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Blue Finance, Nature, News | 02 March 2021

New practical guidance enables banks, investors and insurers to understand their impact on ocean health and immediately take action to accelerate the transition to a sustainable blue economy. Leveraging best practice based on input from more than 50 pioneering institutions and experts, this guidance sets out pathways to sustainable growth across five key ocean sectors, chosen for their established connection to private finance. It presents a detailed breakdown of which activities to seek out as best practice, which activities to challenge, and which activities to avoid financing completely due to their damaging nature.

Blue Finance, Nature, Publications | 01 March 2021

A practical guide for financial institutions to lead a sustainable ocean recovery This seminal guidance is a market-first practical toolkit…

Africa & Middle East, Climate Change, Events, TCFD, Training | 25 February 2021

For banks in Egypt and Tunisia, join our series of workshops that will provide you with a better understanding of physical and transition risks as well as climate risk methodologies and tools to strengthen your bank’s resilience and help implement the recommendations of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures.

Banking, Climate Change, News, TCFD | 17 February 2021

Geneva, 17 February 2021 – Transition risk poses a significant near-term threat to the economy. This is one of the…

Climate Change, Publications, Risk, TCFD | 17 February 2021

The Climate Risk Landscape: Mapping Climate-related Financial Risk Assessment Methodologies provides a summary of the key developments across third party…

Banking, Climate Change, Publications, Risk, TCFD | 17 February 2021

Pathways to Paris’ is a practical guide for financial practitioners looking to understand and apply climate scenarios. Co-authored with the…

Banking, Climate Change, Publications, Risk, TCFD | 17 February 2021

‘Decarbonisation and Disruption’ highlights the ways in which many sectors are exposed to transition risk. If not properly managed, a…

Asset Owner Alliance, Climate Change, News | 16 February 2021

The UN-convened Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance has issued a call to asset managers to collaborate in driving the development of…

Events, Nature, Webinars | 11 February 2021

Taking place on 2 March 2021, UNEP FI is hosting a webinar to launch its Guidance report for senior executives interested in sustainable ocean finance.

Asset Owner Alliance, Climate Change, Investment, News | 11 February 2021

UN Secretary-General António Guterres has called on investors who move much of the world’s money to set increasingly ambitious targets…