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Unlocking the biodiversity-climate nexus - A practitioner's guide for financial institutions
This investor guide presents three steps that financial institutions can follow to use existing tools and datasets to screen investments for exposure to nature-related risks, taking into consideration the climate-nature nexus. The guide was written by financial institutions for financial institutions.
TNFD nature-related risk and opportunity registers
The TNFD risk and opportunity registers outline different categories of nature related risks and opportunities, indicate useful information to record for each risk and opportunity identified and provide connections to other categories of metrics and prioritisation criteria outlined in the TNFD LEAP approach. The TNFD risk and opportunity registers provide a template that can be completed by an organisation as they work through the Assess phase.
Nature strategy handbook: A practical guide for businesses
This guide was developed to support businesses and financial institutions to develop nature strategies, and contribute to nature positive. The guide follows four, high-level business actions outlined in ACT-D: Assess, Commit, Transform and Disclose.
The climate-nature nexus: An investor guide to expanding from climate to nature-data
This guide helps investors identify opportunities at the climate-nature nexus, emphasising integrated approaches to reduce risks and enhance returns. It provides tools, case studies, and frameworks to align portfolios with climate and biodiversity goals, fostering sustainable and resilient investments.
Nature target setting framework for asset managers and asset owners
The framework seeks to create a shared understanding and common language for investors on target setting, while steering private financial flows in alignment with the mission of the Global Biodiversity Framework to halt and reverse biodiversity loss by 2030. It focuses on listed equity and corporate bonds.
Nature risk profile: A methodology for profiling nature related dependencies and impacts
The technical guideline outlines a methodology for how companies and investors can profile nature-related risks arising from dependencies and impacts of economic activities by combining nature data with data on the locations of companies' activities.
Connecting finance and natural capital: A supplement to the Natural Capital Protocol
This supplement provides financial institutions with a framework for integrating natural capital considerations into their decision-making processes. It offers practical guidance on assessing and valuing natural capital dependencies and impacts, helping institutions manage risks and identify opportunities related to natural capital. It includes methodologies for incorporating natural capital into investment analysis, lending, and insurance underwriting, ultimately promoting sustainable finance practices.
Natural capital and organizations strategies: An overview of available tools
This guide outlines a variety of tools and methodologies designed to help companies integrate natural capital considerations into their business decision-making processes. It provides detailed descriptions of different tools, case studies, and practical examples, enabling businesses to assess their environmental impacts, dependencies, and opportunities. The guide aims to promote sustainable business practices by highlighting the importance of valuing natural capital.
Let's discuss nature with climate: Engagement guide
This guide supports investors in integrating nature and climate considerations into investment strategies. It offers insights and frameworks for addressing the interconnected challenges of climate change and biodiversity loss, promoting holistic and sustainable investment approaches.
Guidance on engagement with Indigenous Peoples, local communities and affected stakeholders
This document provides guidance for organisations when identifying their nature-related dependencies, impacts, risks and opportunities. It outlines the foundation of international standards, guidelines and frameworks, in particular the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights. The guidance document's key focus areas include guidance for meaningful engagement with Indigenous Peoples, Local Communitas (IPLC) & affected stakeholders, preparation for engagement, and incorporate of engagement into action.
Insights into UNEP FI’s TNFD pilots: Insights into deep-dive UNEP FI pilots to ensure effective uptake of the final TNFD framework
This publication provides investors with insights from pilot projects supporting the TNFD framework. It highlights best practices and lessons learned for integrating nature-related financial disclosures into investment strategies, enhancing transparency and sustainability. It outlines the valuable insights gained and significant findings obtained from a global pilot project initiated by UNEP FI in conjunction with 20 financial institutions.
How to achieve deforestation-free pensions
This guide provides investors with a roadmap for creating deforestation-free pension portfolios. It offers strategies and best practices for identifying and mitigating deforestation risks, ensuring responsible investment in pension funds.
Handbook for the implementation of nature-based solutions for water security: Guidelines for designing an implementation and financing arrangement
This handbook offers operational advice and project preparation guidelines, including hands-on formats that project proponents can use continuously and iteratively to develop the entire business case of NbS, enabling them to go from the idea stage towards an investment proposal or investment project stage that can be effectively assessed by potential investors. To illustrate the use of these guidelines the handbook presents the results of their application to three cases in Europe within the NAIAD project and to one case in Asia that was part of the Water as Leverage for Resilient Cities Asia programme.
Guidance on scenario analysis
This document provides guidance for organisations who choose to use scenario analysis to explore the possible consequences of nature loss and climate change, the ways in which governments, markets and society might respond, and the implications of these uncertainties for business strategy and financial planning. It includes a collection of practical tools, templates and techniques, in addition to general guidance. This guidance supports organisations in conducting a qualitative scenario workshop, focusing the exercise on testing, refining and stretching their thinking, planning and decision-making.
When the bee stings: Counting the cost of nature-related risks
In collaboration with the TNFD, and aligned with its newly released recommendations, BloombergNEF has examined 10 instances of companies suffering material financial losses, the threat of such losses and share price pressure from poorly handled interactions with nature. The case studies demonstrate the financial importance of a business understanding and managing its impacts and dependencies on the natural world.
Our commitment to nature: Supporting biodiversity and sustainable land use through engagement
This paper outlines Federated Hermes' expectations and engagement priorities for sectors characterised by having high biodiversity impacts and dependencies. These include consumer goods and retail, agrochemicals, mining and materials, oil and gas, utilities, real estate and construction, and finance.