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The state of sustainable finance in the United States
(United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), 2016)
While US financial institutions have at times enjoyed a reputation of being something of a laggard on sustainability issues versus their European counterparts, significant changes and innovations are under way which are ...
Human rights and sustainable finance: exploring the relationship
(United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), 2016)
In November 2014, the UNEP Inquiry on the Design of a Sustainable Financial System asked the Institute for Human Rights and Business (IHRB) to co-produce a paper on the relationship between a sustainable financial system ...
Green finance for developing countries: Needs, concerns and innovations
(2016)
This briefing outlines key concerns and needs of developing countries in relation to green finance, particularly focusing on developing countries that are not members of the G20. It also highlights emerging innovations, ...
Building a Sustainable Financial System in the European Union: The Five ‘R’ s of Market and Policy Innovation for the Green Transition
(2016)
This report presents a stock-take of actions under way at the European Union level and in selected Member States to align the rules governing the financial system with environmental sustainability. Looking across the range ...
Lenders and Investors Environmental Liability: How Much is Too Much?
(United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), 2016)
This working paper presents an overview of Lender Environmental Liability (LEL) and Investor Environmental Liability (IEL) regimes and issues. Environmental harm and degradation is often irreparable. Therefore, our assumption ...
How Paris Became the Capital of Climate Finance
(United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), 2016)
This working paper traces the evolution of the ‘networked solution’ to finance that came together at the COP21 in Paris, linking the formal negotiations with a broader set of actions by financial regulators, by financial ...