All banks are encouraged to use the guidance documents for best-practice on key topics. Working groups of signatory banks worldwide have contributed to – or are actively engaged in – creating this guidance, working with experts in the field. Discover what leadership looks like by using the easy-to use guides below.
Guidance for Banks
Principles for Responsible Banking Target Setting FAQ
Signatory banks of the Principles for Responsible Banking (PRB) align their business strategy and practice with the UN Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Agreement by following three key steps: impact analysis, target setting and reporting. Once they finish analysing ...
Case studies on impact analysis and target setting
Signatory banks of the Principles of Responsible Banking are to set and publish targets in the areas where they have the most significant impacts on people and the environment. Both impact analysis and target setting are complex processes, requiring appropriate ...
Impact Protocol
Impact management explained, step by step! The Impact Protocol provides a step-by-step overview of how to analyse and manage bank portfolio impacts as per UNEP FI’s holistic impact approach and in conformity with the requirements of the Principles for Responsible ...
Guidance on Financial Health & Inclusion Target Setting 2.0
The second edition of the Guidance on Financial Inclusion and Financial Health Target Setting supports signatory banks in their efforts to set targets in line with the requirements of the Principles for Responsible Banking. Banks with ambitious targets for financial ...
Foundations of Climate Mitigation Target Setting
A getting-started guide on setting targets. Learn about the science, process, and context of target setting through this foundation guidance. As controllers and facilitators of capital, banks can be at the core of the systemic change needed to help decarbonise ...
Principles for Responsible Banking Guidance
The Principles for Responsible Banking Guidance document is designed to support signatory banks' implementation of the Principles. It provides non-binding guidance to banks on measures they can take to implement each Principle. Each section of the Document begins with one ...
Guidance on Resource Efficiency and Circular Economy Target Setting
The Guidance on Resource Efficiency and Circular Economy Target Setting is a comprehensive, step-by-step guide for banks interested in increasing the sustainable use of resources such as energy, waste, water and raw materials and building a circular economy, where waste ...
Guidance on Biodiversity Target-setting
The Guidance on Biodiversity Target-setting is designed for Principles for Responsible Banking (PRB) signatories, allowing banks to take a systematic approach to setting and achieving biodiversity targets. The guidance presents four real-life case studies, and includes a detailed how-to guide ...
Guidelines for Climate Target Setting for Banks
The Guidelines for Climate Target Setting for Banks outline key principles to underpin the setting of credible, robust, impactful and ambitious targets in line with achieving the objectives of the Paris Agreement. The guidelines outline four principles for target-setting: Banks ...
Guidance on Gender Equality Target Setting
The Guidance on Gender Equality Target Setting delivers a practical example of what a gender equality target can look like, providing guidance on the different elements of setting targets in line with the requirements of the Principles for Responsible Banking, ...