How Can Supervisory Authorities Contribute to Meeting the UN SDGs

Resource description: This resource provides practical guidance for how financial supervisory authorities can contribute to achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), with a focus on climate change, financial inclusion, and gender equality. It outlines opportunities for action within existing supervisory mandates and international standards.

Key Insights:

1. Outlines the role of supervision and regulation in areas like climate change, financial access and inclusion, and gender equality
2. Highlights the role of current mandates and supervision, their scope, current international standards, and where they can improve
3. Includes an Annex on international standards including IAIS Core Principles and IOSCO Core Objectives

Why This Matters: There is global recognition of the importance of climate change, financial inclusion, and gender equality for sustainable development. Expanding supervisory focus could be supported by clearer mandates or emphasis from international standard setters.