This note summarizes the input provided to the UNEP Inquiry at a meeting with representatives from the Dutch financial sector ranging from public policymakers and regulators to the largest banks, asset managers, insurance companies and sustainable frontrunners. The policy recommendations include best practices, financial market policy and regulatory innovations to help bring about the green economy and a sustainable financial sector.
This study seeks to provide new perspectives and proposals on the relationship between institutional investors and sustainable development in the context of a more sustainable financial system.
This paper investigates various roles that finance ministries can assume to promote those policies, regulations and standards which help to create a sustainable financial system.
Building a Sustainable Financial System in the European Union 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.
This working paper was produced for the early stage of the UN Environment Inquiry to provide an initial overview of the areas where the financial sector can have an impact on moving the green economy forward and the extent to which green financial policy is already actively being practised.