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Integrated Approaches to Sustainable Infrastructure
This paper takes stock of sustainable infrastructure initiatives and argues for more integrated approaches to sustainable infrastructure in support of the 2030 Agenda for... -
The Brazilian Financial System and the Green Economy: Alignment with...
The goal of this present document is to identify in the Brazilian scenario relevant aspects for the Inquiry purpose, based on three complementary studies: current resource... -
Green SMEs and Access to Finance: The Role of Banking Diversity
SMEs arguably play an even more prominent role in the green economy. Nearly a third of SMEs offer green products or services and four in ten SMEs have at least one full time... -
Seed Capital Assistance Facility (SCAF) – Mobilising Private Finance:...
To reach the goals of the Paris Agreement, the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and reach Net Zero emissions by 2050, a rapid decarbonisation of global energy systems,... -
Improving the Availability and Usefulness of Publicly Available...
This background paper provides inputs to the G20 Green Finance Study Group (GFSG) that considers options to improve the availability, accessibility and relevance of publicly... -
Capitalizing Sustainable Finance in Argentina: A Stocktake and Review of...
The report provides a comprehensive analysis of sustainable investment opportunities in Argentina between 2019 and 2030, assesses the characteristics of those opportunities, and... -
Nigerian Sustainable Finance Roadmap
The report highlights major barriers such as market failures, information asymmetries, lack of awareness and lack of consideration of non-financial or longer-term value, as well... -
Banking and Sustainability Time for Convergence: A Policy Briefing on the...
In 2014, the UNEP Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) and the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL, working with and on behalf of the Banking... -
If You Ask Us…: Making Environmental Employee Engagement Happen - A Report...
The report takes stock of the activities that North American Task Force (NATF) members are currently undertaking in the field of Environmental Employee Engagement (EEE) by... -
Economic and Financial Challenges to Scaling Up Sustainable Cocoa Production...
Economic and Financial Challenges to Scaling Up Sustainable Cocoa Production in Côte d’Ivoire proposes technical and financial solutions to scaling up sustainable cocoa... -
Demystifying Materiality: Hardwiring Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services...
This Briefing is intended for forwardlooking financial institutions to operationalise BES in the financial sector. It builds on earlier work by UNEP FI’s Bloom and Bust report3... -
2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: Aligning Financial System...
Finance is a keystone to the successful implementation of the Agenda 2030 but significant barriers exist to securing adequate public and private financing to achieve the... -
Water Funds to Institutionalize Nature-based Solutions in Ecuador - Case Study
Adverse environmental impacts from infrastructure should be minimized, and natural capital enhanced to the greatest degree possible. Construction should be avoided in areas... -
Financing Climate Futures: Rethinking Infrastructure
This report lays out the agenda for integrating climate considerations into all aspects of our societies and setting up the right incentives to better align financial flows by... -
National Action Plan for Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP) in...
This document is intended to identify key priority activities and projects needed to support the creation of sustainable communities and cities in Egypt through the promotion of... -
Climate Action: Assisting Business Towards Carbon Neutrality - Special Focus...
Negotiations on how over 190 countries can move forward on climate change come to Durban, South Africa, amid concerns that the gap between scientific reality and political... -
Definitions and Concepts: Background Note. Inquiry Working Paper 16/13
This paper provides an initial mapping of existing practice in G20 and other countries and, where relevant internationally, highlights areas of convergence and difference, as... -
Nudging the Financial System: A Network Analysis Approach
Building on extensive data, the analysis throughout this paper is a first attempt to improve the understanding of the sustainable finance ecosystem, its partnerships, actors and... -
Digital Technologies for Mobilizing Sustainable Finance: Applications of...
This report describes the relevance of digital finance within the context of sustainable finance, the consequential G20 role, and the SDGs. It provides a framework to highlight... -
Stockholm+50: A Global Synthesis Report of National Consultations - ‘A...
This Global Synthesis Report presents the findings and recommendations of the national consultation reports to inform post-Stockholm follow-up and to help consolidate national...