Finance for Biodiversity Pledge

Reverse nature loss in this decade

Our Mission

We as financial institutions recognize that the Earth’s biosphere is the foundation of human resilience and progress and that it is under increasing stress. We are calling
for and commit to take ambitious action on biodiversity.

26 Signatories

€3 trillion EURO's AuM

10 Countries

Launch video

26 financial institutions from 10 countries launched the Finance for Biodiversity Pledge in the margins of UN General Assembly during the Nature for Life Hub event at 25 September 2020. In the video, the Pledge signatories commit to making a positive contribution to biodiversity through their activities and investments, ask other financial institutions to join and call upon world leaders to reverse nature loss this decade.

About the Pledge

A group of 26 financial Institutions from around the globe launched the Finance for Biodiversity Pledge calling on global leaders and committing to protect and restore biodiversity through their finance activities and investments in the run-up to the Conference of the Parties (COP 15) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in May 2021. The Finance for Biodiversity Pledge was launched during the Nature for Life Hub at 25 September and the Biodiversity Summit of the United Nations General Assembly at 30 September 2020.

More information on the Finance for Biodiversity Pledge and the guidance document