17 May 2022Events, Roundtables
Nature
Nature, NCFA, News | 05 November 2020
How the Dutch Central Bank is Leading on Nature-related Risks
The Dutch Central Bank and financial supervisor, De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB), is the first central bank to highlight biodiversity as…
Blue Finance, Nature, News | 28 October 2020
The global financial system is intimately linked to the ocean, says Peter Thomson of the United Nations
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
Insuring a Sustainable Ocean Economy: A Deep Dive for the Insurance Industry
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
Marine ecologist Enric Sala addresses the financial community
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.
Blue Finance, Nature, NCFA, News | 15 October 2020
Reuters: The finance sector must go beyond business as usual to solve the biodiversity loss crisis
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
Blue Finance, Nature, News | 25 September 2020
Task Force on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) Gathers Momentum
Efforts to establish a Task Force on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) have today passed an important milestone with the announcement of an Informal Working Group (IWG) comprising some of the world’s biggest banks, investors and companies, as well as governments and regulatory bodies.
Nature, News | 24 September 2020
Six steps for financial institutions to set biodiversity targets
For financial institutions, addressing biodiversity risk is now a question of sound financial risk management. Leading banks, investors and insurers…
Nature, Publications | 21 September 2020
Good Growth Partnership: Year Three Highlights Report
This 3-year progress report provides an update on how the Good Growth Partnership is cultivating sustainability in commodity supply chains,…
Banking, Blue Finance, Insurance, Investment, Nature | 13 August 2020
Sustainable Blue Finance
Join banks, insurers and investors committed to ocean health by becoming a signatory to the Sustainable Blue Economy Finance Principles.
Events, Latin America & Caribbean, Nature, Webinars | 10 August 2020
Webinar: Biodiversity and the Financial Sector (in Portuguese)
The Financial Innovation Laboratory (LAB), the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) and the Brazilian Federation of Banks (Febraban) will discuss how the financial sector can address biodiversity and natural capital issues.