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The Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero is the world’s largest coalition of financial institutions committed to transitioning the global economy to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions.

The Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero is the world’s largest coalition of financial institutions committed to transitioning the global economy to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions.

GFANZ seeks to:

Broaden participation

Increase the number of firms with net-zero commitments within the financial sector and ensure that such institutions have a vehicle through which to set their own, independent, credible net-zero commitments

Raise ambition

Encourage firms to set commitments that are backed by robust targets and transition plans

Promote best practices and develop other voluntary approaches

Act as a forum across the sector-specific Alliances on pan-sector challenges, and support cross-fertilization mechanisms (where appropriate) between Alliances and their supporting organizations

Support collaboration

Support appropriate technical collaboration on substantive and cross-cutting challenges that will accelerate the alignment of investment and lending with net-zero targets

Showcase collective efforts

Highlight the collective efforts and achievements of the sector and of individual firms taking the most ambitious climate actions

Convene policymakers and senior Alliance members

Support discussion on how public and private sector action can be mutually supportive of the goals of the Paris Agreement

675+ member firms

50+ countries

675+ member firms

50+ countries

The eight sector-specific alliances part of GFANZ:

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Net-zero transition planning for financial institutions

Supporting efforts to translate net-zero pledges into actionable, near-term, science-based transition plans. Driving consistency and accountability by presenting common methodologies and resources that align business activities with 1.5°C pathways and net zero for the real economy.

Mobilizing capital for EM&DEs

Accelerating the deployment of capital to enable emerging markets and developing economies (EM&DEs) to decarbonize and prosper in a global net-zero economy.

Net-zero public policy

Leveraging GFANZ’s global scale to drive ambitious and credible public policies and regulations that enable the net-zero transition.

GFANZ runs a number of practitioner-led working groups designed to accelerate the alignment of investment, lending, and underwriting with net-zero goals.

Learn more about our work

Accelerating progress

2022
2021

GFANZ reports periodically to the G20’s Financial Stability Board (FSB).

Regional Networks

Recognizing that the transition must be globally inclusive, GFANZ created regional networks to ensure that a broad array of perspectives and expertise are reflected in its work.­­

Explore our APAC network
Explore our Africa network

Principals Group Members

Inger Andersen
Under-Secretary-General Executive Director, United Nations Environment Programme

Amanda Blanc
Group CEO, Aviva

David Blood
Senior Partner, Generation Investment Management

Ana Botín
Executive Chairman, Banco Santander, S.A.

Thomas Buberl
Chief Executive Officer, AXA

Charles Emond
President and Chief Executive Officer, CDPQ

Sergio Ermotti
Group Chief Executive Officer, UBS

Patricia Espinosa Cantellano
Chair, GFANZ Latin America & Caribbean Network Advisory Board

Henry Fernandez
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, MSCI

Larry Fink
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, BlackRock

Jane Fraser
Chief Executive Officer, Citi

Nili Gilbert
Chair, GFANZ Advisory Panel

Seiji Inagaki
Chair of the Board, Dai-ichi Life Insurance

Jon Johnsen
CEO, PKA

Loh Boon Chye
Chief Executive Officer, Singapore Exchange

Ravi Menon
Chair, GFANZ APAC Network Advisory Board

Dr. Mahmoud Mohieldin
Chair, GFANZ Africa Network Advisory Board

Juan Carlos Mora Uribe
CEO, Bancolombia

Brian Moynihan
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Bank of America

Ron O’Hanley
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, State Street

Noel Quinn
Group Chief Executive, HSBC

David Schwimmer
Chief Executive Officer, London Stock Exchange Group

Michelle Scrimgeour
Chief Executive Officer, Legal & General Investment Management

Christian Sewing
CEO, Deutsche Bank

Paul Thwaite
Group Chief Executive, NatWest

Hendrik du Toit
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Ninety One

Shemara Wikramanayake
Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Macquarie

Bill Winters
Group Chief Executive, Standard Chartered Bank

Inger Andersen
Under-Secretary-General Executive Director, United Nations Environment Programme

Amanda Blanc
Group CEO, Aviva

David Blood
Senior Partner, Generation Investment Management

Ana Botín
Executive Chairman, Banco Santander, S.A.

Thomas Buberl
Chief Executive Officer, AXA

Charles Emond
President and Chief Executive Officer, CDPQ

Sergio Ermotti
Group Chief Executive Officer, UBS

Patricia Espinosa Cantellano
Chair, GFANZ Latin America & Caribbean Network Advisory Board

Henry Fernandez
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, MSCI

Larry Fink
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, BlackRock

Jane Fraser
Chief Executive Officer, Citi

Nili Gilbert
Chair, GFANZ Advisory Panel

Seiji Inagaki
President, Dai-ichi Life Insurance

Jon Johnsen
CEO, PKA

Loh Boon Chye
Chief Executive Officer, Singapore Exchange

Ravi Menon
Chair, GFANZ APAC Network Advisory Board

Dr. Mahmoud Mohieldin
Chair, GFANZ Africa Network Advisory Board

Juan Carlos Mora Uribe
CEO, Bancolombia

Brian Moynihan
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Bank of America

Ron O’Hanley
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, State Street

Noel Quinn
Group Chief Executive, HSBC

David Schwimmer
Chief Executive Officer, London Stock Exchange Group

Michelle Scrimgeour
Chief Executive Officer, Legal & General Investment Management

Christian Sewing
CEO, Deutsche Bank

Paul Thwaite
Group Chief Executive, NatWest

Hendrik du Toit
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Ninety One

Shemara Wikramanayake
Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Macquarie

Bill Winters
Group Chief Executive, Standard Chartered Bank

Principal Group Observers

David Atkins
CEO, Principles for Responsible Investment, (PRI)

Mindy Lubber
CEO and President of Ceres

Stephanie Pfeiffer
CEO, Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change, (IIGCC)

Eric Usher
Head, UNEP Finance Initiative

Davd Atkins
CEO, Principles for Responsible Investment, (PRI)

Mindy Lubber
CEO and President of Ceres

Stephanie Pfeiffer
CEO, Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change, (IIGCC)

Eric Usher
Head, UNEP Finance Initiative