Posts tagged finance
Is culture the missing catalyst in nature finance?

The case for investing in nature has never been stronger, yet the money still isn’t flowing. The global economy depends on stable ecosystems, but research puts the nature finance gap at roughly $700 billion a year — the difference between what is needed to safeguard natural systems and what is currently being invested. That shortfall poses risks to supply chains, food security, public health, insurance, and capital markets themselves.

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Leading organizations release essential new guidance to help companies develop and publish nature strategies

Almost a year since 196 governments adopted the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework at CBD COP15, the Business for Nature coalition has today launched a new global campaign ‘It's Now for Nature’. The campaign rallies all businesses to act on nature and contribute towards the global goal to halt and reverse nature loss by 2030. 

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A wake-up call for companies: What Target 15 of the Global Biodiversity Framework means for business

Read Business for Nature’s longer analysis of Target 15 of the Global Biodiversity Framework. Its purpose is to inform and update stakeholders on our assessment of the level of ambition within Target 15, what businesses can expect to happen next, and the actions business and finance can take. 

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More than 330 businesses call on Heads of State to make nature assessment and disclosure mandatory at COP15

More than 330 business and finance institutions from 52 countries with combined revenues of more than $1.5 trillion urge world leaders to adopt, in Target 15 of the Global Biodiversity Framework mandatory requirements for all large businesses and financial institutions to assess and disclose their impacts and dependencies on biodiversity by 2030.

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