UNEP FI's sustainability framework now recognizes animals as affected parties in the launch of its 2026 Sector Impact Matrix and Impact Radar

A curated overview of key 2025 developments relevant to financial institutions, highlighting how animal welfare is increasingly appearing in financial sector policies, sustainable finance frameworks, investor stewardship, and public policy discussions.

Humane World for Animal’s Farm Animal Welfare and Protection released the “Guide to humane washing,” a resource to support financial institutions in assessing companies’ public-facing animal welfare policies. Humane washing is a form of greenwashing; it gives a false or misleading impression about a company’s animal welfare policies and practices. This includes labels, websites, formalized sustainability reporting and representations aimed at consumers or any interested parti

Cohosted webinar between Humane World and IFC about the importance of integrating farm animal welfare into financing

Link to report: Welfare issues with furnished cages for egg-laying hens June 2024 FURNISHED CAGES were developed in response to criticisms about conventional battery-cage confinement of laying hens in commercial egg production. Battery cages—small, barren, wire enclosures—restrictively confine the birds, depriving them of the opportunity to display many important patterns of behavior. In contrast, furnished cages are typically equipped with a nest box, perch, and dustbathing

The Good Food Finance Network (GFFN) released its “Blueprint for Good Food Finance Data Systems Integration” in May 2024. Integrated Data...