UNEP FI is a unique partnership between the UN and the global financial sector. It was created following the 1992 Earth Summit to promote and enable the integration of sustainability considerations at all levels of operation and decision-making in financial institutions. Working with a network of over 350 financial institutions globally, UNEP FI spawned the Principles for Responsible Investment in 2006 and currently operates both the Principles for Responsible Banking and the Principles for Sustainable Insurance, as well as the Positive Impact Initiative, a think and do tank at the origin of holistic impact analysis, a unique solution for the impact management and SDG achievement in mainstream finance. The SDG Impact Standards are aligned with UNEP FI’s Principles for Responsible Banking and Principles for Positive Impact Finance.

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