International Day of Banks

Banks and insurers can play major role in creating just climate transition – new report says

04 December 2023

Private sector banks and insurers have a key role to play in promoting a just transition, according to a new ILO/UNEP report - published ahead of the International Day of Banks - that also offers guidance on practical strategies and actions.

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ILO at the 12th United Nations Forum on Business and Human Rights Forum

04 December 2023

The ILO participated extensively in the 12th United Nations Forum on Business and Human Rights, held from 27 to 29 November 2023 under the theme 'Looking at the past, anticipating the future'.

Publication

Just Transition Finance - Pathways for banking and insurance

03 December 2023

Promoting a just transition is essential to achieve broad-based support for ambitious climate action. In this collective effort, financial institutions play a major enabling role. This publication highlights crucial elements, emerging practices and examples of the banking and underwriting activities in promoting a just transition and serves as a guide for banks and insurance companies.

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Enterprises Monthly Newsletter

01 December 2023

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ILO COOP eNewsUpdate

01 December 2023

Every month, the ILO COOP eNewsletter highlights recent news and developments on cooperatives by the ILO and partners.

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ILO COOP participates in a #CoffeePeople webinar on Occupational Safety and Health through Cooperatives

01 December 2023

ILO COOP unit joined the ILO’s LABADMIN/OSH Branch to talk about the relevance of cooperatives in promoting occupational safety and health in the coffee supply chain.

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Regional Seminar advances dialogue on responsible business and decent work in Latin America

01 December 2023

The III Regional Seminar on Responsible Business Conduct and Decent Work (Lima, Peru, 21-23 November 2023) presented a valuable platform for governments, employers, and workers representatives from Latin America to enhance dialogue on the labour aspects of responsible business conduct (RBC).

Learnings from case studies from Guatemala and Bosnia and Herzegovina

Developing an impact monitoring system for Sida’s guarantee instrument

30 November 2023

Credit guarantees can be a powerful instrument to achieve positive development results. This paper summarises findings from case studies, conducted in Guatemala and in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and illustrates their contribution to our work co-designing an impact monitoring system for Sweden’s guarantee instrument.

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ILO offers a clinic on the cooperative model for women entrepreneurs from indigenous and local communities at WIPO training

30 November 2023

ILO contributed to the 2023-2024 edition of the WIPO training, mentoring and matchmaking programme on intellectual property for women entrepreneurs from indigenous peoples and local communities.

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Engaging with platform cooperatives to build a fairer digital economy

30 November 2023

ILO participates and contributes to a multi-stakeholder dialogue that shed light on the platform cooperatives as a viable alternative in the platform economy and pathways towards strengthening platform cooperatives in Thailand.