17 May 2022Events, Roundtables
News
Association of British Insurers joins UN’s Principles for Sustainable Insurance Initiative, builds momentum towards COP26 in Glasgow
12 May 2021—The Association of British Insurers (ABI)—the voice of the UK’s world-leading insurance and long-term savings industry—has joined UN…
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…
World’s leading insurers and reinsurers and UN Environment Programme to establish pioneering Net-Zero Insurance Alliance
Geneva, 21 April 2021—Seven of the world’s leading insurers and reinsurers, working together with the UN Environment Programme Finance Initiative, are currently in the process of establishing a pioneering Net-Zero Insurance Alliance (NZIA). The NZIA is expected to be launched at the 2021 UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow this November (COP26).
World’s leading insurers and reinsurers and UN Environment Programme to establish pioneering Net-Zero Insurance Alliance
21 April 2021—Seven of the world’s leading insurers and reinsurers, working together with the UN Environment Programme, are currently in…
43 banks launch Net-Zero Banking Alliance as key part of consolidated Glasgow COP climate action
Geneva, Wednesday 21 April. Today, on the eve of President Biden’s Head of State Climate Summit, Mark Carney (the UK…
Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance more than triples membership to 37 since 2019 launch
21 April 2021 – The United Nations-convened Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance today announces a tripling in membership from its launch…
UNEP FI/MinterEllison Launches Litigation Risks in Adaptation Finance Paper
The fifth edition of the UNEP Adaptation Gap Report (2020) found that 72% of countries have adopted at least one…
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.
Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance’s new tool for asset manager engagement on climate-related proxy voting
The UN-convened Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance has today released a new resource designed to help asset owners set expectations for,…