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Jul 29
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...

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Mark Halle

Jul 5
3 min

Rewarding Nature Performance in Pakistan

In the global public eye, Pakistan is rarely associated with pristine nature. With the exception of the high mountain areas, it is...

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F4B

May 3
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...

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Simon Zadek

Apr 6
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...

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Build natural capital into Covid-19 relief packages

F4B

Mar 31
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...

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F4B

Mar 31
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...

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F4B

Mar 30
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,...

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F4B

Mar 19
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...

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F4B

Feb 26
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...

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F4B

Feb 26
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...

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F4B

Feb 26
1 min

Follow the Money

Simon Zadek has started a monthly column for Environmental Finance. In his first column he outlines a five-point proposal for aligning...

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F4B

Feb 25
3 min

F4B Proposes a Bond Facility for Nature and Climate

A new report from F4B calls for the establishment of a ‘Nature and Climate Sovereign Bond Facility’. The Nature and Climate Sovereign...

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F4B

Jan 12
1 min

Working Group on Debt for Nature

The ‘Working Group on Debt and Nature’ includes key individuals from organisation including Agence Française de Développement, the...

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F4B

Jan 3
1 min

MAVA Foundation

The MAVA Foundation is based in Switzerland and focuses on the environment with a mission to conserve biodiversity for the benefit of...

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F4B

Jan 1
1 min

Bankers without Boundaries

Bankers Without Boundaries (BwB) is a social enterprise powered by former investment bankers to assist high impact projects, that benefit...

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Ashley Gorst

Sep 29, 2020
1 min

F4B Establishes Working Group on Debt and Nature

F4B's project on greening sovereign debt has articulated the case for development of a new instrument: Nature Performance Bonds. There is...

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F4B

Sep 29, 2020
3 min

New “nature performance bond” to tackle twin sovereign debt and biodiversity crises

Press Release: Opportunity for creditors and developing countries to redefine new issuance and restructuring of existing sovereign debt...

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