Eco-Centric Financial Reform


2024

Stocktake on Nature-related Risks

At the request of G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors, this report takes stock of regulatory and supervisory initiatives associated with the identification and assessment of nature-related financial risks. The stocktake also enquires about the perceptions of central banks and supervisors regarding whether nature degradation, such as biodiversity loss, is a relevant financial risk.

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Empower Global South Economies

We explore the concept of Nature-Based Currencies as a mechanism for nature-rich but financially poor sovereign nations and bioregions to mint the financial capital they need to permanently protect ecosystems and support the livelihoods of its local stewards, using natural capital as a reserve asset.

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The Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures

The Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) has developed a set of disclosure recommendations and guidance that encourage and enable business and finance to assess, report and act on their nature-related dependencies, impacts, risks and opportunities.

The recommendations and guidance will enable businesses and finance to integrate nature into decision making. Our aim is to support a shift in global financial flows away from nature-negative outcomes and toward nature-positive outcomes, aligned with the Global Biodiversity Framework.

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Final Recommendations | Taskforce on Nature Markets

7 ambitious Taskforce recommendations can be actioned by policy makers, market actors and citizens to catalyse a global nature economy fit for the 21st century - where markets work for people and the planet.


2023

Jul 25, 2023 | Sandrine Dixson-Decléve and Simon Zadek

A New Playbook for Preserving Nature

Market-based solutions can and must be harnessed to prevent the exploitation of ecosystems. But, given the unique challenges of preserving nature, as opposed to mitigating climate change, such an approach will succeed only if markets' governance principles and operating methods are designed to promote equity and sustainable prosperity.

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Regenerative Food Systems

A Win-Win Cycle: Together we can turn one of today’s biggest challenges into our greatest opportunity—a food system that goes beyond sustainable and creates positive growth for communities, economies and the planet.