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News, SDGs and Impact | 29 October 2020

UNEP FI has released a detailed user Guide for the Portfolio Impact Analysis Tool for Banks, as well as the first updates to its in-built country needs assessment framework, one of several unique in-built resources of the Tools.

Blue Finance, Nature, News | 28 October 2020

We cannot have a healthy planet without a healthy ocean, and in any global discussion on biodiversity the ocean must…

Events, Insurance, Nature | 27 October 2020

Join leading insurers and the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) to discuss sustainability challenges and opportunities in the context of the 21st century ocean economy, and find out how to get involved in UNEP FI’s new Sustainable Blue Economy Finance Initiative to develop sustainable finance strategies and approaches to ocean-based industries.

Blue Finance, GRT2020, Nature, News | 27 October 2020

The blue economy is an attractive opportunity for banks and insurance companies, yet some players are rushing to invest without first adopting sustainability principles that can avoid repeating the wrongs of the past, says world-renowned ecologist Enric Sala.

Events, SDGs and Impact | 19 October 2020

Join us on Thursday 29th October to listen to the learnings of early adopters of UNEP FI’s unique Portfolio Impact Analysis Tool for Banks, find out about the first tool updates and discover the brand new Guide to Holistic Impact Analysis.

Blue Finance, Nature, NCFA, News | 15 October 2020

Eric Usher of the UN Environment Programme Finance Initiative and Corli Pretorius of the UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre say banks should urgently set targets for financing the protection of nature in the critical next decade in the same way that many have set climate targets

Banking, Climate Change, Publications, Risk, TCFD | 14 October 2020

Beyond the Horizon: New Tools and Frameworks for Transition Risk Assessments from UNEP FI’s TCFD Banking Programme Thirty-nine global financial…

Banking, Climate Change, Publications, Risk, TCFD | 14 October 2020

From Disclosure to Action: Applying TCFD principles throughout financial institutions Recent reports from the Network for Greening the Financial System…

Pollution & Circular Economy, Publications | 13 October 2020

There is an urgent need to transition to economies that embed circularity and are aligned with global sustainable consumption and…

News, Pollution & Circular Economy | 13 October 2020

Financial institutions can and must make the shift to circularity, ensuring the consumption and production patterns of the businesses they…