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****TGIF-content post no. 119****   Today: The Finance for Biodiversity (FfB) Foundation released key recommendations outlining concrete actions governments can take to implement the Kunming-Montréal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF)   💼🫱🏻🫲🏼 The paper, "Aligning Financial Flows with the Global Biodiversity Framework: Translating Ambition into Implementation," was developed in collaboration with leading financial institutions.   🌱 🌍  The agreement reached at COP15 in Montréal sent a strong signal about the urgency of tackling biodiversity loss alongside climate change. Transformative action across various economic sectors will be required to ensure resilient economies and planetary health. The FfB Foundation recognizes that there is no one-size-fits-all approach. However, the implementation of these recommendations will be crucial in the run-up to COP16, where countries must submit their National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAPs) outlining their approach to the GBF.   💡🔑  The paper provides four key recommendations for governments: 1) Require companies and financial institutions to assess, monitor, and disclose their nature-related risks, impacts, dependencies, and opportunities 2) Mandate Nature Transition Plans based on sectoral transformation pathways, and foster collaborative commitments 3) Actions from central banks and supervisors 4) Create economic incentives for businesses and financial institutions to maximize the mobilization of private finance.   📈💰 The FfB Foundation's paper is a powerful call from investors for governments to strengthen, broaden, and accelerate their national biodiversity policies and strategies. By fostering innovation, aligning incentives, and setting clear boundaries, governments can steer sectoral pathways towards reducing negative impacts, increasing positive impacts, and catalyzing private finance to bridge the biodiversity finance gap.   🌿 #Sustainability #Team #SustainableFinance #Biodiversity   Source: https://lnkd.in/dM-tZyNp

Sustainable Views is delighted to be partnering with Top Tier Impact ahead of their Nature and Biodiversity Investment Summit. For more information on the event, please see below: What’s the real financial cost of losing our planet’s biodiversity? We face a loss of up to $3 trillion US dollars by 2030 without taking action, according to the WEF. That’s why Top Tier Impact is hosting the TTI Nature Investment Summit - gathering asset allocators, asset managers, policymakers and innovators to discuss the opportunities & the challenges we all face to protect biodiversity. Don’t miss out on making a difference in the rise of nature as an asset class… Will you join us? Request your invitation here: https://lnkd.in/etPXRc65 #naturecapital #biodiversity #impactinvesting #alternativeassets #naturebasedsolutions

What’s the financial cost of losing our planet's biodiversity? $44 trillion US is at risk annually - and the consequences for life on our planet are dire. Can indigenous inspired green AI and green bonds save us? I’m looking forward to speaking at Top Tier Impact’s Nature Investment Summit. On June 11th in London, TTI is gathering asset allocators, asset managers, policymakers, and innovators to discuss the opportunities & challenges we face to protect biodiversity and scale nature as an asset class. More about the summit here: https://lnkd.in/eSRnKK3V Don’t miss out on making a difference in the rise of nature as an asset class. Will you join us? Request your invitation here: https://lnkd.in/eSRnKK3V Use the discount code “INDRANI20” for 20% off. With brilliant changemakers Ilkay Demirdag Alessa Berg Michele Sofisti Nic Gorini David Carlin Chris Gorell Barnes George Darrah Jay Lipman Ingrid Kukuljan Martina Macpherson Gwen Yu Ian Redmond Esben Svane Stockmarr Marcela Flores Marco Lambertini and many others #climateinvesting #natureinvesting #biodiversity #nbs #natureassets #TheRegenerationGeneration Open Origin Shakti Regeneration Institute (SRI)

📈 As part of the 2024 general meetings of #CAC40 companies in France, investors have launched a campaign to mobilize French companies to address their impacts on biodiversity, including through #ScienceBasedTargets #ForNature. 👇 Mirova, an affiliate of Natixis Investment Managers related to sustainable investing, and Phitrust, a management company for impact investing, have urged the French stock market index CAC 40 to accelerate action on biodiversity by engaging large French companies to adopt the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) reporting framework and get ready to set #ScienceBasedTargets #ForNature. As part of the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive applicable since 1 January 2024, companies are also required to report on biodiversity as a material subject for their activities. 🌱 The investment companies write: "Beyond climate change, the preservation and conservation of biodiversity are structural challenges of sustainable growth on which urgent action is needed. "Half of global GDP is dependent on nature and its essential ecosystem services, and their collapse could lead to a $2.7 trillion GDP loss by 20302. According to the European Central Bank, 75% of European loans have been granted to companies highly dependent on nature." 🔗 Learn more: https://lnkd.in/eabyNAkp ➡️ About science-based targets for nature: https://lnkd.in/enXegWGt #Biodiversity #StockMarket #SBTN #NaturePositive #SafeAndJust #ScienceBased #NatureLoss #Finance #Economics

