Biodiversity

Our editorial team is taking a short break until 6 January 2025. Until then, here are some highlights of how the impact investing sector has evolved over the last year, from market growth and ecosystem building, to other key topics such as biodiversity and natural capital, and social impact.

The transaction is the first debt conversion for nature to focus funding on terrestrial and freshwater conservation rather than on marine environments.

The loan will enable Nature Impact to restore more than 120 acres of degraded UK farmland, and is the first private commercial debt package from Triodos based on a Biodiversity Net Gain unit model.

The Caribbean country plans to upgrade the resilience of water systems impacted by climate change by using funds freed up by a debt-for-climate swap.

The Biodiversity Impact Fund (BIF) will focus primarily on core themes such as regenerative agriculture, sustainable forestry, ocean preservation and sustainable fishery.

At the Impact Investor conference, industry experts focused on the opportunities, challenges, and considerations when it comes to integrating biodiversity and natural capital into investment portfolios.

The Article 9 fund has been created in partnership with natural capital specialist IWC, majority owned by BNP Paribas Asset Management, and has raised $130m at first close.

The public-private blended finance vehicle was launched two years ago with seed investment of £30m (€36m) from the UK government.

With more than half of global GDP dependent on systems provided by nature, protecting biodiversity plays a crucial role in keeping the world economy stable, the sustainable lender said in a new white paper.

Asset owners, industry experts and market practitioners came together this week at Impact Investor’s annual conference to discuss the most critical issues surrounding the 2030 deadline for the UN Sustainable Development Goals.