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Asset Owner Alliance, Climate Change, Investment, News | 15 October 2021

Three Japanese insurance companies joined the UN-convened Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance, adding a combined US$1.4 trillion to total assets under…

Asset Owner Alliance, Investment, News | 14 October 2021

Members of the Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance invite the public to comment on new additions and revisions to the Net…

Asset Owner Alliance, Climate Change, Events, Investment, News | 13 October 2021

Ahead of the G20 Summit and COP26, hear from some of the most important net-zero pioneers who are acting now to decarbonize their portfolios and speaking out about the imperatives, challenges, opportunities and feasibility of doing so.

Blue Finance, Events, Podcasts | 11 October 2021

Dennis Fritsch, Sustainable Blue Finance Lead at UNEP FI and Dorothee Herr, Oceans & Climate Change Manager at IUCN discuss ocean health, its role in regulating the global climate, its economic value and the role that financial institutions can play in restoring this vital ecosystem.

Asset Owner Alliance, Climate Change, Investment, News | 30 September 2021

The UN-convened Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance today welcomed the French and Swiss insurance associations as supporting partners. The Swiss Insurance…

Blue Finance, Nature, News | 30 September 2021

With the Zero and Low-emission Innovation Forum - co-hosted by the IMO and UNEP - having been held this week, the transformation of the maritime transportation sector is taking centre stage this autumn. In this article we look at some of the leading examples of best practice in social and environmental sustainability across the maritime transportation sector which banks, insurers and investors can seek out.

Nature, News | 30 September 2021

The Taskforce for Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) announces taskforce members and launch of consultative forum, leveraging global nature and finance expertise. Taskforce Members will work with TNFD Co-Chairs to deliver the Framework in the next two years.

Africa & Middle East, Climate Change, Events | 23 September 2021

UNEP FI and the Egyptian Banking Institute (EBI) have partnered to deliver a series of workshops on climate risks, opportunities, and disclosures focusing on the Egyptian Banking industry. They will explore regionally specific physical and transition risks for the Arab region.

Asia Pacific, Climate Change, News, Regions | 23 September 2021

It is increasingly recognized that the finance and banking sectors can have a huge influence on the economy, through the way that they decide to invest in, and fund, businesses, and in Thailand, the UN is helping the government to raise awareness of the importance of sustainable finance.

Asset Owner Alliance, Climate Change, Investment, News | 23 September 2021

Asset owners must immediately scale investment into impactful carbon management and negative emissions technologies both inside and outside of value…