The UN Environment Finance Initiative’s (UNEP FI) Guide to Banking and Sustainability – Edition 2 is a functional overview of what a sustainable bank looks like and is designed for all employees from senior management to new employees as well as other stakeholders such as banking associations, regulators, and supervisors.
Addressing sustainability issues requires actions at all levels and across all the key functions of banks. Accordingly, the Guide is organized into nine functional chapters, spanning from leadership all the way through to sustainability teams, risk teams and client-facing teams.
Each chapter contains the business case for embarking on a sustainability journey, and guidance on how to go about it as well as case studies demonstrating current practice taken from various UNEP FI member institutions across the globe. In addition, a resources section provides relevant literature, tools, frameworks, and training as well as a glossary of terms.