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Banking, Climate Change, News, Principles for Responsible Banking | 09 February 2023
Principles for Responsible Banking to strengthen climate ambition to meet increased expectations
As the global framework and gold standard for Sustainable Banking, the Principles for Responsible Banking need to continuously evolve in line with increasing ambition and new goals humanity defines. Signatories have made the important decision to strengthen the definition of the Principles’ climate ambition to specify that Signatory Banks, in accordance with the Paris Agreement, are expected to align their portfolios with a 1.5 degrees pathway.
Banking, Events, Principles for Responsible Banking, Webinars | 31 January 2023
Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework: from the drawing board to action
The UNEP Finance Initiative & the B4B+ Club decided to collaborate and co-organize a webinar destinated to their respective members…
Banking, Insurance, News, Pollution & Circular Economy | 17 January 2023
New finance leadership group supporting development of international agreement to end plastic pollution
Following the adoption of the historic resolution to forge an international legally binding agreement to end plastic pollution by 2024…
Banking, News | 19 December 2022
Why the new Global Biodiversity Framework matters to members of the Principles for Responsible Banking
Today, a historic agreement was reached at the UN Biodiversity Conference (CBD COP 15): the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework which aims to halt and reverse biodiversity loss by 2030. Taking a similar approach to the Paris Climate Agreement, this framework sets a clear mandate for private financial flows to align with the 2050 Vision of “Living in harmony with Nature”, providing the finance sector with a landmark agreement for biodiversity-related financial-decision making.
Adaptation Finance, Banking, Climate Change, Events, Latin America & Caribbean, Training | 15 December 2022
Cómo los bancos de América Latina y Caribe se adaptan al cambio climático
UNEP FI y la CAF –Banco de Desarrollo de América Latina–, en colaboración con la Federación Latinoamericana de Bancos (FELABAN),…
Banking, Insurance, Publications | 13 December 2022
Key Takeaways from the UNEP FI Leadership Council Meeting 2022
In November 2022, UNEP FI convened for the second time its Leadership Council of CEOs of banks and insurers to…
Banking, Insurance, News | 13 December 2022
Reinforcing sustainable finance to face global challenges: Insights from the 2022 meeting of UNEP FI’s Leadership Council
At the end of November, UNEP FI convened its Leadership Council of CEOs of banks and insurers to explore how sustainable…
Banking, Climate Change, Insurance, Investment, Nature, News, Pollution & Circular Economy, SDGs and Impact, Social | 07 December 2022
2022: a year of milestones on the road to implementing sustainable finance
At UNEP FI, 2022 was a year in which we marked important milestones, while we continued to drive the finance…
Banking, Climate Change, Net Zero Banking, News | 07 December 2022
The NZBA at COP27: Achievements and Action
The 27th Conference of Parties (COP27) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change ended on 18 November with…
Adaptation Finance, Banking, Climate Change, Publications | 29 November 2022
Adapting to a New Climate
With extreme events such as heatwaves, severe precipitation and droughts all expected to increase in a warming world, adapting to…