🌍 We're discussing: Business opportunities in biodiversity - the intersection of #biodiversity and #technology On Thursday, our Co-founder Oliver Bolton will return to the stage at this year's Biodiversity and Nature Markets Summit from City & Financial Global. The event brings together a broad audience of government, policy makers, regulators and nature and biodiversity experts with leading figures from the #financial and #corporate world. However, the focus is extremely targeted - what are the challenges, opportunities and solutions that the financial and corporate world can contribute to, to protect and restore #nature? The full programme can be found here: https://lnkd.in/ewGphpAN #investinnature #sustainablebusiness #naturebasedsolutions #sustainabilitystrategy #ESG #Earthly #projectEarthly

We were encouraged to see TNFD pushing for greater Indigenous Peoples participation: this is a significant development, as it recognises the crucial role that Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities (IPLCs) play in protecting and managing nature. IPLCs have traditionally been stewards of the land, and their knowledge and practices are essential for conserving ecosystems. The TNFD’s call for Indigenous participation is a welcome step towards ensuring that IPLCs benefit from the biodiversity market while also protecting their rights and interests. Nature-based Insights helps companies implement nature-based solutions with integrity by providing robust analytical tools to assess nature-related impacts, risks and opportunities; to deliver measurable benefits for nature, climate, and people. https://lnkd.in/e9px8gWi

Explore emerging developments in investment industry thinking. Follow the First Sentier MUFG Sustainable Investment Institute as they explore why more investors are weighing into issues like biodiversity in their portfolios. *This content is intended for institutional/professional investors only.

🍃💪 What can businesses do to protect #biodiversity? Nature underpins our global economy - so it is crucial for business leaders to scale up action to fast-track the transition towards a #NaturePositive future. Alongside the World Economic Forum and the WBCSD – World Business Council for Sustainable Development, we have developed guidance for 12 sectors. The sector-specific actions build on the high-level actions businesses should take to credibly help halt and reverse #NatureLoss and contribute to an equitable, nature-positive economy. Find out more: https://lnkd.in/eZ79sdjz

🌍 The landmark Global Biodiversity Framework, established during the UN Biodiversity Conference in 2022, underscores the critical role of specialized investment vehicles like our ecobusiness.Fund in achieving its goals. 💼 Despite a challenging macroeconomic landscape, ecobusiness.Fund investment portfolio reached an impressive USD 740 million in 2023 under our advisement. This remarkable growth is a testament to our commitment to fostering sustainable finance. 🌱 We're proud to support nearly 1.2 million hectares of farmland under sustainable management through ecobusiness.Fund activities, driving meaningful change for a #sustainable future. #SustainableFinance #BiodiversityConservation 

🦚Biodiversity Credits Alliance hosted a call with The HBAR Foundation’s Hania Othman, which presented this excellent Digital Nature Assets Market Infrastructure slide. 🌀Logos Capital continues to believe that natural capital is one of the most critical forms of capital that when adopted and harmonized will create abundant regenerative economic systems. 😵💫But this complexity is too much for most people, with few exceptions. ✅This is why we need professional sustainability and resilience officers and toolkits, like SustainaCities. (www.sustainacities.com) 💰And intelligent capital market solutions with traceability on carbon and bio credits. 🦄We need an Impact.Market that makes this easy… 🎯Soon it will be possible to access the natural, carbon and bio markets like these, easily! 👀Stay tuned, as XTCC and Logos Capital work with Lady Merle Liivand aka The Mermaid 🧜♀️ to help save our planets waters and oceans. 🧜♂️ 💙🌊Mangroves and corals coming soon.🪸🐠 CC: ReFiMiami Logos Blue Economy Foundation UN Biodiversity Florida International University VoLo Foundation Mario Todd Wesley Eugene Scott Wendy Greg Galen Francesca Darren Joshua Prof. Ingrid Dr. Sindhu Gerard Dr. Otto Derek Andy Margaret Anna David Maryn Nesma Lucian Queen Hayden Daniella Francis #capitalmarkets #regenerativeeconomics #naturalcapital #ReFi #RegenerativeFinance #impactcapital #impactmarket #carboncredits #carbonmarkets #biodiversitycredits #MangroveDrop #CoralDrop #Miami #ClimateFinance