Themes

Asset Owner Alliance, Climate Change, Investment, News, Themes | 11 November 2021

Upon the release of the draft COP26 decision, Guenther Thallinger, Chair of the UN-convened Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance, made the…

Nature, News | 08 November 2021

The agriculture and land use sectors represent one quarter of global GHG emissions and banks financing companies and farmers along value chain experiencing data gaps and complexity on the calculation, tracking and target setting of emissions and decarbonization pathways for the agriculture sector . Banks now have a place to to address agriculture’s data gaps and complexity for the finance sector to engage into food and agriculture issues.

Asset Owner Alliance, Climate Change, Events, Investment | 05 November 2021

This COP26 side event will bring together leading experts in the net zero and sustainable finance space to discuss what is needed to align all finance flows with Paris Agreement goals and ensure impact in the real economy.

Blue Finance, Nature, News | 04 November 2021

COP26 today focuses on accelerating the global transition to clean energy. The blue (ocean) economy offers many opportunities for private…

Asset Owner Alliance, Climate Change, News | 02 November 2021

For the first-time sector allocations of the global carbon budget have been provided for both hard to abate and all…

Asset Owner Alliance, Climate Change, Investment, News, Themes | 02 November 2021

In response to the Reclaim Finance report, “It’s Not What You Say, It’s What you Do”, the Chair of the…

Climate Change, Events, Nature | 29 October 2021

This session focuses on how we can mobilise both public and private financial flows from banks, insurers and investors, towards a sustainable ocean industry that offers an immense potential for climate change mitigation and adaptation, using key frameworks and initiatives, including the Sustainable Blue Economy Finance Principles - to rebuild, renew and replenish the ocean - for people and planet.

Climate Change, Investment, News | 29 October 2021

In the first two blogs in this series, I wrote about the UN Principles for Responsible Banking (PRB) and the…

Climate Change, Events, Investment, North America, Podcasts | 28 October 2021

In this episode, Charles Emond, CEO of CDPQ and Guy Cormier, CEO of Desjardins address net zero targets, climate risks,…

Asset Owner Alliance, Banking, Climate Change, Net Zero Banking, Net Zero Insurance, News | 27 October 2021

Ahead of the G20 Rome Summit this weekend, UN Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) today publishes its G20 input…