Themes

Events, Nature, Webinars | 17 June 2020

Join our expert speakers for the launch of a new report which analyses key business sectors and biodiversity risk and provides a pathway for banks, investors and insurers to mitigate this through target-setting.

Asset Owner Alliance, Climate Change, Investment, News | 04 June 2020

The UN-convened Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance (AOA) has more than doubled its membership since its September 2019 launch to 25,…

Asset Owner Alliance, Climate Change, Investment, News | 29 May 2020

The UN-convened Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance has reacted to European Commission’s COVID-19 recovery plan. “As some of Europe’s largest asset…

Asia Pacific, Banking, Climate Change, Events, Insurance, Webinars | 28 May 2020

UNEP FI is excited to offer a webinar for participants in Asia to discuss TCFD and climate risk assessment. The session will explore the TCFD framework, the latest from UNEP FI's insurance and banking TCFD pilots, and regulatory developments around climate risk. 

Asia Pacific, Banking, Events, Social, Webinars | 28 May 2020

Join us on a virtual introductory workshop on banking and human rights issues for ASEAN banks. It will include an overview of human rights issues related to businesses in ASEAN and how this relates to banks under both hard and soft laws; how banks in the region are tackling human rights; and a live exercise to develop an ASEAN human rights risk heatmap with the help of experts. The workshop is side event of the UN Virtual Forum on Responsible Business and Human Rights, 9-12 June.

Asset Owner Alliance, Climate Change, Investment, News | 27 May 2020

Paris-based Tier 1 reinsurer SCOR announced today (27 May 2020) it had joined the UN-convened Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance, bringing…

Asset Owner Alliance, Climate Change, Investment, News | 11 May 2020

11th May 2020 – Danish pension fund PFA has become the 23rd member of the UN-convened Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance,…

Asset Owner Alliance, News | 28 April 2020

Calls for comments (and related evidence) allow interested parties including data and service providers, non-governmental organizations, academia, and the general public, to express their views, and support the Net Zero Asset Owner Alliance (Alliance) efforts to advance the stateof-play with respect to Net-Zero (Paris-aligned) Portfolio Target Setting by increasing methodology and data robustness, strength and transparency, and related efforts to measure members portfolio interactions with emissions.

Projects, SDGs and Impact | 27 April 2020

Approximately half of UNEP FI’s PRB signatories are currently using the Portfolio Impact Analysis Tool for Banks. Depending on the…

Asset Owner Alliance, News | 22 April 2020

The devastating impact of Covid-19 is becoming clearer each day, with governments taking unprecedented steps to save lives and livelihoods. As stewards of people’s capital, long-term asset owners are fully aligned with these priorities.