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30 years of UNEP FI

2022 marks 50 years of environmental action through UNEP, 30 years of

Remembering Richard Hansen: our humble, high-flyer

We lost a dear UNEP FI colleague recently, Richard Hansen, our web

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Remembering Richard Hansen: our humble, high-flyer

We lost a dear UNEP FI colleague recently, Richard Hansen, our web
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Principles for Responsible Banking to strengthen climate ambition to meet increased expectations

As the global framework and gold standard for sustainable banking, the

UNEP FI launches new resources to support CSRD implementation by leveraging Principles for Responsible Banking requirements

UNEP FI has launched an ESRS Interoperability Package which helps banks

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Principles for Sustainable Insurance

About Launched at the 2012 UN Conference on Sustainable Development,

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The insurance industry’s core business is to understand, manage and

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NZAOA Target-Setting Protocol Fourth Edition

With this release, the Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance has published four

To serve net-zero clients, asset managers need a systematic approach to climate

Geneva, 6 February - The UN-convened Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance

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Turning point: How policymakers can shift the trillions needed for the net-zero transition

Net-zero can only be achieved through systemic change. It is time to move
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Export credit agencies supporting billions in global trade form net-zero alliance

Geneva, 4 December 2023 – At COP28 today, eight leading export credit

New Risk Centre to help UNEP FI members address sustainability risks

The UN Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) has unveiled its

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Getting Started

The Challenge The natural world - our forests, soils, land and ocean and

Sustainable Blue Finance

Welcome to the Sustainable Blue Economy Finance Initiative, a UN-convened

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160 financial institutions representing 15.5 USD trillion combined assets call for an ambitious international treaty to end plastic pollution

Geneva, 19 April 2024 – One hundred and sixty financial institutions and

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Impact Protocol

Impact management explained, step by step! The Impact Protocol provides a
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30 years of UNEP FI

Remembering Richard Hansen: our humble, high-flyer

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Remembering Richard Hansen: our humble, high-flyer

Highlights

Principles for Responsible Banking to strengthen climate ambition to meet increased expectations

UNEP FI launches new resources to support CSRD implementation by leveraging Principles for Responsible Banking requirements

Highlights

Principles for Sustainable Insurance

Priorities and Initiatives

Highlights

NZAOA Target-Setting Protocol Fourth Edition

To serve net-zero clients, asset managers need a systematic approach to climate

Highlights

Turning point: How policymakers can shift the trillions needed for the net-zero transition

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Export credit agencies supporting billions in global trade form net-zero alliance

New Risk Centre to help UNEP FI members address sustainability risks

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Getting Started

Sustainable Blue Finance

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160 financial institutions representing 15.5 USD trillion combined assets call for an ambitious international treaty to end plastic pollution

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Impact Protocol

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