 NEW: Online Training Programme on Corporate Ecoefficiency for FIs
18 December, 2008 Successfully piloted in September-October 2008, this new training programme will be available to the public as of 2009 to train financial institutions on how to operate more eco-efficiently and gain a further competitive edge.
LATF brings UNEP FI to the Caribbean for the first time
1 December, 2008 Training Workshop & CEO Breakfast for the Caribbean Financial Sector: Environmental and Social Risk Management, 24-25 November, 2008
The Latin American Task Force joined forces with the Environment Ministry of Barbados and the Barbados Banking Association to convene a tandem of high-level awareness-raising and training events in Bridgetown, Barbados on 24-25 November. On 26 November the LATF convened an Outreach Event in Port of Spain, Trinidad, with the Environment Management Authority.
Making Forests Competitive – Practical Solutions for Permanence (UNFCCC COP 14)
24 November, 2008 Side event 9 December | Poznan, Poland
 20% of global emissions come from the forestry sector as a result of deforestation, ecosystem degradation, unsustainable forms of land-use and lacking reforestation. In addition to climate change these developments cause a range of serious problems that range from the loss of biodiversity, over erosion of valuable soil to the destruction of entire watersheds. Now guess how many carbon credits under the Kyoto Protocol have already been generated through forestry-related projects. Nill.
At this side event an international panel of forestry and risk experts will explore how this failure should be addressed in the future.
UNEP FI wins IPE-TBLI GROUP ESG Leaders Award for Outstanding Contribution
13 November, 2008 
In Amsterdam, the UNEP Finance Initiative takes this year's prize for the Outstanding Contribution to ESG, one of the IPE and the Triple Bottom Line Group awards on environmental, social and governance issues from a finance and investment perspective. In the honor, they state "The United Nations needs little introduction and to have it take on the mantle of drafting codes of practice with its global reach should ensure a more harmonised and empathetic future in the way the financial services industry approaches ESG and SRI and incorporates them into their own operations."
Show us the Money, Show Us the Green Money
6 November, 2008 And be rewarded for contributing to the Environmental & Social Responsibility Observatory (ESRO).
Your institution has succesfully financed sustainability projects dedicated to climate change mitigation, water or ecosystem services? Or it has experienced that adequate ESG-risk management makes straight financial sense? If you'd like to showcase your institution's achievements and experiences in the sustainability area, we have an attractive offer for you.
Interested? Then step in to find out more.
Other Sustainable Finance Events
CleanEquity Monaco - the Environmental Technology Investor Conference
28 November, 2008 
19-20 March 2009 | Monaco
The mission of CleanEquity Monaco is to facilitate interaction among the presenting companies and representatives from the investment community, the construction industry, the media and politicians. The goal of CleanEquity Monaco is to ensure the success of the most promising companies operating in the fields of environmental technology research, development and commercialisation.
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