UNEP FI just wrapped up its Regional Roundtable on Sustainable Finance in Africa and Middle East 2019, which took place in Cairo this week. With over 220 attendees and 45 speakers, the event was important in advancing the sustainable finance agenda in the region and you can read highlights and view photos here.
Preparations are now underway for the next Regional Roundtable for Asia Pacific, in Shanghai on the 5th and 6th of June. We hope to see you there or at other events throughout the year!
Up next: UNEP FI Regional Roundtable for Sustainable Finance in Asia Pacific
Shanghai | 5 -6 June 2019
We are looking forward to our next UNEP FI Regional Roundtable on Sustainable Finance in Asia Pacific, which will be held on 5 – 6 June 2019 in Shanghai, China. The event is co-hosted with the Shanghai Lujiazui Financial City Council Green Finance Development Committee (GFDC), in collaboration with the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) and co-organised with China Social Investment Forum. The event will also be held alongside World Environment Day, which is being held in China this year.
The event will provide insight into key developments such as the latest on responsible investment from the PRI, sustainable banking, implementing the new recommendations on climate-related disclosure, , natural capital tools, financing clean air as well as applications of fintech in green financing and bring together the region’s insurers to discuss market developments. Also, the event will enable attendees to engage with policymakers, regulators and peers from across the finance industry in Asia Pacific as well to exchange ideas on the benefits of sustainable finance integration in national economies in Asia Pacific and how taking into account Environmental, Social and Governance considerations can shape future business.
For more information, and to register, please click here.
If you would like to sponsor the UNEP FI Regional Roundtable for Asia Pacific, please contact Mustafa Chaudhry on [email protected]
Launch of new methodologies for investors implementing the Recommendations of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD)
London | 10 May 2019
Twenty large investors have been working together with UNEP FI to develop state of the art methodologies to enable them to analyse their portfolios in line with the recommendations of the FSB’s Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD). The results of our latest pilot – following the release of two reports detailing new methodologies piloted by banks last year – will be launched at Aviva’s headquarters in London on 10 May.
Members are invited to attend the event to hear the experiences of investors from the pilot project and find out more about the tools that will help investors perform scenario analysis and calculate the risks and opportunities presented by climate change. This pilot has focused on analysing equities, corporate bonds and real estate portfolios.
More information will be available soon, register now. Please email [email protected] with any questions regarding the launch.
Save the date: UNEP FI Regional Roundtable on Sustainable Finance in Latin America & the Caribbean
São Paulo | 14-15 October 2019
UNEP FI’s second Regional Roundtable in Latin America and the Caribbean will bring together UNEP FI members and other sustainable finance decision-makers, policymakers and practitioners for two days of insights into advances in sustainable finance in the region. To find out more about partnership opportunities, please contact Mustafa Chaudhry at [email protected].
Webinars
Principles for Responsible Banking: Shaping the Future
17 April 2019 | 3pm- 4.30pm CEST
The banking industry represented by leading UNEP FI member banks worldwide have set out to develop global Principles for Responsible Banking that will define the banking industry’s role and responsibilities in aligning financing with the UN Sustainable Development Goals and Paris Agreement on Climate Change to help shape a sustainable future.
UNEP FI and the founding banks that are developing the new framework, will explain and invite your feedback on the draft Principles for Responsible Banking, including their target-setting and accountability commitments. This webinar is the perfect opportunity for you to provide inputs during the consultation period for the Principles. Please feel free to send questions in advance to Oualid Rokneddine at [email protected]