Economic activities are fundamentally both dependent on biodiversity and responsible for its significant loss. The massive degradation of ecosystems not only challenges planetary resilience and, ultimately, human survival, but it also very directly represents a significant threat to the profitability and stability of financial systems and a wide range of economic activities
Understanding and managing biodiversity-related risks will enable financial institutions to avoid losses and reputational damage, and to identify new business opportunities.
This paper presents a series of recommendations for financial institutions to “go beyond regulation” and transform the way in which they think about and act on biodiversity – based on scientific evidence and reflecting the 2030 and 2050 biodiversity objectives agreed by decision-makers around the world.