All Nature articles
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Blog post
Engagement on nature and biodiversity: The imperative for investors
Investors’ ownership and investment decisions can profoundly impact nature and biodiversity.
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Case study
Nuveen: Nature Stewardship Initiative
Shortlisted for PRI Awards 2024: Recognition for Action – Nature
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Case study
AXA IM Alts: Financing natural capital restoration
Shortlisted for PRI Awards 2024: Recognition for Action – Nature
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Case study
EcoEnterprises Fund: 25 years of biodiversity investing
Shortlisted for PRI Awards 2024: Recognition for Action – Nature.
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Case study
Gresham House: Habitat banks as a new investment opportunity
Shortlisted for PRI Awards 2024: Recognition for Action – Nature
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Policy report
Policy briefing: Priorities for biodiversity at COP16
This briefing represents key policy priorities and recommendations for Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) to operationalise the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework.
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Case study
AGBI: Promoting regenerative agriculture in Brazil through stakeholder engagement
Using regenerative agriculture to turn degraded pastureland into productive cropland.
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Case study
ECBF: Investing in the bioeconomy
Not all ‘bio’ is necessarily ‘sustainable’, and not all investments in the industry represent a form of responsible capital. It is critical to distinguish, measure and monitor an innovation’s true contribution to sustainability, as well as assess the ESG-related risk and opportunity.
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Case study
Gresham House: Habitat banks as a new nature-related infrastructure investment opportunity
Natural capital investments create intentional and additional improvements in biodiversity, significantly enhancing flora and fauna, nutrient levels, flood defences and other ecosystem services.
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Case study
Stafford Capital: Minimising biodiversity risk through sustainable forestry
Forests are biologically diverse ecosystems that offer a wide variety of habitats for plants, animals and micro-organisms
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Case study
Groupe Caisse des Dépôts: Developing a biodiversity policy
Developing and implementing a comprehensive biodiversity policy across asset classes.
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Case study
Green Century: Taking action on nature via engagement
Using engagement to address biodiversity-related risks in the food and agriculture industry.
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Case study
AXA IM Alts: Financing natural capital restoration and protection
Addressing biodiversity through reforestation in the Amazon.
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Introductory guide
An introduction to responsible investment: Biodiversity for asset owners
Introducing biodiversity to asset owners, focusing on drivers of biodiversity loss.
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Other
Investor initiatives
Various initiatives have been established to provide guidance and support for investor action on nature. Find below a list of key initiatives, networks and organisations in this space.
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Other
Guidance, standards and tools
Resources aimed at increasing investor action on nature have proliferated as the topic has grown in importance in recent years. On this page, we highlight a range, by no means exhaustive, of key resources in this area, produced by both the PRI and external authors.
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Introductory guide
Nature in responsible investments
Nature provides ecosystem services that benefit businesses and society. The investment value chain, and investors’ ability to optimise risk-adjusted returns to end-clients and beneficiaries, depends on and impacts nature.
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Webinar
Apply to join Spring: PRI’s new stewardship initiative for nature
This session, co-organised by the PRI and ICGN, outlines practical resources and examples to help investors ensure that their managers’ approach to stewardship and sustainability are aligned with their own objectives.
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Blog post
Action on nature: Spring announces first batch of focus companies
Tim Steinweg, PRI Head of Stewardship - Nature, provides an update on Spring, the PRI’s stewardship initiative on nature.
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Webinar
Integrating climate and nature action: Unlocking the biodiversity-climate nexus
Aimed at banks, institutional investors and insurers at the beginning of their journey in addressing nature loss, this webinar explores how nature is connected to climate change and finance, along with key concepts and initiatives.