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Climate Bonds Initiative gain insurance body partner

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
The UNEP FI Principles for Sustainable Insurance (PSI) has joined the Climate Bonds Partners program, according to the Climate Bond Initiative. The Principles for Sustainable Insurance is a collaborative initiative between the United Nations Finance ...

Decarbonising economy requires sophisticated investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
... the global economy. Australian Ethical highlighted two recent reports - one from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), calling for radical changes to make global financial systems greener by 2035 to avoid climate change threats, and the other ...

LGS joins Portfolio Decarbonization Coalition

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
... commit to decarbonise their portfolios, and was co-founded last year by the United Nations Environment Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) the fourth National pension fund of Sweden, AP4, Europe's largest asset manager Amundi and CDP. In addition to LGS, the ...

IGCC, peers launch Investor Platform for Climate Actions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
... (INCR) in North America, IGCC in Australia/New Zealand, ASrIA's Asia Investor Group on Climate Change (AIGCC), PRI, CDP and UNEP FI. "The market for different investor responses to climate change is growing rapidly," said Nathan Fabian, IGCC chief executive. ...

VicSuper signs on to Natural Capital Declaration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
... finance-led initiative convened by the Global Canopy Programme (GCP) and the UN Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI). By becoming a signatory, VicSuper has committed to "understanding natural capital considerations and supporting the development ...

Sustainable Stock Exchanges Initiative issues communication

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), the UN Global Compact, the UN Environment Program's Finance Initiative (UNEP FI), and PRI.

Montreal Carbon Pledge a building block: Cbus' Atkin

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... with the Portfolio Decarbonization Coalition, co-founded by the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP-FI). "I don' t think it's controversial and I think investors are at varying levels of sophistication or working through the ...

Westpac increases lending to cleantech, enviro services

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... statement and 2017 statement. "Emma Herd, our director, emissions and environment at Westpac Institutional Bank is part of the UNEP FI working group on ecological standards, and it's been a long process to get the standards in place to increase the disclosure ...

Bloomberg named supporter of Natural Capital Declaration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... founding signatories. NCD is convened by the The Global Canopy Programme and the UN Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI). With the addition of Bloomberg, the NCD has 40 financial institutions as signatories and 37 supporter organisations. ...

WBCSD named supporter of Natural Capital Declaration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... founding signatories. NCD is convened by the The Global Canopy Programme and the UN Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI). WBCSD will give insights and make recommendations in the development of assessment, accounting, and reporting frameworks ...