

F4B
- Apr 26
- 3 min
TRANSPARENCY & STAKEHOLDER ACCOUNTABILITY REQUIRED IN CARBON MARKETS GOVERNANCE, SAYS F4B
Finance for Biodiversity’s proposed governance system focuses on three design principles to build better integrity and compliance...


F4B
- Mar 31
- 6 min
LAUNCH OF GLOBAL TASKFORCE TO ALIGN NEW ‘NATURE MARKETS’ WITH SUSTAINABILITY GOALS
Thursday 31 March 2022 – Finance for Biodiversity (F4B) today announces the launch of a global Taskforce to ensure that emerging nature...


F4B
- Mar 2
- 6 min
SOVEREIGN DEBT MARKETS REQUIRE RADICAL INNOVATION TO BREAK CYCLE OF INDEBTEDNESS
Financing the transition to a net zero, nature positive global economy requires funding of at least US$100 trillion by 2050, and...


F4B
- Mar 1
- 4 min
F4B LAUNCHES GROUND-BREAKING TRANSITION FRAMEWORK FOR FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
F4B LAUNCHES GROUND-BREAKING TRANSITION FRAMEWORK FOR FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS TO ADVANCE INTEGRATED APPROACH TO CLIMATE & NATURE New...


F4B
- Feb 3
- 3 min
Building a data platform to accelerate geolocation data sharing
By Marianne Haahr, Executive Director, Green Digital Finance Alliance & F4B Ambassador New regulatory requirements, such as the EU’s...


F4B
- Jan 12
- 5 min
BREAKING THE CONNECTION BETWEEN ENVIRONMENTAL CRIMES AND FINANCE
New study explores potential use of AML rules to reduce nature crimes London, Wednesday 12 January 2022 – A new report published today...


F4B
- Oct 7, 2021
- 2 min
F4B congratulates TNFD on its first convening & launch of Development Finance Hub
Friday 8 October, London – Finance for Biodiversity (F4B) today congratulates the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures’...


F4B
- Oct 7, 2021
- 4 min
HOW DEVELOPMENT FINANCE CAN DAMAGE NATURE
New study published by Finance for Biodiversity with support from Vivid Economics and Basic Roots Consulting, shows potential $800...


F4B
- Oct 6, 2021
- 4 min
CALL FOR PROPOSALS: NATURE FINANCE SEED CORN GRANTS
Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) and Finance for Biodiversity (F4B) are collaborating to engage the wider academic research...


F4B
- Sep 1, 2021
- 3 min
RESHAPE GLOBAL FINANCE TO SUPPORT INEVITABLE TRANSITION TO SUSTAINABLE FOOD SYSTEM
Global finance can and must be reshaped to ensure a rapid, fair and safe transition of the current unsustainable food system, reveals...


F4B
- Jul 29, 2021
- 1 min
F4B releases "Nature Performance Bonds - Frequently Asked Questions"
Performance-based debt instruments have the potential to transform the way nature, climate and other sustainability outcomes are factored...


F4B
- Jul 15, 2021
- 4 min
Majority of $17.2 Trillion Covid Stimulus Packages “Doing More Harm Than Good” to Environment
Final edition of ‘Greenness of Stimulus Index’ (GSI) concludes that only 10.6% of Covid-19 stimulus funding from major economies will...


F4B
- Jul 14, 2021
- 4 min
Central banks and financial supervisors need to act on nature-related risk, warns new WWF report
A new report highlights the urgency for central banks and financial supervisors to act on the risk of unprecedented nature loss. With...


F4B
- Jun 24, 2021
- 2 min
Governing Voluntary Carbon Markets: Enhancing the ability of the TSVCM to contribute to climate goal
The Taskforce for Scaling the Voluntary Carbon Market (TSVCM) was established to create the conditions for the Voluntary Carbon Market to...


F4B
- Jun 24, 2021
- 3 min
Getting Carbon Market Governance Right
Governing carbon offset credit markets is tricky business. Upstream, credit buyers (usually corporations) try to use the market to avoid...


F4B
- Jun 23, 2021
- 3 min
Mistra releases report on how biodiversity and the financial system are linked
Research to identify the harmful connections between the global economy and biodiversity losses is urgently required. Most critical is...


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 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 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...

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...