A new report by the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL), in collaboration with the Capitals Coalition, Tecnalia, Oppla, UNEP-WCMC and WBCSD, shows that financial institutions can act for nature today — using their existing tools and processes. Scaling finance for nature: a primer on what financial institutions are doing today, unravels how banks, investors and insurers are already avoiding harm and restoring nature through everyday decisions about what they finance, underwrite and invest in — at scale and with commercial viability. Inside the report: ✅ How financial institutions assess their portfolios’ relationship with nature ✅ Four practical “levers of change” that are used by financial institutions to integrate nature into finance ✅ Real-world examples from banks, investors and insurers putting these into action ✅ Concrete steps you can replicate today, including with small teams and small budgets This report provides inspiration for anyone working in mainstream finance and aiming to act for nature today. The full report is available at https://lnkd.in/e-VfsrWE.
Financial institutions hold powerful levers to halt and reverse nature loss — and they can use them today. Today, we’re launching our new report "Scaling finance for nature: a primer on what financial institutions are doing today". It shows that ‘greening finance’, to avoid and minimise harm to nature, as well as restoring nature to no net loss, can happen today and at scale with existing private commercial capital, through the everyday actions of financiers. This includes how banks, investors, and insurers can 🔍 Assess their portfolios’ relationship with nature 📊 Embed nature in decision-making 💡 Incentivise positive change through mainstream finance products 📢 Engage with policymakers and corporates to drive systemic action Packed with real-world examples and practical steps, this resource inspires and empowers practitioners to act now — at scale — using everyday finance tools and processes. 📖 Read the report: https://lnkd.in/eB9VYTZ6 #NatureFinance #SustainableFinance #ESG #NaturePositive #Biodiversity #FinancialInstitutions #GreeningFinance #ATrack Centre for Sustainable Finance (CISL) and #Climatewise at Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) Corinne Martin, Middleton, Jonathan, Dr Angela Small, Dr Nina Seega A-Track consortium partners: Edmund Dickens (CISL) ; Guy L Duke - Edward Jones, Lenka Moore and Rosimeiry Portela (Capitals Coalition Rafael Horn (University of Stuttgart ; Marco Bianchi (TECNALIA Research & Innovation) Jonathan Porter and Matthew Brown (Oppla) Catarina Braga (UNEP-WCMC ; and Nadine McCormick (WBCSD – World Business Council for Sustainable Development) In collaboration with the NATURANCE project