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Towards a green economy Acknowledgements

Principal Author: Paul Clements-Hunt, Head, UNEP Finance Initiative

The chapter was developed by a task force under the direction of Paul Clements-Hunt. Marenglen Gjonaj (Programme Officer – UNEP FI) managed the chapter, including the handling of peer reviews, conducting supplementary research and bringing the chapter to final production. Sheng Fulai conducted editing on an earlier draft of the chapter. During the development of the chapter, invaluable advice was received from UNEP FI Advisory Council on Green Economy consisting of Barbara Krumsiek (President, CEO and Chair of Calvert Group, Ltd. Director and Chair of Acacia Life Insurance Company); Matthew J. Kiernan (Inflection Point Capital Management); Richard Burrett (Partner, Earth Capital Partners LLP); Jonathan Maxwell (CEO, Sustainable Development Capital Partners LLP); Paul Hilton (Director of Sustainable Investment Business Strategy, Calvert Investments); Raj Singh (Chief Risk Officer, Swiss Reinsurance Company); Andreas Spiegel (Vice President , Risk Management, Swiss Reinsurance Company); Sergio Rosa (President, PREVI); Rafael Castro (Strategic Planning Manager, PREVI; Masahiro Kato (Head of SRI, Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation); Thomas Loster (Chair, Munich Re Foundation)

The chapter also benefited from advice and specific inputs received from Remco Fischer (Programme Officer – Climate change); Paul McNamara (Director: Head of Research, PRUPIM);

Butch Bacani (Programme Officer – Investment /Insurance); Valborg Lie (Special Adviser, Norwegian Government Pension Fund); Ivo Mulder (Programme Officer – Biodiversity / Water & Finance); Derek Eaton (Economic Affairs Officer, UNEP Economics & Trade Branch); Dan Siddy (Director, Delsus Limited); Andrew Dlugolecki (Andlug Consulting); Cornis Van Der Lugt (Coordinator: Resource Efficiency,UNEP); Blaise Debordes (Head of Department for Sustainable Development, Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations); Murray Ward (Principal, Global Climate Change Consultancy); Anton van Elteren (FMO); Marijn Wiersma (FMO)

We would like to thank the many colleagues and individuals who provided contribution to this chapter and reviewed earlier drafts including, Eric Usher (UNEP); Angelo Calvello (Journal of Environmental Investing); Herman Mulder (Independent advisor and Advisory Board TEEB a.o.); Takeyiro Sueyoshi (Special Advisor to FI in Asia-Pacific region); Nick Robins (Head, HSBC Climate Change Centre) Paul Watchman (Chief Executive, Quayle Watchman Consulting); Steve Waygood (Head of Sustainability research and Engagement SRI, Aviva Investors); Paul Watchman (Chief Executive, Quayle Watchman Consulting); Julie Fox Gorte (Senior Vice President: Sustainable Investing, PaxWorld Management LLC); Mark Eckstein (Managing Director, International Finance, WWF); Michele Chan (Economic Policy Project Director, Friends of the Earth); Gerhard Coetzee (Head Microenterprise Finance Unit, Absa); and Miroslaw Izienicki (President & CEO, Fifth Capital Group).

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