Integrating Finance and Biodiversity

IFB Theme Leader, Professor Franziska Schrodt, has co-authored an open letter to the European Commission. It contains an important call to legislators and corporate leaders: collaborate with the scientific community to build a reporting framework that is robust, streamlined, and transformative. https://lnkd.in/eek4BfJ4 #infinbio #biodiversity #finance #csrd #disclosures

IFB Partners, Dr Nicola Ranger and Dr Jimena Alvarez, have contributed to the Environmental Audit Committee's inquiry on The role of natural capital in the green economy. https://lnkd.in/dj7ZJFRk #infinbio #biodiversity #finance #naturalcapital #greeneconomy

The forthcoming SME Green Horizons Symposium led by IFB Partner, Professor Robyn Owen (Baldock) of Middlesex University, focuses on finance for nature-friendly SME ventures. The event is open to academics and industry professionals alike. The conference starts by looking at the funding challenges faced by cleantech and nature tech startups in the UK. One solution is creating accelerators that are tailored to the specific needs of these startups based on their sector and stage. These accelerators bring together different stakeholders to tackle issues around business, markets, and funding. The MDX NP Accelerator is leading edge and will be discussed as a prototype potential solution to early stage innovative nature tech financing. https://lnkd.in/dPGfUrbj #infinbio #biodiversity #finance #biodiversityfinance #cleantech #naturetech #naturefriendly

SMEs in the 2025 cohort of successful programme-applicants gathered in Hendon on Thursday 16th January for the first meeting of the IFB Nature Positive Innovation Accelerator Programme. This innovative programme supports SMEs to hone their business model and pitch technique to raise finance. The event was hosted by Robyn Owen (Baldock) and Dougal Alexander Fleming of Middlesex University. https://lnkd.in/e_rk-uSQ #infinbio #naturepositive #finance #biodiversity #biodiversityfinance

DEADLINE: 28 FEBRUARY 2025 Through a call for proposals, we are recruiting 8-10 IFB Knowledge Exchange (KE) Fellows, each with significant experience in biodiversity and environmental analytics and/or applying these within financial decision-making. These appointments are available on a part-time, direct costs basis (max. 0.2 FTE to a max of £12k and £1k travel costs) for a minimum of 9 months and a maximum of 1 year in the first instance, with a potential extension subject to evaluation of programme needs and circumstances. Full details are available at - https://lnkd.in/ekYJqHyf The deadline for applications is 1600 on 28 February 2025. #infinbio #biodiversity #finance #biodiversityfinance #greenfinance #knowledgeexchange #environmentalanalytics #financialdecisionmaking NERC: Natural Environment Research Council Innovate UK Flagship and Theme Leaders are - Professor Paul Brereton, Dr Nicola Ranger, Professor Richard Field, Professor Franziska Schrodt, Dr Joanne Chamberlain, and Dr Hannah Rudman FBCS FRSA

Our November IFB Bulletin is now available. It contains links to a report and discussion event on the landmark International Advisory Panel on Biodiversity Credits Framework that included contributions from IFB Leaders, Professor Franziska Schrodt and Professor Richard Field.  Dr Joanne Chamberlain has released details of exciting opportunities for IFB Business Fellows, plus there are details of Dr Robyn Owen's free 16-week coaching programme for SMEs to help attract investment in nature-positive business solutions and to boost investor confidence in sustainable impact. You can view the IFB Bulletin here - https://lnkd.in/e7Xc9t8W Don’t forget to subscribe so that future Bulletins are sent directly to your inbox - https://lnkd.in/eCSjMsny #infinbio #biodiversity #finance #biobiversityfinance #fellowships #knowledgeexchange #COP16 #businesssolutions #naturepositive

IFB Partner, Robyn Owen of Middlesex University, is looking to recruit a new cohort of #SME start-ups that can benefit from a FREE 16-week coaching programme to help attract investment in early-stage business solutions, building confidence to pitch their ideas in front of investors who want to make a positive impact with their money. Closing date for applications: 13 December 2024. #infinbio #biodiversity #finance #natruepositivefinance #naturepositiveinvestment #TNFD #UKSRS https://lnkd.in/eYx8Jcju

IFB Partner Dr Steve Reece of the University of Oxford recently presented Programme outputs from the Robust ESG Data for Biodiversity project to the Brazilian Central Bank, with a focus on the Brazilian cattle farming use-case. This was part of the Central Bank capability training programme that was coordinated by Professor Ulrich Volz from SOAS University of London and titled "Leveraging AI and Automated Data Collection and Processing for Closing Data Gaps and Assessing Climate and Environmental Risks and Impacts”. #infinbio #finance #biodiversity #esgbiodiversity #brazil https://lnkd.in/ezjfg2js

Franziska Schrodt and Richard Field of the University of Nottingham are Theme and Flagship leaders within the Integrating Finance and Biodiversity Programme and technical co-leads of the workgroup that developed the newly released Framework for High-Integrity Biodiversity Credit Markets, published by the International Advisory Panel on Biodiversity Credits at #COP16. Franziska and Richard will provide an overview of the Framework followed by an opportunity for Q&A and discussion. Book your space at this discussion on Thursday 5th December. #infinbio #biodiversity #finance #biodiversitycredits #biodiversityfinancing #conservationoutcomes #goodgovernance #creditmarkets https://lnkd.in/eqZMRM_C

IFB Leader, Dr Hannah Rudman, Senior Research Fellow at the #JamesHuttonInstitute, has been appointed co-Chair of the #ScottishForumonNaturalCapital. She joined the Forum in 2020 and turned her professional focus and energy to #NaturePositiveSolutions for the #climateemergency and #biodiversitycrisis. Hannah has been a co-lead of the Forum's #NatureFinancePioneers Hub since its early days, when it was a network of 80 people from 30 organisations. Now it is over 775 people from ~230 organisations. #infinbio #naturepositive #naturalcapital #biodiveristy #finance #scotland https://lnkd.in/euB-Ae6U