What's Next for Nature and Sustainable Finance?

Companies and financial institutions increasingly recognize the fundamental role nature has for sustaining the economy. Addressing the link between nature and the economy from a perspective of sustainable finance has never been more pressing as planetary boundaries are being exceeded and multiple pressures including resource use, pollution and climate change are undermining our life-support system.

Building blocks for a more sustainable financial system have been put in place: Central banks recognize the loss of nature as a systemic risk; the Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) sets targets for stopping the loss of nature; policies on sustainable finance and reporting standards are being implemented for enabling a more sustainable financial system.

Yet in practice, integrating nature into decision-making is not always straightforward. Accounting for impacts on nature and risks related to the degradation and loss of biodiversity and ecosystem services is often regarded as challenging. The cross-cutting nature of biodiversity often requires collaboration between different institutional competences and business units. Trade-offs between different sustainability objectives have to be addressed in investment decisions and at a strategic level. 

We invite you to join us on December 3 in the ballroom of the Senckenberg Society for Nature Research (Mertonstraße 17, 60325 Frankfurt a.M.) to address the question:

What’s next for nature and sustainable finance?

Short impulses from experts on sustainable finance will be followed by panel discussions with input from the audience. Admission is free.