Fourth Update of our Collaborative Engagements Overview
19 November 2024 – The Finance for Biodiversity Foundation and the EU B&B Platform have published the fourth update of the Collaborative Engagements Overview, which acts as an annex to the Guide on Engagement with Companies. Two new biodiversity-related collaborative engagements have been added.
Supporting Financial Institutions to engage collaboratively with companies on biodiversity
The Guide on Engagement with Companies and the accompanying Collaborative Engagements Overview were launched in April 2022. The guide contains a wealth of information for financial institutions on how to engage with companies on biodiversity topics. Annex 3 to the guide, the Collaborative Engagements Overview, provides a comprehensive overview of ongoing and past biodiversity related collaborative engagements, including both collective engagements and joint investor letters.
Update of the Overview
In this fourth update of the Collaborative Engagements Overview, the status (ongoing/completed) of all engagements was checked, and two new engagements were added:
- FfB Foundation: Fostering Action for Biodiversity through Responsible Investment in Clothing (FABRIC)
- BRIDGE project: Engagement on corporate water management with a watershed approach
The Collaborative Engagements Overview now includes information about 45 collective engagements and joint investor letters, of which 20 are currently ongoing. It thus points financial institutions to ongoing engagements that they can join and directs them to information generated by past collaborative engagements.
Corporate engagement
Engaging with companies on biodiversity is one of the ways in which financial institutions can act to reverse nature loss. It is one of the five commitments in the Finance for Biodiversity Pledge, and it has a dedicated working group under the Finance for Biodiversity Foundation. Given that the biodiversity footprint of financial institutions is largely caused by the companies they invest in, corporate engagement is key for reversing nature loss. It is encouraging to see that financial institutions are taking up this task collectively by developing new collaborative engagements on biodiversity.
Fostering Action for Biodiversity through Responsible Investment in Clothing (FABRIC)
FABRIC is an investor-led collaborative engagement initiative designed to address the environmental impact of the textile industry, with a particular focus on apparel retailers. Through the initiative, made possible with the support of the Laudes Foundation, the Finance for Biodiversity Foundation aims to coordinate stewardship actions that promote responsible practices towards nature and align the industry with global biodiversity targets. Read more on FABRIC.
Regular updates
By providing regular updates to the Collaborative Engagements Overview, the Finance for Biodiversity Foundation and the EU B&B Platform want to help financial institutions navigate the ever-changing landscape of collaborative biodiversity engagements. Feedback and input to be included in the next updates of this document can be sent to info@financeforbiodiversity.org.
Read the Collaborative Engagements Overview (Annex 3)
Read the Guide on Engagement with Companies