Greening financial regulation initiative
Our economies rely on the goods and services generated by nature (eg. food, raw materials, pollination, water filtration and climate regulation), but nature, and our global Planet, are under unprecedented threat.
Financial investments are causing harmful environmental impacts which are delaying the transition to a sustainable economy. This won't be resolved unless both climate change and biodiversity loss are tackled together.
Central banks, financial supervisors and regulators whose responsibility it is to protect the economy and secure a stable financial system, play a crucial role in reversing this trend.
WHAT WE DO
We engage central banks and financial supervisors on the need to integrate climate and environmental risks into decision-making, providing research, tools, support and training to help achieve global sustainability goals.
Find out more here or contact us at gfr@wwf.ch
WWF´s Greening Financial Regulation Initiative has been established in 2020 bringing together a broad network of environmental scientists and finance practitioners to support the transition to a nature positive, net zero economy.
We engage and advocate with central banks, financial supervisors and regulators on the need to integrate climate and environmental risks into their mandates and operations, mainly through financial regulations and their supervision, as well as monetary policies.
We help provide the necessary tools, scientific research, assessments, training and assistance to enhance ambitions on the sustainable financial policy agenda.
More on what we do and why we work with central banks and supervisors.
"By demonstrating the value of nature and the link between financial and environmental risk, we aim to redirect the flow of finance away from activities that harm our planet toward those that generate sustainable economic, social and environmental benefits."
Maud Abdelli, Lead WWF Greening Financial Regulation Initiative
