GCF has joined the UN’s “Greening the Blue” as this initiative’s first non-UN agency. This means GCF will adopt rigorous measures taken by UN bodies to reduce their carbon footprints and other strains on the environment — including monitoring greenhouse gas emissions from its activities and taking steps to reduce them. GCF’s move towards reducing its own carbon and environmental negative impacts through a new strategy follows the formation at the start of this year of the GCF Sustainability Initiative — a voluntary group of staff members striving to strengthen internal low-emission practices.