Publications

This Guide provides information and support for financial institutions on how to engage with companies on biodiversity topics. Published in April 2022. Collaborative Engagements Overview updated in December 2023.

This Overview is meant to help financial institutions understand what initiatives are out there on biodiversity, and who is doing what. Updated in December 2023.

The Guide provides a comprehensive overview of the eleven tools for measuring biodiversity currently in use by financial institutions: ENCORE, IBAT,BRF, BIA-GBS, GBS-FI, CBF, BFFI, GID, MBFM, BIAT and NRP. Updated in October 2024.

First annual report by the Finance for Biodiversity Foundation, covering the period from the launch of the Finance for Biodiversity Pledge in September 2020, to the end of the year 2021. Published in July 2022.

This position paper makes suggestions for the draft Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) in preparation of the 15th meeting of the UN Biodiversity Conference of the Parties (COP15). Published in June 2022.

This position paper makes suggestions for the draft Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) in preparation of the 15th meeting of the UN Biodiversity Conference of the Parties (COP15). Published in February 2022.

This statement is a call by financial institutions for governments to tackle the crisis of biodiversity loss, and makes a case for the economic benefits creating a nature-positive economy. Published in September 2021.

This guide explains how financial institutions can engage with the CBD COP15 process and push for an ambitious Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework. Published in June 2021.

The aim of this Guidance document is to support the implementation of the five commitments by the financial institutions that have signed the Finance for Biodiversity Pledge. Published in September 2020.