across 11 jurisdictions: the EU, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Japan, South Africa, the Netherlands, UK and the US.

Uncategorised | 21 July 2021

Press Releases 21 July 2021 | Major international legal report backs growing institutional investor focus on achieving positive sustainability impacts…

Uncategorised | 02 December 2020

Collaborators The SBTi-Finance project enables financial institutions to set targets for their investment and lending portfolios that are aligned with…

News | 13 October 2020

UNEP FI saw more than 2500 participants join Day 1 of its 16th Global Roundtable, held virtually for the first…

Europe, Investment, News | 14 July 2020

  In July 2020, the European Commission closed its stakeholder consultation on its Renewed Sustainable Finance Strategy, which will be…

Uncategorised | 03 June 2020

1. In two sentences, what is A Legal Framework for Impact? It is a project to establish the extent to which legal and…

Uncategorised | 03 June 2020

Secretariat A Legal Framework for Impact is undertaken collaboratively by the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) and…

Uncategorised | 03 June 2020

Past Events A Legal Framework for Impact Japan: Integrating sustainability goals across the investment industry (English and Japanese) 20 June…

Uncategorised | 03 June 2020

Investors have a fiduciary duty to integrate financially material factors, including environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors. Meanwhile, the Paris Agreement and…