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News, SDGs and Impact | 05 April 2018

Sustainable finance is experiencing continued rapid growth. The European Commission’s recent proposal of a taxonomy as a common language for…

Climate Change, Energy Efficiency, Events, Fiduciary Duty publications, Investment, News | 04 April 2018

In partnership with the BrightTalk ESG summit, UNEP FI will be presenting updates on three work streams related to the implementation of the Paris Agreement and the SDGs. Financial institutions have a key role to play in implementing the world's agreed goals.

News, SDGs and Impact, UNEP FI in the News | 03 April 2018

UNEP FI Head, Eric Usher writes about how the Positive Impact Finance Initiative is working with financial institutions to close the…

Nature, News | 21 March 2018

Forty years ago this year, I stood on the summit of the second largest mountain in Borneo and looked down…

Energy Efficiency, Events, News | 20 March 2018

UN Environment's Finance Initiative, in collaboration with Climate Strategy & Partners, is organising a high-level roundtable on green tagging for energy efficiency finance as a side event to the Bloomberg Future of Energy Summit.

Climate Change, Investment, News | 15 March 2018

            UN Environment Finance Initiative (UNEP FI), together with nine investors representing close to US$…

Climate Change, Investment, Projects | 14 March 2018

UNEP FI, together with twenty of the world’s leading investors, has worked over the past year to develop scenarios, models, and…

Events, News, Social | 21 February 2018

ShareAction and partners organize a discussion at the European Parliament on the means to ensure a strong role for human rights in the future of European financial regulation, in the context of the upcoming European Commission's Sustainable Action Plan. UNEP FI engages is dialogue on the role of human rights due diligence in the legal duties of investors and company directors.

Climate Change, Investment, News | 15 February 2018

  The Investor Agenda will bring together and promote the key actions that investors around the world are taking to…

News, SDGs and Impact | 01 February 2018

These are exciting times for Positive Impact Finance. $5-7 trillion a year until 2030 are needed to realise the Sustainable…