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  • Sustainable Insurance Forum January to June 2020 Update

    Date: August 25, 2020

    The Sustainable Insurance Forum’s half-yearly report lays out its myriad successes in the first six months of the year, despite the catastrophic disruption caused by COVID-19. The report includes updates from 14 of its members and highlights th...

  • Climate and Environmental Risks and Opportunities in Mexico’s Financial System

    Date: May 18, 2020

    This study represents a first in-depth diagnosis on the readiness of financial institutions to address environmental and climate risks. It evaluates the evolving governance architecture adopted so far by financial institutions in Mexico to integrate ...

  • Implications of the COVID-19 Pandemic for Global Sustainable Finance

    Date: May 7, 2020

    In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, this paper was developed to support thinking on how to respond to the pandemic from a sustainable finance perspective. Specifically, it has two objectives: The first is to set out what we know about the ways i...

  • Nudging the Financial System

    Date: April 29, 2020

    This paper is a first attempt to improve the understanding of the sustainable finance ecosystem, its partnerships, actors and emerging network characteristics related to the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its 17 Sus...

  • Annual Overview 2019

    Date: December 13, 2019

    For the last five years, the Inquiry has been delving into the conditions to best lay the groundwork for a sustainable financial system. It has worked to advance policy options to improve the financial system’s effectiveness in mobilizing capital t...

  • Shifting Gears

    Date: March 21, 2019

    This report, published by the Financial Centres for Sustainability (FC4S) Network, measures for the first time the contribution of financial centres to sustainable development and the ongoing low-carbon transition. It also identifies key challenges f...

  • Sustainable Finance Progress Report

    Date: March 5, 2019

    Sustainable finance has developed at a considerable pace when measured against various yardsticks. Sustainable finance has also become an established part of the G20 and other international fora. Sustainability-related considerations and more recentl...

  • Digital Finance and Citizen Action

    Date: February 22, 2019

    This report looks at how digital finance technologies, or fintech, can engage citizens as consumers, pension holding investors, co-producers and voters. The impact of fintech in engaging citizens in climate-smart infrastructure development can be obs...

  • Capitalizing Sustainable Finance in Argentina

    Date: December 13, 2018

    Argentina’s G20 presidency in 2018 provides a unique window for the country to scale up its current efforts and embrace the opportunities presented by sustainable finance. These opportunities include promoting financial system shifts, including via...

  • Nigerian Sustainable Finance Roadmap

    Date: December 13, 2018

    This report lays out the ways in which Nigeria can unlock the investment needed to move onto a more sustainable growth trajectory that will benefit its people, its environment and the economy. It provides an analysis of sustainable finance opportunit...

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