07 March 2023Climate Change, Publications, Risk, TCFD
Nature
Blue Finance, Nature, News | 18 June 2021
ESG Investor: Pouring Money on Troubled Waters
Investment in blue economy is vital for planet’s future, but the breadth of risks to ocean health pose challenges to asset owners. The ocean economy is estimated to be worth US$2.5 trillion annually, but just US$13 billion has been invested during the past ten years to support sustainability, according to an international joint academic and public institution report. If further action is not taken to tackle the effects of unsustainable use of oceans and their resources, a total of between US$200 billion-US$1 trillion will be required annually by 2100 to pay for coastal protection, relocation of people and loss of land to sea level rise.
Blue Finance, Nature, News | 17 June 2021
Financing a sustainable blue economy: recommended exclusions list published
Based on the market-first practical guidance for financial institutions, Turning the Tide, UNEP FI’s recommended exclusions list for a sustainable blue economy provides financial institutions with an overview of activities to exclude from financing due to their damaging impact on the ocean and high risk.
Blue Finance, Nature, Publications | 17 June 2021
Recommended Exclusions for Financing a Sustainable Blue Economy
Based on the market-first practical guidance for financial institutions, Turning the Tide, UNEP FI’s recommended exclusions list for a sustainable blue economy provides financial institutions with an overview of activities to exclude from financing due to their damaging impact on the ocean and high risk.
The UN & TNFD: Stewarding Systems Change
The market-led and UN-supported Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) was launched on 4 June 2021. It is designed to…
Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) launched
Major financial institutions and multinational corporates have endorsed the launch of a new market-led Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD), which will support business in assessing emerging nature-related risks and opportunities.
Cutting-edge Biodiversity Module now Available
In a critical decade for climate and nature, banks and investors can now explore their portfolio’s impact on species extinction risk and ecological integrity, and take immediate action to reverse biodiversity loss.
Aligning financial portfolios with biodiversity goals: discover the new addition to the ENCORE tool
In a critical decade for climate and nature, banks and investors can now explore their portfolio’s impact on species extinction…
Events, Nature, NCFA, News | 04 May 2021
Aligning Financial Portfolios with Biodiversity Goals
The new, ground-breaking biodiversity module within the ENCORE tool enables financial institutions to identify risks and opportunities, in order to…
Blue Finance, Nature, News | 16 April 2021
Portugal Endorses the Sustainable Blue Economy Finance Principles at EIB & WWF Event
Read about the conference hosted by the European Investment Bank and WWF, where Portugal, represented by Ricardo Serrão Santos, Minister of the Sea Republic of Portugal, endorsed the Sustainable Blue Economy Finance Principles and the EBRD and the Asian Development Bank were welcomed as recent signatories of the Principles.
Events, Nature, News | 09 April 2021
Sustainable Financing of the Blue Economy
The European Investment Bank, WWF and the partners of the Sustainable Blue Economy Finance Principles are delighted to invite you to join an event on the margins of the 2021 virtual Spring Meetings of the World Bank Group: Sustainable Financing of the Blue Economy.