The financial sector is facing unprecedented challenges, demanding new ways to manage risk. An increasingly complex terrain of interlinked sustainability risks related to climate change, the degradation of nature and social issues is just one of those challenges that require financial institutions to develop new expertise and skills. UNEP FI’s Risk Centre provides UNEP FI members with the solutions they need to tackle these new risks in an integrated fashion, helping them significantly enhance their institution’s capabilities for risk assessment and disclosure and providing opportunities to engage with experts, regulators and peers on risk-related topics.
Tailored for financial risk professionals, this comprehensive hub builds on UNEP FI’s well-respected and long-running climate and nature risk programmes. The Centre offers a wide range of centralised resources to help members assess, manage, and integrate climate, nature, and other sustainability risks through technical skill-building workshops and programmes that develop cutting-edge risk management tools and guidance, and sessions with leading external experts, regulators, modellers and data providers. This unique offering is complemented by access to an extensive library of publications, tools, and resources that support UNEP FI members as they operationalise the industry sustainability frameworks, the Principles for Responsible Banking and Principles for Sustainable Insurance. Access to most of these resources is included in the annual membership fee and available exclusively to UNEP FI members.
What does the Risk Centre offer to UNEP FI’s members?
Groups of members address a range of topics, with the objective of producing tangible outcomes such as new tools and guidance in emerging areas of risk. These research programmes typically operate for 3 to 12 months, allowing for in-depth research into data, analytics, applied science, scenarios, modelling and tools. These are suitable for members wishing to deep dive into sustainability risk and gain first-mover advantages and build highly technical expertise. A fee is associated to participate in these annual programmes.
Join skill building workshops and regular webinars that assist financial institutions in enhancing their capabilities for risk assessment and facilitate interaction with central banks, supervisors, academics, industry experts, modellers, and peers on various risk-related topics. These are suitable for all members but generally tailored for mid-senior level risk management professionals.
Including a repository of risk management tools and guidance, and a host of publications, thought leadership and case studies that set out industry best practice and the latest advances in the risk landscape. These resources are suitable for all members. Browse the library here.
How to participate in the Risk Centre’s activities?
Access to the Risk Centre’s resources is an additional benefit for members included as part of their annual membership fee. For an additional fee, UNEP FI members will have access to the in-depth research programme and their latest materials, as well as early access to the programme’s outputs ahead of publication.
For questions about the Risk Centre or its work, please send us an email.
