UNEP Finance Initiative (UNEP FI)

In the latest episode of Financing the Future, we speak to Frank Elderson, Member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank to discuss how prudential transition plans can help banks mobilize finance towards the transition, how banks can tackle physical risks going forward, how nature-related risks are being addressed and what is to come next. Frank discusses how ECB banking supervision h...

In this episode of Financing the Future, host Elliott Harris speaks with Carine Smith Ihenacho, Chief Governance and Compliance Officer at Norges Bank Investment Management, which manages the world’s largest sovereign wealth fund. The conversation explores how long-term investors are navigating geopolitical volatility, regulatory shifts and the evolving ESG landscape while staying focused on finan...

Launching ahead of COP30, join our first podcast episode of Season 2 - Raising Ambition on Climate Finance - featuring Rémy Rioux, CEO of Agence Française de Développement (AFD) and Chair of Finance in Common. This first episode will explore how the global financial system can scale high-quality, long-term climate finance using a systems-level approach, new frameworks that can raise ambi...

Financing the future: A UNEP FI podcast with the changemakers serving people and planet Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Financing the future: A UNEP FI podcast with the changemakers serving people and planet Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Financing the future: A UNEP FI podcast with the changemakers serving people and planet Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Extreme weather events are rapidly increasing in frequency and intensity due to the effects of climate change, making it difficult for insurance companies to manage rising risks and costs. Insurers are now left with no choice but to find ways to weather the storm. In the second episode of UNEP FI’s new podcast series Financing the future , we speak to Lesley Ndlovu, CEO of Africa Risk Capacity (AR...

Increasingly, companies around the world are using non-financial factors like the Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) practices as part of their evaluation process to identify material risks and growth opportunities. In our first Episode of Financing The Future  we speak to Ms. Jessica Tan the Co-CEO of Ping An Group, one of the three largest integrated financial groups in China.&...

The high-level dialogue between Elizabeth Mrema, Executive Secretary, UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), and Koushik Chatterjee, CFO, Tata Steel and member of the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) as well as TCFD, focused on the intersections between climate and nature at UNEP FI's Global Roundtable. As nature action rises up in the sustainability agenda, especiall...

Including social equity considerations in investment decisions and processes is critical for the blue economy to deliver its full potential in addressing global challenges. In this episode, we look at the human dimension of the sustainable blue economy, focusing on the role of financial actors. Five experts from the academic, NGO and finance communities join the conversation, giving insights on ho...

A conversation with Charles Emond, CEO of CDPQ, Guy Cormier, CEO of Desjardins, and Nili Gilbert, Chair of the Investment Committee at the David Rockefeller Fund Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dennis Fritsch, Sustainable Blue Finance Lead at UNEP FI and Dorothee Herr, Oceans & Climate Change Manager at IUCN discuss ocean health, its role in regulating the global climate, its economic value and the role that financial institutions can play in restoring this vital ecosystem. In this compelling conversation, they also introduce us to UNEP FI’s Sustainable Blue Economy Finance Principles an...

Marianne Haahr, Executive Director of the Green Digital Finance Alliance spoke to UNEP FI about what "going digital" means in sustainable finance, how FinTech can help with data challenges, automated reporting, disclosure processes as well as innovations in the space to help achieve the Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Agreement. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informati...

Mark Carney, UN Special Envoy on Climate Action and Finance, spoke to UNEP FI on navigating the climate crisis, climate disclosures, the Principles for Responsible Banking and the UN-convened Net Zero Asset Owner Alliance. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.