Butch Bacani

Head of Insurance, United Nations Environment Programme, Geneva, Switzerland

Butch Bacani

Head of Insurance, United Nations Environment Programme, Geneva, Switzerland
Butch Bacani is the Head of Insurance at the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). He leads the UN Principles for Sustainable Insurance (PSI), the largest collaborative initiative between the UN and the insurance industry. Endorsed by the UN Secretary-General and insurance industry CEOs, the PSI is a global framework and initiative for the industry to address sustainability issues—as risk managers, insurers and investors—and to build resilient, inclusive and sustainable communities and economies on a healthy planet. Butch also chairs the UN Forum for Insurance Transition (FIT), a UN-led and convened multistakeholder forum to accelerate and scale up a just transition to a resilient net-zero emissions economy. Butch conceptualized the Principles for Sustainable Insurance and subsequent concepts including net-zero insurance, transition insurance, nature-positive insurance, and insurance SDGs. He leads initiatives that contribute to achieving the Paris Climate Agreement, Global Biodiversity Framework, UN Guiding Principles on Business & Human Rights, and UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Last updated: Nov 05, 2025

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