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Unlock finance to protect
and restore biodiversity

Mission

Unlock finance

to protect and
restore biodiversity

BIOFIN-EU aims to establish a comprehensive framework and technology that fosters the necessary conditions for nature-positive investments.

BIOFIN-EU is actively innovating and experimenting with novel approaches for capturing, aggregating, and analysing biodiversity and ecosystem services (ES) data. The goal is to minimise transaction and reporting costs associated with finance that supports the protection and restoration of biodiversity.

Objectives

Objectives

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Create and test solutions to quickly and effectively gather and share valuable biodiversity and Ecosystem Services data.

Understand preferences and regulations of capital owners, financial institutions, and NbS-providers to integrate governance aspects into business models, financial instruments, and associated technologies.

Develop trustworthy, accurate, and fair data sharing of biodiversity and Ecosystem Services outcomes to reduce transaction costs and other barriers to nature finance.

Design and test new business models and biodiversity-linked investments that maintain protections for NbS-providers and their communities while securing long-horizon benefits for NbS-promoters.

Integrate relevant processes, systems and reporting and disclosure requirements and support organisations in directing financial flows towards biodiversity protection and restoration.

Build knowledge and skills among current and future finance professionals and decision-makers and build a community to advance the implementation of the regulations to co-develop solutions and accelerate the financial flow of funds towards biodiversity-linked activity.

Examine i) opportunities arising from specifically, nature positive investment by analysis preferences among shareholders, bond investors, consumers and retirees; ii) transition costs associated with the re-allocation of finance from destructive economic activity; iii) financial models associated with corporate performance as well as fund management performance.

The NbS Dashboard

by BIOFIN-EU

The NbS Dashboard  provides a cohesive structure to categorise NbS, guide good governance structures and associated financial instruments and business models.

NbS Database

An interactive database to categorise NbS and provide to stakeholders in nature-positive investments a systematic tool to record, monitor and report outcomes.

Business Builder

Develop a ‘Menu of Good Governance’ options and a ‘Library of Stakeholder Engagement’ to provide mechanisms for establishing, expanding and maintaining corporate participation in NbS.

Data Analytics & Underwriting Engine

Provide the tools and methodologies for calculating costs, benefits and impacts of NbS-investment.

10 Learning sites

The BIOFIN-EU Learning Sites are different locations, where the NbS Dashboard will be co-designed, tested and validated, with the active participation of different stakeholders. Each learning site will contribute to the design and testing of a different nature-based solution.

  • Pipiripau Basin, Brazil

    LS#1: NbS Governance Structures, Water Quality & Population Health.

  • São Paulo, Brazil

    LS#2: Unlocking private finance to scale up local communities ES protection and restoration.

  • Pró Mananciais Program of State of Minas Gerais, Brazil

    LS#3: Climate adaptation and risk mitigation using new financial instruments and business models.

  • Lombardy Region

    LS#4: Standardising Public-Private Contracts and Data Sharing to Scale-Up Mainstream Finance.

  • Brenta River, Italy

    LS#5: Business model design to redirect financial flows for water conservation and water quality. (LIFE Brenta Project)

  • National Park Appennino Tosco-Emiliano, Italy

    LS#6: Financial Innovation (Biodiv. Credits) - ES Impacts, Corporate Preferences and SFT Compliance.

  • Mojmilo Urban Forest, Sarajevo

    LS#7: Finance for Urban NbS and Human Health.

Pipiripau Basin, Brazil

NbS Governance Structures,
Water Quality & Population Health

São Paulo, Brazil

Unlocking private finance
to scale up local communities ES
protection and restoration

Pró Mananciais Program
of State of Minas Gerais, Brazil

Climate adaptation and risk mitigation
using new financial instruments
and business models

Lombardy Region

Standardising Public-Private Contracts
and Data Sharing to Scale-Up
Mainstream Finance

Brenta River, Italy
(LIFE Brenta Project)

Business model design to redirect
financial flows for water conservation
and water quality

National Park Appennino
Tosco-Emiliano, Italy

Financial Innovation (Biodiv. Credits) –
ES Impacts, Corporate Preferences
and SFT Compliance

Mojmilo Urban Forest, Sarajevo

Finance for Urban NbS
and Human Health

Reinforcing the EU's position as a pioneer
in financing the protection and
restoration of biodiversity.

Expected Results

BIOFIN-EU Data Analytics & Underwriting Engine

to allow discovery, purchase, use and contribution of ES/NbS raw data and provide various analytics services.

BIOFIN-EU Database

to bring together high-quality biodiversity and Ecosystem Services data from various NbS sources.

Policy Recommendations

to develop accounting standards, financial services regulation and related policy guidance.

BIOFIN-EU Nature Positive Business Model Builder

to support the decision-making towards NbS lending/investments.

Skills and Knowledge Accelerators

to transfer new knowledge through training, business simulation, case studies and mentoring courses of the BIOFIN-EU activities.

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