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The table below will help you navigate the main Initiatives relevant for financial actors. You can filter by Targets or Regions or search by Keyword. To ensure the full usability of this page, we recommend you to access it through your laptop and make the browser window full screen.
Initiatives 2024
| wdt_ID | Name | Description | Targets | Themes | Region | Members/Signatories/AUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2X Global | Advance intersectional investment agendas, level up gender-smart investments, and scale the field of gender finance. | Asset Managers, Asset Owners, Companies, Investors, Pension Funds, Service Providers | Diversity & Inclusion, Gender Equality | Global | $16,3 bn |
| 2 | ACCOUNTING BODIES NETWORK | Help achieve a common approach to accounting for sustainability. | Associations, Organisations | Accounting, Net-Zero, Sustainable Finance | Global | 16 representing 2,5 mm accountants / NA |
| 3 | African Natural Capital Alliance | Mobilise the response to the risk of nature loss to ensure policies and practices integrate the risks and opportunities tied to Africa’s natural capital. | Financial Institutions, NGOs, Organisations, States, | Biodiversity, Natural Capital, SDGs | Africa | 9+ / NA |
| 4 | Alliance for Financial Inclusion | Empower policymakers to increase access and usage of quality financial services for the underserved through the formulation, implementation and global advocacy of sustainable and inclusive policies. | Central Banks, Regulators | Diversity & Inclusion, Social, Sustainable Finance | Emerging Markets | 89 / NA |
| 5 | Asia Investor Group on Climate Change (AIGCC) | Create awareness and encourage action regarding the risks and opportunities associated with climate change and net-zero investing. | Asset Managers, Asset Owners, Service Providers | Net-Zero | Asia, Pacific | 72 / $35 tn |
| 6 | Australian Sustainable Finance Institute | Align the finance sector to create a sustainable and resilient financial system by directing capital to support greater social, environmental and economic outcomes. | Academia, Associations, Companies, Financial Institutions, States | Sustainable Finance | Australia | 39 / NA |
| 7 | Banking Environment Initiativehttps://lsfi.lu/fr/regulations/le-reglement-sur-les-obligations-verte-europeenne-eu-gbs/https://lsfi.lu/fr/regulations/le-reglement-sur-les-obligations-verte-europeenne-eu-gbs/https://lsfi.lu/fr/regulations/le-reglement-sur-les-obligations-verte-europeenne-eu-gbs/ | Lead the banking industry in directing capital towards sustainable economic development. | Banks | Biodiversity, Environment, Net-Zero | Global | 7 / NA |
| 8 | Bundesinitiative Impact Investing (BIII) | Build awareness of impact investing and promote education, science and research in the field of impact investing. | Academia, Financial Institutions, Pension funds | Impact Investment | Germany | 110 / NA |
| 9 | Business for Nature (BfN) | Bring together all types of organizations calling for governments to adopt policies to reverse nature loss. | Academia, Companies, Financial Institutions, NGOs, Organisations | Biodiversity, Environment | Global | 95 / NA |
| 10 | Capitals Coalition (CC) | Redefine capitals approach to empowering decisions making, understanding how success is underpinned by natural, social and human capital. | Academia, Companies, Financial Institutions, Organisations, States | Accounting, Biodiversity, Natural Capital | Global | 450+ / NA |
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