Natural Capital

Analysis

13 July 2026

Nature data: the shift towards financial materiality

Financial institutions are prioritising the financial materiality of nature data, with data providers now rushing to catch up. Genevieve Redgrave reports
06 July 2026

Changing the conversation on nature finance

There needs to be a reframing of what constitutes nature finance to bring it into the mainstream, writes Andrew Howard
02 July 2026

Human rights impacts should be part of nature disclosure

Financial materiality is only part of the picture. Nature disclosure must go further, writes Marina Comandulli
30 June 2026

Comment: Please stop talking about David Attenborough

At London Climate Action Week, nature finance events often forgot to address the finance, writes Genevieve Redgrave
23 June 2026

The emerging concept of 'nature transition'

Efforts are ramping up to provide more clarity on what transition means for nature. Genevieve Redgrave reports

News

  • Triodos Bank backs UK nature restoration

    21 July 2026

    Triodos Bank has provided debt finance to RESTORE for a nature restoration project in the north of England.

  • Ecological performance metric launched by Napital

    20 July 2026

    A metric to track and measure the progress of ecological restoration outcomes has been launched by Asia-Pacific nature-based solutions platform Napital.

  • Nature-positive transition pathway methodology released

    17 July 2026

    A methodology for developing nature-positive transition pathways for the UK economy has been released, in a bid to scale up private investment.

  • Kenya plans $500 million sovereign sustainability-linked loan debut

    16 July 2026

    The Kenyan government is planning to borrow around $500 million from a syndicated sustainability-linked loan (SLL) after publishing its framework focused on deforestation reduction and electricity access targets.

  • BNPP AM Alts invests €31m to reduce rice emissions

    16 July 2026

  • Nature positive declaration signed in Japan

    16 July 2026

    Banks, insurers and government organisations are among those signing up to a declaration at the Nature Positive Summit in Japan to align action on nature and recognise natural capital as a "vital asset".

  • Exclusive: TNC developing open-source geospatial data platform

    15 July 2026

    The Nature Conservancy (TNC) is working with data provider NatureAlpha to develop an open-source platform for its geospatial data.

  • Pictet environment-focused PE fund closes with $253m

    14 July 2026

    Pictet Alternative Advisors has raised $253 million in the final close of its first dedicated environment-focused co-investment fund, which will invest alongside private equity managers.

  • Blue carbon nature-positive framework under development

    13 July 2026

  • HSBC, C3 launch nature accelerator

    13 July 2026

  • TNFD asks investors about confidence in ESRS and ISSB nature approach

    10 July 2026

    The Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) is asking investors how confident they are the EU's European Sustainability Reporting Standards and International Sustainability Standards Board's (ISSB) planned approach will provide useful data.

  • Sustainalytics refining nature data

    10 July 2026

    Morningstar Sustainalytics is exploring how it could integrate data on companies' nature targets into its products and refine its existing nature suite, amid growing demand from investors.

  • TNFD finalising invasive species metrics

    10 July 2026

Conference

15 September 2026, 9:00 AM

Natural Capital Investment Americas 2026

Exploring the integral role that Natural Capital investment can play in building climate resilience. New York, USA.
Most Read
  1. EU weakens ETS ambition, in 'major setback' for climate mitigation
  2. UK mulling sustainability reporting protections amid US ESG backlash
  3. Changing the conversation on nature finance
  4. 'Defence blind spot hides widespread exposure in SFDR funds'
  5. Nature data: the shift towards financial materiality
  6. TCFD reports of limited value, investor groups say as they endorse cuts
  7. Poultry producer agrees €450m sustainability-linked loan refinancing
  8. DBS: We aim to be the transition bank for Asia
  9. How ESG data is evolving to reflect the turmoil of our times
  10. AI begins to transform ESG data market

Environmental Finance Natural Capital Insight 2025

Environmental Finance Natural Capital Insight 2025

Environmental Finance has published its Natural Capital Insight 2025, featuring articles about how investors are incorporating nature-related risks into their decisions and identifying investments to protect and restore nature.

AI's transformation of natural capital data

Vineet Gupta, chief product and technology officer at GIST Impact, tells Environmental Finance how the data analytics firm is applying AI and geospatial intelligence to make nature and biodiversity factors measurable, actionable, and decision-ready for corporates and investors.

How geospatial analytics is reshaping investment risk

Sust Global's founder Josh Gilbert - now ISS STOXX's head of geospatial strategy after the acquisition of Sust Global by ISS STOXX - is leading the work to deliver advanced investors tools for assessing and managing asset-level climate and nature risks.

Five drivers of natural capital as an asset class

In the face of climate change, biodiversity loss, and mounting environmental degradation, the global financial system will need to undergo a paradigm shift, writes David Brand.

Biodiversity Insight 2024

Environmental Finance's Biodiversity Insight 2024

Environmental Finance has published its Biodiversity Insight 2024, featuring articles about how investors are incorporating biodiversity risks into their decisions and identifying investments to protect and restore nature.

Taking a data-driven approach to nature risk and opportunity

Investors face a potential flood of nature-related data as efforts build to stem biodiversity loss. Bloomberg's Nadia Humphreys explains how they can begin to make sense of it.

Making the case for investment allocations to natural capital

Institutional investors are under-exposed to the natural capital asset class, which offers diversification benefits, ESG upside and potential for outperformance, says Climate Asset Management's Ben O'Donnell.

The birth of a biodiversity offset market

Dasos Habitat Foundation and Eurowind Energy have entered into a first-of-its-kind biodiversity offset transaction, to compensate for the residual impacts on nature that will be caused by a proposed Finnish wind farm. Tapani Pahkasalo explains the thinking behind the novel transaction.

Biodiversity Equity - investing for life and the planet

Environmental Finance speaks with Federated Hermes' Ingrid Kukuljan on the importance of investing in the companies that help mitigate biodiversity degradation at this crucial point in time.

Measuring the biodiversity footprint of a company or portfolio

An overview of Iceberg Data Lab's Corporate Biodiversity Footprint measurement tool.

A growing focus on biodiversity risk

As nature loss rises up the agenda, investors are adopting increasingly sophisticated approaches to the issue. Reza Marvasti and Brian Colantropo from ISS ESG survey an evolving landscape.

What investors need to know about nature

MSCI has just published its Investors' Guide to Nature and Biodiversity Risks and Impacts. Arne Philipp Klug and Sylvain Vanston explain what investors need to understand about nature and biodiversity risks and impacts.