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Making Nature Count
in Global Finance

Resetting the relationship between nature and finance is at the core of building an inclusive, sustainable world.

From the food we eat, the water we drink, to the mobile phones and streaming services we use, and the homes we live in,
our 100 trillion dollar global economy is 100% dependent on nature.

Nature is being degraded at unprecedented rates, with financing patterns continuing to drive nature destruction and global temperature rises.

Since finance is the lifeblood of the economy, our future will depend on redirecting financial flows away from investments that harm nature, towards investments that do good.

The global financial system must quickly and radically innovate to successfully integrate nature-related risks and opportunities.

Such realignment requires financial instruments that connect with and integrate nature, and that can be scaled in the near term.

NatureFinance is creating new pathways to align global finance with equitable, nature positive outcomes.

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Making change

  • Sovereign Debt
  • NatureAlign
  • Nature Markets
  • Food Finance Nexus
  • Nature Liabilities
  • Nature Investment

Sovereign Debt

Sovereign Debt

Integrating natural capital in the world’s sovereign debt markets, including scaling the issuance of sustainability performance-linked sovereign bonds.

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NatureAlign

NatureAlign

NatureFinance is developing a new tool to help financial institutions measure their impact and dependencies on nature and assess alignment with the global standards such as the Global Biodiversity Plan. This is an essential first step to start channelling financial flows away from activities that harm nature and towards those that deliver nature positive outcomes.

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Nature Markets

Nature Markets

We term nature markets as markets where nature is priced and traded. These markets could include trade in nature’s “goods,” such as food, or in nature’s “services,” such as providing a stable climate. Most nature markets are currently extractive and damaging to nature. In a world facing systemic disruption, we believe it is critical to make nature markets nature-positive, and part of a new nature economy through advancing effective governance.

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Food Finance Nexus

Food Finance Nexus

Exploring the food-finance nexus to determine how global finance can be shaped to support the transition to an inclusive, healthy, sustainable food system, especially as extreme weather escalates and temperatures rise.

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Nature Liabilities

Nature Liabilities

Extending the liabilities of financial institutions for nature outcomes, including the application of anti-money laundering rules to break the links between investment and nature crimes.

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Nature Investment

Nature Investment

Creating a pipeline of investable nature focused ventures with the potential to shape tomorrow’s equitable, nature positive markets.

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Nature Finance initiatives 

Sustainability-linked Sovereign Debt Hub
Sovereign Debt

Sustainability-linked Sovereign Debt Hub

An international Hub established to assist the development and scaling of nature and climate performance-linked sovereign debt by serving as an inclusive, cooperative space for market actors, including investors, sovereign advisors, investment banks and credit rating agencies.. Read more

Taskforce on Nature Markets
Nature Markets

Taskforce on Nature Markets

We helped establish an ambitious, practical framework for building principles-based nature markets.. Read more

Nature Investor Circle
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Nature Investor Circle

A growing community of early-stage investors, thought leaders and scientists shaping the nature markets we need.. Read more

Launch of NatureFinance

Nature is rising up policy and market agendas with unprecedented speed. Visibility of nature-related risks and investment is growing, alongside nature’s place in addressing climate and food security. Now is the time to align global finance with more equitable, nature positive outcomes. Find out how NatureFinance works to make nature count in global finance and the global economy.

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