Biodiversity and Finance

Watch this IEMA Webinar to learn more about the link between biodiversity and financial decision making, with discussion of the latest developments from UNEP-WCMC, UNEP Finance Initiative, and the UN Principles for Responsible Investment the United Nations Environment Programme in this fast-developing area of policy and practice.

Sustainable Finance has become increasingly visible in the wider media, in particular with a focus on climate reporting and net zero, with developments such as the EU and UK Taxonomy, the Taskforce on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) prominent. Meanwhile, organisations are having to better understand their biodiversity dependencies and impacts, sometimes across the value chain, and how to disclose them. 2023 saw the publication of both the Taskforce for Nature-Related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) and guidance from UNEP on Principles for Responsible Banking (PRB) Nature Target Setting Guidance. The new PRB report provides nature target-setting guidance to help the banking industry act on nature loss and set targets to align with the objectives of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF). Join this IEMA Webinar to learn more about in the link between sustainable finance and biodiversity, with discussion of the latest developments from the UNEP-WCMC, UNEP Finance Initiative, and the UN Principles for Responsible Investment in this fast-developing area of policy and practice.