Leading the Way to a Sustainable Future - Priorities for a Global

Leading the Way to a Sustainable Future Priorities for a Global Responsible Banking Sector October 2024 Leading the Way to a Sustainable Future 1 Disclaimer The designations employed and the presentation of material in this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Secretariat of the United Nations concerning the legal status of any country, territory, ci. [...] To support the banking sector deliver impactful outcomes and address the most pressing needs to people and the planet, four inter-related priorities have been established for the banking sector: climate, nature and biodiversity, healthy and inclusive economies and human rights. [...] By demonstrating climate leadership, banks develop and embed capabilities across their business to facilitate the transition, advocate for other stakeholders to align, identify and disclose the risks to their businesses from both the transition and the physical impacts of climate change and work with other stakeholders to support economic and societal resilience to climate impacts. [...] To reach the global vision of a world living in harmony with nature by 2050, governments, sub-national and local authorities, with the involvement of all of society, must take action to achieve the goals and targets of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF), which sets out to halt and reverse nature loss by 20301 and to put nature on a path to recovery for the benefit of people a. [...] They range from the right to life and the rights to food, education, work, health, water and sanitation, and liberty, to the right to a clean, healthy, and sustainable environment.2 The 2030 Agenda is grounded in human rights and the SDGs seek to realize human rights for all.