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  Corporate Ecoefficiency for Financial Institutions E-Learning
23 March, 2009 -24 April, 2009
Language: Spanish
 
     
 
Environmental & Social Risk Analysis E-Learning Programme

9-27 February, 2009
Language: English
23 February-13 March 2009
Language: Spanish
 
     
  Caribbean Workshop & CEO Breakfast: Evaluation and Management of Environmental and Social Risks in Lending and Investment Practices
24-25 November, 2008
Bridgetown, Barbados
 
     
 Events
  Changing Environments – Changing Finance?
Sustainable Finance in Turkey

22 January, 2009
Istanbul, Turkey
 
     
  Making Forests Competitive – Practical Solutions for Permanence (UNFCCC COP 14)
9 December, 2008
Poznan, Poland
 
     
  Outreach Event on Environmental and Social Risk Management
26 November, 2008
Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago
 
     
  UNEP FI / VfU Roundtable 2008: Implementing Climate Change Strategies
4-5 November, 2008
Stuttgart, Germany
 
     
  UNEP FI and WBCSD address the ESG inefficiency of Capital Markets in Emerging Economies – Part 3: South Africa
4 November, 2008
Johannesburg, South Africa
 
     
  Making it happen: Implementing the Principles for Responsible Investment
31 October, 2008
London, UK
 
     
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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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Featured Publications
  PDF GRI Financial Services Sector Supplement
(3.7 MB | 54 pages)
 
    
  The sustainability reporting standard for the financial sector  
     
  PDF Responsible Property Investing – What the leaders are doing
(2.3 MB | 93 pages)
 
    
  This report presents a collection of case studies that demonstrate the financial and environmental value of responsible property investment and shows best practice with demonstrated financial return.
Japanese version
 
     
  PDF CEO Briefing on Human Rights
(552 KB | 12 pages)
 
    
  This Briefing clarifies how human rights relate to the activities of financial institutions and develops practical tools and guidance that can be used by the sector to better assess and manage its human rights-related risks.  
     
  PDF Innovative financing for sustainable small and medium enterprises in Africa
(546 KB | 28 pages)
 
    
  In many emerging markets, the SME sector is one of the principal driving forces for economic growth and job creation  
     
  MoreAll Publications