

LANDMARK NEW PLATFORM TO CATALYSE MARKET FOR SUSTAINABILITY-LINKED SOVEREIGN BONDS, ANNOUNCED TODAY
New platform will provide support and network to incorporate nature and climate outcomes into sovereign debt The new...

F4B
Sep 7, 20224 min read


SOVEREIGN DEBT MARKETS REQUIRE RADICAL INNOVATION TO BREAK CYCLE OF INDEBTEDNESS
Financing the transition to a net zero, nature positive global economy requires funding of at least US$100 trillion by 2050, and...

F4B
Mar 2, 20226 min read


F4B releases "Nature Performance Bonds - Frequently Asked Questions"
Performance-based debt instruments have the potential to transform the way nature, climate and other sustainability outcomes are factored...

F4B
Jul 29, 20211 min read


Rewarding Nature Performance in Pakistan
In the global public eye, Pakistan is rarely associated with pristine nature. With the exception of the high mountain areas, it is...

Mark Halle
Jul 5, 20213 min read


Work at F4B!
The Finance for Biodiversity (F4B) initiative was established by the MAVA foundation in October 2019 with the aim of increasing the...

F4B
May 3, 20212 min read


Tilting markets towards material nature
Nature is economically productive and financially rewarding, concluded Professor Dasgupta. But if there is so much money to be made by...

Simon Zadek
Apr 6, 20213 min read


Build natural capital into Covid-19 relief packages
A 'green lens' must be applied to the Covid-19 relief offered by governments and international bodies such as the International Monetary...

F4B
Mar 31, 20213 min read


Come and work with F4B!
Our Finance for Biodiversity team is growing and we are seeking candidates for two fantastic opportunities. We are seeking a Project...

F4B
Mar 31, 20211 min read


World Economic Forum: rescheduling debt for nature could unlock a sustainable recovery
Finance for Biodiversity's work on Nature Performance Bonds highlighted by the World Economic Forum. Carlos Manuel Rodríguez Echandi,...

F4B
Mar 30, 20211 min read


Catalyzing Nature Markets: a new programme of F4B
F4B has recently launched the Catalyzing Nature Markets (CNM) program to promote and accelerate the development of markets for nature...

F4B
Mar 19, 20212 min read


Nature and Climate Bond Facility in the news
Bloomberg Nature Bonds May Be the Next Big Thing for Emerging Markets The group’s proposals would tie the cost of debt repayments to...

F4B
Feb 26, 20211 min read


Nature Bonds May Be the Next Big Thing for Emerging Markets
Todd Gillespie and Greg Ritchie of Bloomberg reported on F4B's work on a Nature and Climate debt facility: Emerging-market nations are...

F4B
Feb 26, 20211 min read


Follow the Money
Simon Zadek has started a monthly column for Environmental Finance. In his first column he outlines a five-point proposal for aligning...

F4B
Feb 26, 20211 min read


F4B Proposes a Bond Facility for Nature and Climate
A new report from F4B calls for the establishment of a ‘Nature and Climate Sovereign Bond Facility’. The Nature and Climate Sovereign...

F4B
Feb 25, 20213 min read


Working Group on Debt for Nature
The ‘Working Group on Debt and Nature’ includes key individuals from organisation including Agence Française de Développement, the...

F4B
Jan 12, 20211 min read


MAVA Foundation
The MAVA Foundation is based in Switzerland and focuses on the environment with a mission to conserve biodiversity for the benefit of...

F4B
Jan 3, 20211 min read


Bankers without Boundaries
Bankers Without Boundaries (BwB) is a social enterprise powered by former investment bankers to assist high impact projects, that benefit...

F4B
Jan 1, 20211 min read


F4B Establishes Working Group on Debt and Nature
F4B's project on greening sovereign debt has articulated the case for development of a new instrument: Nature Performance Bonds. There is...
Ashley Gorst
Sep 30, 20201 min read


New “nature performance bond” to tackle twin sovereign debt and biodiversity crises
Press Release: Opportunity for creditors and developing countries to redefine new issuance and restructuring of existing sovereign debt...

F4B
Sep 30, 20203 min read


Financing Nature: closing the biodiversity financing gap
Financing Nature, A new report by our partners The Paulson Institute and The Nature Conservancy (both participants in the debt for nature...

F4B
Sep 25, 20201 min read