UNEP Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) - Nature and Social Junior Consultant
United Nations Environment Programme · GENEVA · Apply by October 29, 2026
About this role
Result of Service Through these services the Initiative will be able to engage a broad range of financial institutions, including commercial banks, asset managers, insurers, and multilateral development banks and agencies in implementing global finance sector principles to catalyse integration of sustainability into financial market practice. The frameworks UNEP FI is supporting implementation include the Principles for Responsible Banking (PRB), now committed to by more than 210 banks collectively holding USD 53 trillion in assets, or one third of the global banking sector, and the Principles for Sustainable Insurance (PSI), established in 2012 by UNEP FI and today applied by one quarter of the world’s insurers (25% of world premium). The services will strengthen delivery of the Nature team’s project portfolio and policy engagement and help ensure that social and human rights considerations are integrated consistently across nature projects. The services will also help promote sustainability into all aspects of the financial sector’s operations and services. Finally, the services will help the Initiative to broaden its outreach both within UNEP / UN and external to banks,…