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The ultimate result of the services is the effective and efficient management, delivery, implementation, promotion and coordination of the NZIA global work programme, in line with the PSI's purpose to better understand, prevent and reduce environmental, social and governance risks, and better manage opportunities to provide quality and reliable risk protection; and the PSI's vision of a risk aware world, where the insurance industry is trusted and plays its full role in enabling a healthy, safe, resilient and sustainable society.
Work LocationGeneva, Switzerland (remote working arrangement possible)
Expected duration
12 months
Responsibilities:
Established in 1972, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is the leading global environmental authority that sets the global environmental agenda, promotes the coherent implementation of the environmental dimension of sustainable development within the UN system, and serves as an authoritative advocate for the global environment.
Founded in 1992, UNEP's Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) is a partnership between UNEP and the global financial sector to mobilise private sector finance for sustainable development.
UNEP FI works with more than 450 members—banks, insurers, and investors—and over 100 supporting institutions—to help create a financial sector that serves people and planet while delivering positive impacts.
Endorsed by the UN Secretary-General and insurance industry CEOs, UNEP's Principles for Sustainable Insurance (PSI) serve as a global framework for the insurance industry to address environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues such as climate change, nature loss, pollution, social inequality and human rights.
The PSI is a global initiative to strengthen the insurance industry's contribution as risk managers, insurers and investors to building resilient, inclusive and sustainable communities and economies on a healthy planet in support of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Paris Climate Agreement, Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, and UN Guiding Principles on Business & Human Rights.
The PSI is the largest collaborative initiative between the UN and the global insurance industry.Since its launch at the 2012 UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20), about 250 organisations have joined the PSI, including insurers representing about one-third of world premium and USD 15 trillion in assets under management, and the most extensive global network of insurance and stakeholder organisations committed to addressing sustainability challenges.
The PSI also hosts the Net-Zero Insurance Alliance and the Sustainable Insurance Facility of the Vulnerable Twenty Group of Finance Ministers (V20).
The Net-Zero Insurance Alliance (NZIA) was established by a group of leading insurance and reinsurance companies under the auspices of the PSI, and was launched at the G20 Climate Summit in July 2021.
The eight founding members of the NZIA are building on their climate leadership as investors through their membership in the UN-convened Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance (NZAOA) established in 2019, thereby demonstrating the key role of the insurance industry as risk managers, insurers and investors in supporting the transition to a net-zero economy.
NZIA members have committed to transition their insurance and reinsurance underwriting portfolios to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, consistent with a maximum temperature rise of 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels by 2100, in order to contribute to the implementation of the Paris Climate Agreement.
They will individually set science-based intermediate targets every five years in line with a 1.5°C net-zero transition pathway and independently report on their progress publicly and annually.
The NZIA aims to grow its membership by promoting its goals to insurance market participants worldwide. As of April 2023, the NZIA membership has expanded to 29 leading insurers and reinsurers from across the globe.The NZIA is part of the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ) and the UN Race to Zero campaign.
Under the direction and supervision of the PSI Programme Leader, the Consultant will manage the implementation of the NZIA global work programme.
In doing so, the Consultant will liaise with the wider NZIA/PSI/UNEP FI team, particularly the NZIA Project Coordinator, NZIA/PSI Communications Officer and other NZIA roles in the future, the PSI Programme Coordinator, PSI Programme Implementation Officer, members of the V20 Sustainable Insurance Facility (SIF) Project Office hosted by the PSI, and with the NZIA Chair and NZIA members.
The Consultant will also liaise with UNEP FI colleagues managing the Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance (NZAOA) and Net-Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA), the UNEP FI communications team, UNEP FI regional coordinators, and colleagues managing the Glasgow Financial Alliance for-
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