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  1. 4. recommendations are intended to help companies identify and disclose decision-useful information about material climate-related financial risks and opportunities for their businesses. The goal of this disclosure is to enable financial markets to better understand and price those risks and opportunities, and ultimately, to help drive the efficient allocation of capital in the transition to a low-carbon economy. 898 organizations globally have declared their support as of Sept 2019
  2. 5. is a gas that absorbs and emits radiant energy within the thermal infrared range. Primary forms are primary greenhouse gases in Earth's atmosphere are water vapor (H2O), carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), and ozone (O3).
  3. 6. These principles is a risk management framework, adopted by financial institutions, for determining, assessing and managing environmental and social risk in projects and is primarily intended to provide a minimum standard for due diligence and monitoring to support responsible risk decision-making.
  4. 8. It proposes 6 principles for investment, and works to understand the investment implications of environmental, social and governance factors and to support its international network of investor signatories in incorporating these factors into their investment and ownership decisions.
  5. 9. the specific label for EIB's (European Investment Bank) green bonds, which will continue to focus on climate related projects
  6. 10. a collection of 17 global goals designed to be a blueprint to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all
  7. 12. voluntary community of financial sector regulatory agencies and banking associations from emerging markets committed to advancing sustainable finance in line with international good practice. The 38-member countries represent US$43 trillion (85 percent) of the total banking assets in emerging markets.
  8. 14. a library of policy and regulatory measures across 60 developed and developing countries that support the development of green finance. Launched by Green Growth Knowledge Partnership (GGKP) and the United Nations Environment Programme’s (UNEP)
  9. 15. represent the first-ever global sustainability framework tailored for the insurance industry that takes into account the fundamental economic value of natural capital, social capital and good governance
  10. 18. An interactive tool for banks to assess and benchmark their Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) integration performance, and identify key improvement areas to stay competitive, resilient and relevant in a resource-constrained, low-carbon future developed by WWF
  11. 19. This International NGO engages with institutional investors, lenders, underwriters and finance sector influencers to improve their integration of environmental risks and opportunities, guiding their decisions and actions taken to contribute to environmental and conservation outcomes
  12. 20. a partnership between financial centres and the United Nations Environment Programme,with the objective to exchange experience and take common action on shared priorities to accelerate the expansion of green and sustainable finance. launched in Casablanca, Morocco, in September 2017, at a meeting co-hosted by the Casablanca Finance City Authority and the United Nations Environment Programme , in association with Italy’s Ministry of the Environment and Morocco’s presidency of the COP22 climate conference
  13. 22. three central factors in measuring the sustainability and societal impact of an investment in a company or business
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  1. 1. a finance sector initiative of over 90 financial institutions and partner organisations, endorsed at CEO-level, to integrate natural capital considerations into loans, equity, fixed income and insurance products, as well as in accounting, disclosure and reporting frameworks.
  2. 2. runs the global environmental disclosure system at the request of their investors, purchasers and city stakeholders; allowing reporting entities to measure and manage their risks and opportunities on climate change, water security and deforestation.
  3. 3. support the implementation of the EU Action Plan for Sustainable Finance launched in March 2018 and contribute to the implementation of the 2030 Agenda and the SDGs. These bonds are aligned with the Green Bond Principles, the Social Bond Principles and the Sustainability Bond Guidelines.
  4. 5. As part of his Strategy for Financing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the United Nations Secretary-General launched this alliance of 30 business leaders to provide decisive leadership in mobilizing resources for sustainable development with core objective to address incentives for long-term investment for sustainable development
  5. 7. provide the framework for a sustainable banking system, and help the industry to demonstrate how it makes a positive contribution to society and accelerating the banking industry’s contribution to achieving society’s goals as expressed in the SDGs and Paris Agreement
  6. 9. Initiative formed by Mr Michael Bloomberg at the request of the United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to convene leading companies to mobilize and scale private capital for climate solutions.
  7. 11. voluntary process guidelines that recommend transparency and disclosure and promote integrity in the development of the Green Bond market by clarifying the approach for issuance of a Green Bond.
  8. 13. Established at the Paris 'One Planet Summit' in December 2017, to help strengthening the global response required to meet the goals of the Paris agreement and to enhance the role of the financial system to manage risks and to mobilize capital for green and low-carbon investments in the broader context of environmentally sustainable development
  9. 14. a collaboration of the seven largest sustainable investment membership organizations in the world. mission is to deepen the impact and visibility of sustainable investmentorganizations at the global level.
  10. 16. a network of insurance supervisors and regulators from around the world who are working together on sustainability challenges facing the insurance sector, convened by the UN Environment Programme, which serves as its Secretariat.
  11. 17. This bank named World’s Best Bank for Sustainable Finance by Euromoney in 2019
  12. 21. nonprofit organization that sets financial reporting standards to develop and disseminate sustainability accounting standards