What would it take to align finance with nature? Complex, dynamic systems change through nudges, experimentation and iteration linked to rapid learning. But understanding that we need to transition along uncertain pathways should not become an excuse for degenerating into small-scale pilots and incremental actions...
Imagen: Pixabay The Dutch Central Bank (De Nederlandsche Bank, DNB) and PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency have published a report on how Dutch financial sector is exposed to risks as a result of their loan’s portfolio dependency on ecosystem services. According to the document, Dutch financial...
In their report The Case for a Task Force on Nature-related Financial Disclosures, Global Canopy and Vivid Economics address hot the deterioration of nature, and society’s response to it, creates systemic and material risks for financial institutions – risks that are still largely not understood....
The European Parliament has just given the green light to the criteria that will be taken into account to determine which economic activities are environmentally and socially sustainable within the European Union. This means that it has approved the so-called "taxonomy", which seeks to avoid...
Bending the curve on our current biodiversity crisis is key to sustainable land use and a healthy planet. In doing so, the private sector will play a crucial role and it must invest in biodiversity. Measuring impact from those investments requires that there are agreed...
Positive impacts in the biodiversity footprint. Financial institutions The Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality has financed a study that examines how a financial institution can calculate its impact on biodiversity. The ASN Bank currently applies the Biodiversity Footprint Financial Institutions (BFFI) method, which can...
