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Banking, News, Principles for Responsible Banking | 10 September 2024
Beyond target-setting: New guidance on Client Engagement and Governance to promote responsible banking progress
The new Principles for Responsible Banking Guidance on Client Engagement and Guidance on Effective Governance can be used as tools to promote responsible banking progress, helping banks move beyond analysis and target-setting, towards implementation of sustainability and impact targets and actions.
Nature, News, Policy, Social | 20 August 2024
G20 recommendations: advancing a nature-positive economy and just transition
The G20, comprising of 19 countries and the European Union, collectively represents 85% of the global economy, putting it in…
Banking, Climate Change, Net Zero Banking, News | 31 July 2024
Banks cannot fix the climate crisis alone
The Net-Zero Banking Alliance’s outgoing chair urges governments to intensify efforts on the path to net zero.
Banking, Climate Change, News, Pollution & Circular Economy, Principles for Responsible Banking | 18 July 2024
New resources to help banks operationalise the links between the circular economy and sustainability impacts
The UN Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) releases the first reports in a new series of resources helping banks implement and benefit from the interlinkages between the circular economy and major sustainability challenges of climate change, nature loss, and pollution.
Finance and Biodiversity Day at COP16 announced for 28 October 2024
On behalf of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), UNEP FI is excited to officially announce the second Finance and…
Asset Owner Alliance, Climate Change, Industries, Investment, News, Themes | 23 May 2024
New findings, same strong message: the Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance updates its position on governmental carbon pricing
The Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance collates new data on the spread and coverage of carbon pricing mechanisms in this Updated Position on Governmental Carbon Pricing. The findings reiterate the Alliance's stance—appropriately designed carbon pricing instruments are necessary to achieve net zero emissions by 2050 and limit global warming to below 1.5 ºC.
News, Pollution & Circular Economy | 19 April 2024
160 financial institutions representing 15.5 USD trillion combined assets call for an ambitious international treaty to end plastic pollution
One hundred and sixty financial institutions and two industry stakeholders from around the world are calling on governments to negotiate an ambitious treaty to end plastic pollution ahead of negotiations taking place at the fourth meeting of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution (INC-4) next week.
Asset Owner Alliance, Climate Change, Industries, Investment, News, Themes | 18 April 2024
Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance’s Target-Setting Protocol Fourth Edition affirms 1.5ºC ambition for 2030 portfolios ahead of real economy progress
The UN-convened Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance releases the fourth edition of the Target-Setting Protocol, which for the first time covers the majority of major asset classes across investment portfolios and will govern the next five years up to the critical milestone of halving emissions by 2030.
Climate Change, News | 17 April 2024
New Risk Centre to help UNEP FI members address sustainability risks
UNEP FI launches its Risk Centre on April 17, 2024
Banking, Climate Change, Insurance, Investment, Nature, News, Pollution & Circular Economy, Regions, SDGs and Impact, Social, UNEP FI in the News | 04 April 2024
UNEP FI and Building Bridges to join forces for the UNEP FI Global Roundtable 2024
UNEP FI and Building Bridges are joining forces to bring four days of action on sustainable finance to Geneva, Switzerland.…
