{"id":3723,"date":"2022-04-04T12:14:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-04T10:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/affordablehousingactivation.org\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=3723"},"modified":"2022-04-28T12:50:22","modified_gmt":"2022-04-28T10:50:22","slug":"a-financial-system-for-the-21st-century-united-nations-environment-programme-inquiry","status":"publish","type":"exemplary_case","link":"https:\/\/affordablehousingactivation.org\/es\/casos-de-exito\/a-financial-system-for-the-21st-century-united-nations-environment-programme-inquiry\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018A financial system for the 21st century\u2019 \u2013 United Nations Environment Programme inquiry\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Description<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The inquiry report \u2013 The Financial System We Need \u2013 includes many proposals for policy reforms which would direct market finance to achieve key social and economic priorities, harness public investment more effectively, and improve systems for governing financial markets, thereby transforming investment cultures.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:-851,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Actors involved<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:-851,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Results\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The following recommendations were made:<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:-851,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Enhancing market practice: disclosure, analysis, risk management<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:-851,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Establish reporting frameworks on affordable and sustainable housing for investors in special purpose bonds which can be used to finance it.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Adaption of criteria for assessing social, sustainable, and affordable housing providers and investment vehicles by credit agencies[1].<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Integrate housing market stability and climate change risks into central banks\u2019 financial stability reviews and similar reports.\u00a0 For example, improving granularity of mortgage data in relation to macroprudential targets, and credible environmental monitoring of investments to avoid \u201cgreenwashing\u201d[2].<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Harnessing the public balance sheet: fiscal incentives, public<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:-851,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"3\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Ensure that government funding and subsidies for housing and housing procurement processes promote more sustainable and inclusive outcomes<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Directing finance through policy: requirements and prohibitions, enhanced liability<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:-851,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"3\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Ensure public procurement is designed to deliver sustainable and inclusive outcomes and improve societal well-being, economic development, and environmental sustainability.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"3\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Establish priority lending programmes to increase financial access for first time home buyers, not-for-profit social housing providers and co-operatives.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"3\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Introduce rules prohibiting speculative investment in affordable housing.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Cultural transformation: capacity building, behaviour, market structure<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:-851,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Devise national compacts and road maps to reform finance for housing.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Support the development of values-based finance institutions and social impact investing.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Establish systems of certification and labelling for socially and environmentally responsible real estate companies.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0[1] See for example Standard and Poors, \u201cMethodology for Rating Public and Non-profit Social Housing Providers\u201d, 8 December 2020. Available at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spglobal.com\/ratings\/en\/research\/articles\/201208-criteria-governments-request-for-comment-methodology-for-rating-public-and-nonprofit-social-housing-provid-11721121\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.spglobal.com\/ratings\/en\/research\/articles\/201208-criteria-governments-request-for-comment-methodology-for-rating-public-and-nonprofit-social-housing-provid-11721121<\/a><\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:-851,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">[2] The European Central Bank recommends that \u201c\u2018high quality micro data on households\u2019 balance sheets, including indebtedness, financial and real assets is a useful tool for the assessment of micro and macro prudential risk stemming from the household sector\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ecb.europa.eu\/pub\/pdf\/scpwps\/ecb.wp2277~disa4093901f33.en.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.ecb.europa.eu\/pub\/pdf\/scpwps\/ecb.wp2277~disa4093901f33.en.pdf<\/a>). The International Monetary Fund is encouraging central banks to assess climate risks (Pierpaolo Grippa, Jochen Schmittmann and Felix Suntheim, \u201cClimate Change and Financial Risk: Central banks and financial regulators are starting to factor in climate change\u201d, Finance and Development, vol. 56, No. 4, December 2019. Available at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imf.org\/external\/pubs\/ft\/fandd\/2019\/12\/climate-change-central-banks-and-financial-risk-grippa.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.imf.org\/external\/pubs\/ft\/fandd\/2019\/12\/climate-change-central-banks-and-financial-risk-grippa.htm<\/a>).<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:-851,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Scale<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:-851,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">EU<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:-851,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6770\" src=\"https:\/\/affordablehousingactivation.org\/web\/app\/uploads\/2022\/04\/intro_housing2030-300x197.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/affordablehousingactivation.org\/\/web\/app\/uploads\/2022\/04\/intro_housing2030-300x197.png 300w, https:\/\/affordablehousingactivation.org\/\/web\/app\/uploads\/2022\/04\/intro_housing2030-600x394.png 600w, https:\/\/affordablehousingactivation.org\/\/web\/app\/uploads\/2022\/04\/intro_housing2030.png 727w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.housing2030.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.housing2030.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>An initiative of:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6035\" src=\"https:\/\/affordablehousingactivation.org\/web\/app\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Housing-Europe-Logo-002-237x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"237\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/affordablehousingactivation.org\/\/web\/app\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Housing-Europe-Logo-002-237x300.jpg 237w, https:\/\/affordablehousingactivation.org\/\/web\/app\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Housing-Europe-Logo-002-473x600.jpg 473w, https:\/\/affordablehousingactivation.org\/\/web\/app\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Housing-Europe-Logo-002-600x760.jpg 600w, https:\/\/affordablehousingactivation.org\/\/web\/app\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Housing-Europe-Logo-002.jpg 677w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 237px) 100vw, 237px\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6656\" src=\"https:\/\/affordablehousingactivation.org\/web\/app\/uploads\/2022\/04\/UNHABITAT.svg_-300x58.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"58\" srcset=\"https:\/\/affordablehousingactivation.org\/\/web\/app\/uploads\/2022\/04\/UNHABITAT.svg_-300x58.png 300w, https:\/\/affordablehousingactivation.org\/\/web\/app\/uploads\/2022\/04\/UNHABITAT.svg_.png 558w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6658\" src=\"https:\/\/affordablehousingactivation.org\/web\/app\/uploads\/2022\/04\/UNECE-logo-blue-english-002-300x92.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"92\" srcset=\"https:\/\/affordablehousingactivation.org\/\/web\/app\/uploads\/2022\/04\/UNECE-logo-blue-english-002-300x92.jpg 300w, https:\/\/affordablehousingactivation.org\/\/web\/app\/uploads\/2022\/04\/UNECE-logo-blue-english-002-768x236.jpg 768w, https:\/\/affordablehousingactivation.org\/\/web\/app\/uploads\/2022\/04\/UNECE-logo-blue-english-002-600x184.jpg 600w, https:\/\/affordablehousingactivation.org\/\/web\/app\/uploads\/2022\/04\/UNECE-logo-blue-english-002.jpg 851w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2015, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) conducted an extensive inquiry which examined how the financial system could contribute to achieving SDGs. 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