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    What We Do

    Nature is rising rapidly up the business, policy and regulatory agendas. Leading businesses and financial institutions are making nature-related commitments and piloting new measurement approaches, guided by an emerging plethora of standards, frameworks, and regulatory requirements. The complexity of nature and the relative immaturity of these frameworks creates challenges for business.

    We bring global expertise in biodiversity and risk management to help business leaders understand their environmental risks and dependencies and pursue commercially viable nature-related opportunities.

    Collaborations
    Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD)
    We are a member of the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) Forum, providing advisory support on the assessment of current standards and metrics, ongoing initiatives and recommendations, and the development of corporate case studies on nature impacts and dependencies.
    World Economic Forum
    We are working with the World Economic Forum to provide sector-specific nature-positive transition guidance for four sectors: chemicals, construction materials, consumer goods, and meat, poultry and dairy.
    African Natural Capital Alliance (ANCA)
    We are a knowledge partner to the African Natural Capital Alliance (ANCA). Our support ranges from developing thought leadership to organizing and participating in nature events with the private and public sectors.​
     

    What We Think

    Why Preserving Nature Is Key To Africa’s Financial Future

    The degradation of natural ecosystems poses a risk to Africa’s financial and economic stability. We outline how regulators can act on nature-related risks now.

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    How Financial Institutions Can Help Restore Nature

    As nature loss reaches a tipping point in Australia, we discuss five actions financial institutions can prioritize to help protect and restore nature.

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    Why We Need To Nurture Natural Capital In The Middle East

    The consequences of environmental and nature degradation are severe for the world's economic output. Here’s what can we do to stop them.

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    What The Landmark COP15 Agreement Means For Business

    Linda Liu shares insights from COP15 and what the latest agreements mean for business in 2023.

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    Protecting Africa’s Natural Capital

    Navigating nature may be a new challenge for the financial services sector – but finding solutions that help communities is a significant reward.

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    Now For Nature

    Companies’ impacts on climate and nature are inextricably linked – and need to be addressed in collaboration with their value chain.

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    Breakthroughs

    Promoting Africa’s Voice On Nature
    We helped FSD Africa pilot the draft Taskforce on Nature-Related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) framework with African Financial Institutions and test its suitability and applicability in the African context. Our efforts led to the development of best-in-class toolkits and roadmaps for financial institutions to build nature capabilities, as well as the launch of the African Natural Capital Alliance (ANCA), with over 30 organisations committed to addressing the risk of nature loss in Africa
    Assessing Credit Risk Impacts
    We supported helped a UK bank undertake an environmental risk materiality assessment, including identifying key nature-risk drivers for different sectors, identifying transmission channels for credit risk impacts, and undertaking loss sensitivity analysis for plausible worst-case changes in nature-risk drivers.
    Refreshing Public Environment Plans
    We helped the Ministry Of Environment of a G20 country refresh its National Environment Strategy and develop the Deputy Ministry Of Environment’s capabilities towards implementing the strategy and enabling the success of the institutional players in the environment sector.
    Promoting Africa’s Voice On Nature
    We helped FSD Africa pilot the draft Taskforce on Nature-Related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) framework with African Financial Institutions and test its suitability and applicability in the African context. Our efforts led to the development of best-in-class toolkits and roadmaps for financial institutions to build nature capabilities, as well as the launch of the African Natural Capital Alliance (ANCA), with over 30 organisations committed to addressing the risk of nature loss in Africa
    Assessing Credit Risk Impacts
    We supported helped a UK bank undertake an environmental risk materiality assessment, including identifying key nature-risk drivers for different sectors, identifying transmission channels for credit risk impacts, and undertaking loss sensitivity analysis for plausible worst-case changes in nature-risk drivers.
    Refreshing Public Environment Plans
    We helped the Ministry Of Environment of a G20 country refresh its National Environment Strategy and develop the Deputy Ministry Of Environment’s capabilities towards implementing the strategy and enabling the success of the institutional players in the environment sector.