Items tagged with SUSTAINABLE FINANCE

Public Administrations are increasingly called upon to become protagonists of the transition to sustainable development. In this perspective, it is necessary to think of financial models capable of catalyzing public and private resources, intentionally orienting them towards the implementation of policies and projects functional to the transition. 

Civic crowdfunding can be considered as a sustainable finance modality that takes into consideration not only the economic evaluation of projects, but also their social and environmental impacts. This article aims to analyze civic crowdfunding and matchfunding as tools to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) from the local and regional levels. 

The Latin American and Caribbean region has been experiencing major advances in Sustainable Finance. In this sense, the main advances in each country will be analyzed, as well as their main regulations, where UNEP FI has provided its support over the years.