Barclays H1 2023 ESG Investor Presentation
Barclays engages extensively in cross-industry initiatives (2/2)
Theme
Multi-
thematic
Just
Transition
Ceres
United Nations
Industry collaboration
Environment Programme -
Finance Initiative (UNEP FI)
Cambridge Institute of
Sustainability Leadership's
(CISL) Banking
Environment Initiative (BEI)
UK Transition Plan
Taskforce (TPT)
Ceres
Sustainability is the bottom line.
UN
environment
programme
UNIVERSITY OF
CAMBRIDGE
INSTITUTE PO
SUSTAINABILITY LEADERSHIP
TPT
finance
initiative
Banking
Environment
Initiative
Transition Plan
Taskforce
Grantham
Research Institute
on Climate Change
and the Environment
LSE/
Grantham Institute
LSE
Taskforce on Nature-
Nature and
biodiversity
related Financial
TN
Forum
Disclosures (TNFD) Forum
FD
Member
Barclays' involvement/additional information
Barclays has been an active member of Ceres since 2019, participating in various working
groups across environmental and climate justice, climate-related disclosures, policy
engagement and biodiversity. In 2022, we partnered with Ceres to integrate a US
perspective on Just Transition, conducting research to organise a stakeholder dialogue on
the topic and spoke at their Financing a Net Zero Economy conference during New York
Climate week on a Just Transition panel
Barclays has been a member of UNEP FI for more than 20 years and was a founding signatory
of the Principles for Responsible Banking (PRB) and joined the NZBA in 2021. From 2021,
Barclays' Group Head of Sustainability has sat on the Western Europe Banking Board and our
CEO joined the Leadership Council in 2022
Barclays is a founding member of the BEI, a group of global banks working on actionable
pathways towards a sustainable economy, convened by the CISL. In 2022, Barclays engaged
with member banks on the topics of Just Transition and nature
Barclays is a part of the TPT's Just Transition and Nature Working Groups
In 2021, Barclays joined over 40 financial institutions and stakeholders to form the Financing
a Just Transition Alliance. In 2022 Barclays contributed to the report 'Making Transition Plans
Just'
Barclays is a member of the TNFD Forum, which is a consultative network of institutional
supporters who share the vision and mission of the TNFD. In 2022, we participated in a pilot
led by UNEP FI to test the draft TNFD framework
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