BAKU, Azerbaijan, November 14. Azerbaijani banks have implemented several important initiatives within the framework of the “Sustainable Finance Roadmap 2023-2026," the President of the Azerbaijan Banks Association (ABA) Zakir Nuriyev said at a panel discussion on “Global Financial System: Scaling Up Financing for Climate Action” organized by the Central Bank of Azerbaijan within COP29, Trend reports.
“One of the initiatives is the introduction of sustainable and green finance principles. Banks have already started to integrate sustainable and green finance principles into their strategies, governance frameworks, risk management practices, and disclosure standards.
These measures are in line with the sustainable finance principles for financial institutions and climate risk management recommendations published by the Central Bank of Azerbaijan. Another initiative is related to sustainable products and services. In addition, banks are actively developing sustainable products and services, including digital banking solutions, environmentally friendly products, and social responsibility initiatives,” Nuriyev said.
To note, the 29th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29) started in Baku on November 11. The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change is an agreement signed at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro in June 1992 to prevent dangerous human interference in the climate system.
A total of 198 countries are Parties to the Convention. Unless the parties decide otherwise, the COP is held annually. The first COP event took place in March 1995 in Berlin, and its secretariat is located in Bonn.
The main expectation from COP29 is to agree on a fair and ambitious New Collective Quantitative Goal (NCQG) on climate finance. The COP29 chairmanship has launched 14 initiatives that include linkages between climate action and the Sustainable Development Goals, including green energy corridors, green energy storage, harmony for climate resilience, clean hydrogen, methane reduction in organic waste, action on green digital technologies, and other topics.
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