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Nature, News | 23 October 2025

Growing forest finance at COP30 and beyond: how financial institutions can reap the benefits

Forests are at the heart of global efforts to tackle climate change and biodiversity loss — yet finance for their protection and restoration remains far short of what is needed, creating both material risks and missed opportunities for financial institutions. Ahead of COP30 in Belém, this article aimed at banks, insurers, investors, Development Finance Institutions, and Financial Supervisors outlines the current state of forest finance, why action matters for your institution, and concrete steps you can take to assess both your risks and opportunities.

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Banking, Nature, Publications | 02 October 2025

Client Engagement on Nature: Prototype tool

Banks are increasingly talking to their clients about nature but knowing which questions to ask to understand the impact and reliance of their businesses on nature is not always clear. This prototype is an excel-based tool intended to assist banks—and specifically relationship managers—to formulate succinct, meaningful questions as part of client engagement on nature.

Banking, Nature, Principles for Responsible Banking, Publications | 19 August 2025

Nature Impact Target Setting for Banks

Co-authored by UNEP FI and the United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), the new “Nature Impact Target Setting for Banks” discussion paper proposes an approach for banks to set impact targets for nature – targets that aim to achieve an improvement in the state of nature through a set reduction of pressures across a bank’s lending, investing, and underwriting activities.