United
Nations Environment Programme – Finance Initiative (UNEP FI)
is a partnership between United Nations Environment Programme
and the global financial sector created in the context of
the 1992 Earth Summit with a mission to promote sustainable
finance. Over 200 financial institutions, including banks,
insurers and investors, work with UNEP to understand today’s
environmental challenges, why they matter to finance, and
how to actively participate in addressing them.
UNEP FI’s
work also includes a strong focus on policy – by fomenting
country-level dialogues between finance practitioners, supervisors,
regulators and policy-makers, and, at the international level,
by promoting financial sector involvement in processes such
as the global climate negotiations.
Finally,
UNEP FI hosts the Global Roundtable every other year since
1994.
Statement
of Commitment
The UNEP Statement of Commitment by Financial
Institutions on Sustainable Development represents the backbone
of the Initiative. By signing up to the Statement, financial
institutions openly recognize the role of the financial services
sector in making our economy and lifestyles sustainable and
commit to the integration of environmental and social considerations
into all aspects of their operations.
All financial
institutions wishing to join the UNEP Finance Initiative must
adhere to the Statement.
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