

F4B
- Jun 4, 2021
- 2 min
F4B celebrates today’s launch of the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD)
Friday 4 June 2021, London – The Finance for Biodiversity (F4B) initiative today welcomes the launch of the Taskforce on Nature-related...


Simon Zadek
- Jun 4, 2021
- 3 min
Welcome to the TNFD!
Today we can announce an important step towards embedding nature at the heart of finance - the lifeblood of the global economy - with the...


F4B
- May 26, 2021
- 3 min
The Climate-Nature Nexus: Implications for the Financial Sector
NEW REPORT URGES FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS TO CONSIDER MATERIAL RISKS AND OPPORTUNITIES OF CLIMATE-NATURE NEXUS A new report from the...


F4B
- May 26, 2021
- 3 min
Material Risks and Opportunities of Climate-Nature Nexus
NEW REPORT URGES FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS TO CONSIDER MATERIAL RISKS AND OPPORTUNITIES OF CLIMATE-NATURE NEXUS The finance sector has...


F4B
- May 24, 2021
- 1 min
Values-Based Pathways Toward Financial Materiality for Biodiversity
New Report: This paper examines the origins of values and, in particular, values for nature. It looks at how nature values are embodied...


F4B
- May 7, 2021
- 3 min
We urgently need to rethink how we govern finance
Simon Zadek and Alex Barkawi - Radix Join the discussion on Radix Friday Forum Finance impacts all aspects of our lives, from our...


F4B
- May 3, 2021
- 2 min
Work at F4B!
The Finance for Biodiversity (F4B) initiative was established by the MAVA foundation in October 2019 with the aim of increasing the...


F4B
- Apr 28, 2021
- 3 min
Finance For Biodiversity and Paulson Institute host forum on how to build a nature-positive economy
Global experts from finance, conservation, and public policy sectors discuss valuing nature as essential to future financial...


F4B
- Apr 18, 2021
- 2 min
Join us for a webinar: Finance for Nature: Making Nature Count
Tuesday 27 April 2021 2 - 3 pm UK time 9-10 am New York REGISTER F4B is hosting this event with The Paulson Institute in partnership with...

Robin Smale and Ashley Gorst
- Apr 8, 2021
- 2 min
Debt and Biodiversity: A Chinese Leadership Opportunity
New report: China is now at the forefront of responding to environmental challenges at home and abroad. China’s target to reach net zero...


F4B
- Apr 8, 2021
- 2 min
Governing Finance for Sustainable Prosperity and Biodiversity
Yesterday the Council on Economic Policies published a report on the role of central banks and financial supervisors for sustainable...


Simon Zadek
- Apr 6, 2021
- 3 min
Tilting markets towards material nature
Nature is economically productive and financially rewarding, concluded Professor Dasgupta. But if there is so much money to be made by...


F4B
- Mar 31, 2021
- 3 min
Build natural capital into Covid-19 relief packages
A 'green lens' must be applied to the Covid-19 relief offered by governments and international bodies such as the International Monetary...


F4B
- Mar 31, 2021
- 1 min
Come and work with F4B!
Our Finance for Biodiversity team is growing and we are seeking candidates for two fantastic opportunities. We are seeking a Project...


F4B
- Mar 30, 2021
- 1 min
World Economic Forum: rescheduling debt for nature could unlock a sustainable recovery
Finance for Biodiversity's work on Nature Performance Bonds highlighted by the World Economic Forum. Carlos Manuel Rodríguez Echandi,...


F4B
- Mar 19, 2021
- 2 min
Catalyzing Nature Markets: a new programme of F4B
F4B has recently launched the Catalyzing Nature Markets (CNM) program to promote and accelerate the development of markets for nature...


Simon Zadek
- Mar 19, 2021
- 3 min
Follow the money: A five part proposal
In early February, I had the honour of addressing one of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s (OECD) Policy...


F4B
- Mar 19, 2021
- 2 min
Join the F4B Team: Portfolio Manager
F4B is seeking someone to join the team as a Portfolio Manager. The aim of the role is to help build out and oversee the successful...


F4B
- Feb 26, 2021
- 1 min
Nature and Climate Bond Facility in the news
Bloomberg Nature Bonds May Be the Next Big Thing for Emerging Markets The group’s proposals would tie the cost of debt repayments to...


F4B
- Feb 26, 2021
- 1 min
Nature Bonds May Be the Next Big Thing for Emerging Markets
Todd Gillespie and Greg Ritchie of Bloomberg reported on F4B's work on a Nature and Climate debt facility: Emerging-market nations are...