Over half of global GDP depends on nature, making clear the need to finance its protection and restoration.

The Global Ethical Finance Initiative has promoted the role of the finance sector in protecting and restoring nature and biodiversity since 2018.

GEFI, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Scottish Government have collaborated on a project to finance nature and the SDGs.

Nature-based solutions to climate change represent an extremely powerful tool to limit global temperatures, and present a commercial opportunity for financial institutions.

Finance for Nature Series


2022 Nature for Life Hub

Protecting nature and creating a healthy future will require a radical systems change throughout society. Learn practical ways that we can redesign the world for a nature-positive future at the Nature for Life Hub, which GEFI contributed to.

Nature for Life Hub 2022

2021 Path to COP26

Following the 2020 Finance for Nature Virtual Global Series, a global coalition of partners, including GEFI, UNDP, UNEP, Climate Advisers and the New York Declaration on Forests Global Platform are developing a programme of events leading in to COP26, and aligned with GEFI’s Path to COP26.

Path to Cop26

2020 Virtual Global Series

Following the success of the inaugural “Finance for Nature Global Summit”, GEFI, UNDP, UNEP, the New York Declaration on Forests Global Platform and Climate Advisers convened the Finance for Nature Virtual Global Series to accelerate momentum on nature-based finance in advance of the UN Climate and Biodiversity COPs in 2021.

Taking place via Zoom on 20/21 July 2020, the summit brought together industry champions from finance, insurance, consumer goods companies and standard-setting regulators to drive practical commitments on investing in nature.

2020 Virtual Global Series

2019 Global Summit

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Scottish-Government backed Global Ethical Finance Initiative (GEFI), together with the New York Declaration on Forests Global Platform, gathered experts in Edinburgh, Scotland, to develop financial solutions that drive socially inclusive and environmentally sustainable development.

The two-day “Finance for Nature Global Summit,” hosted by independent investment manager Baillie Gifford, brought together Government officials, financial institutions, consumer goods corporations, supply chain intermediaries and conservation organisations to explore a new investment paradigm aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

2019 Global Summit

Finance for Nature Series


2022 Nature for Life Hub

Protecting nature and creating a healthy future will require a radical systems change throughout society. Learn practical ways that we can redesign the world for a nature-positive future at the Nature for Life Hub, which GEFI contributed to.

Nature for Life Hub 2022

2021 Path to COP26

Following the 2020 Finance for Nature Virtual Global Series, a global coalition of partners, including GEFI, UNDP, UNEP, Climate Advisers and the New York Declaration on Forests Global Platform are developing a programme of events leading in to COP26, and aligned with GEFI’s Path to COP26.

Path to Cop26

2020 Virtual Global Series

Following the success of the inaugural “Finance for Nature Global Summit”, GEFI, UNDP, UNEP, the New York Declaration on Forests Global Platform and Climate Advisers convened the Finance for Nature Virtual Global Series to accelerate momentum on nature-based finance in advance of the UN Climate and Biodiversity COPs in 2021.

Taking place via Zoom on 20/21 July 2020, the summit brought together industry champions from finance, insurance, consumer goods companies and standard-setting regulators to drive practical commitments on investing in nature.

2020 Virtual Global Series

2019 Global Summit

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Scottish-Government backed Global Ethical Finance Initiative (GEFI), together with the New York Declaration on Forests Global Platform, gathered experts in Edinburgh, Scotland, to develop financial solutions that drive socially inclusive and environmentally sustainable development.

The two-day “Finance for Nature Global Summit,” hosted by independent investment manager Baillie Gifford, brought together Government officials, financial institutions, consumer goods corporations, supply chain intermediaries and conservation organisations to explore a new investment paradigm aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

2019 Global Summit

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