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ClimateWise welcomes the TCFD’s draft disclosure recommendations

28 February 2017

28 February 2017 – ClimateWise also calls for closer alignment across both sides of insurers’ balance sheets.

UK Treasury Minister welcomes BEI’s Fintech Taskforce

17 February 2017

17 February 2017 – The Minister’s response came after the announcement of the Taskforce by the Banking Environment Initiative (BEI) following an event hosted by CISL’s Patron, His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales.

Statement of support for the work of the Financial Stability Board’s Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures

15 February 2017

15 February 2017 – Statement issued by the members of the Banking Environment Initiative.

Dr Paul Fisher appointed as Vice Chair of the Banking Environment Initiative

13 February 2017

13 February 2017 – Dr Fisher is the Bank of England’s former Executive Director for Supervisory Risk and Regulatory Operations as well as the former Deputy Head of the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA).

CISL selected by European Commission as the only academic member of High-Level Expert Group on Sustainable Finance

10 January 2017

10 January 2017 – The European Commission has appointed the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership as one of the 20 members of the newly established Group.

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CIP AIRR pilot project, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

21 December 2016

October 2016 – ClimateWise partners with Santam, Marsh, Sanlam, Munich Re, ICLEI, Global Infrastructure Basel and the UNEP FI PSI in an innovative collaborative model with the Dar es Salaam city leadership to manage the risks and opportunities associated with key public infrastructure projects.

Sustainable Finance News

CISL meet with finance leaders to accelerate the transition to a green financial system

20 October 2016

20 October 2016 – Today a group of leaders from 22 leading finance sector institutions met to review achievements made by the G20 to date, and to develop the priority actions needed to push forward real progress in creating a greener financial system.

G20 Leaders welcome 'Green Finance', supported by analysis commissioned from CISL’s Centre for Sustainable Finance

4 September 2016

5 September 2016 – World leaders meeting at the G20 Summit in Hangzhou, China, today issued a Communiqué recognising the importance of scaling up green finance and welcoming the voluntary options put forward by the G20 Green Finance Study Group (GFSG).

Banking Environment Initiative leads discussion on sustainable trade finance with banking industry in Jakarta, Indonesia

22 July 2016

22 July 2016 – The Banking Environment Initiative (BEI), the banking leadership group that CISL convenes, was invited by the global banking industry’s transaction banking association, BAFT, to lead discussions on sustainable trade finance at its Indonesia Trade Finance Workshop in Jakarta today.

ClimateWise welcomes the TCFD’s draft disclosure recommendations

UK Treasury Minister welcomes BEI’s Fintech Taskforce

Statement of support for the work of the Financial Stability Board’s Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures

Dr Paul Fisher appointed as Vice Chair of the Banking Environment Initiative

CISL selected by European Commission as the only academic member of High-Level Expert Group on Sustainable Finance

CIP AIRR pilot project, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Sustainable Finance News

CISL meet with finance leaders to accelerate the transition to a green financial system

G20 Leaders welcome 'Green Finance', supported by analysis commissioned from CISL’s Centre for Sustainable Finance

Banking Environment Initiative leads discussion on sustainable trade finance with banking industry in Jakarta, Indonesia

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