FAQs
The Finance for Biodiversity (FfB) Foundation is a non-profit organisation uniting more than 200 financial institutions, as signatories of the FfB Pledge, FfB members, and FfB Hub participants, collectively managing over €23 trillion in assets across 29 countries.
We provide a collaborative platform, tools and insights to help financial institutions assess biodiversity impacts and dependencies, set targets, engage with companies, and integrate nature into financial decision-making. Our mission is to drive systemic change in the financial sector—reducing harm, increasing positive impact, and aligning financial activities with global biodiversity goals. Established in 2021, we also advocate for world leaders to take decisive action to halt and reverse biodiversity loss.
FfB members work together in working groups, sub-groups and our engagement programmes to advance biodiversity integration in financial decision-making. These collaborative and pre-competitive spaces allow financial institutions to develop guidance, share best practices, and drive tangible progress towards reducing negative and increasing positive impact on nature.
To broaden our knowledge sharing and collaboration capabilities, from 2026 FfB Hub participants can also access a limited number of working groups, increasing scale, diversity of knowledge and cross-institutional dialogue. See question below on FfB Hub participation.
We also actively collaborate with leading international initiatives such as UNEP FI (United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative), World Wide Fund (WWF), the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD), Science Based Targets Network (SBTN) and the European Business & Biodiversity Platform . Through this collaboration, we aim to amplify impact, reduce duplication, and ensure coherence across the biodiversity finance landscape.
Full access as an FfB member
Financial institutions that have signed the Finance for Biodiversity Pledge can become a member of the FfB Foundation by paying an annual fee. FfB members can take part in as many of the working groups as they would like; however, we do ask for active participation.
Limited access as a Hub participant
Hub participants can access one session per working group per year for selected working groups and initiatives.
Read more about our working groups.
FfB Foundation and PBAF share a mission to support financial institutions in mainstreaming biodiversity considerations and improving biodiversity measurement guidance. PBAF contributes by providing technical expertise and the development of the PBAF standards, while FfB Foundation takes a broader approach spanning nature strategies, corporate and public policy engagement and positive impact investment.
The integration will reduce duplication and provide financial institutions with extensive practical guidance for financial institutions on nature. This will include the deep knowledge of PBAF on measurement. Together, FfB Foundation and PBAF will offer a strengthened approach through the FfB Hub, including:
- PBAF working groups and the helpdesk, providing expert guidance on biodiversity impact and dependency assessments. These activities will be fully incorporated into the FfB Hub and accessible to PBAF partners and supporters, as well as FfB Members.
- Additional working groups, thematic communities, training workshops, and shared resources for institutions seeking to implement, deepen, and scale their nature strategies.
From 2026, financial institutions have two options to join FfB Foundation:
- Sign the Pledge and become a member
- Join FfB Hub
FfB Membership is for financial institutions that are ready to commit, act, and be accountable for biodiversity. Member financial institutions sign the Finance for Biodiversity Pledge and collaborate to develop guidance, participate in working groups, help shape market practice and the Foundation itself.
The FfB Hub is a learning and collaboration platform for institutions that want to build understanding, exchange knowledge with peers, and prepare for future action – without a formal commitment.
The Finance for Biodiversity Foundation offers two engagement pathways. The key difference is commitment and influence.
1. Financial institutions can choose FfB Membership if they want to:
- Lead rather than observe
- Shape standards, not just learn about them.
- Collaborate on implementation, not only discussion
- Be publicly recognised for commitment and accountability
2. Financial institutions can choose the FfB Hub if they want to:
- Learn and exchange with peers without the need to commit publicly on biodiversity
- Build internal understanding and readiness
- Explore biodiversity topics before deciding on commitments
FfB members will be able to access all content available through the FfB Hub, including new training workshops and PBAF working groups, as well as retaining exclusive access to all working groups sessions (Hub access is limited to one annual session per working group Only members are eligible to attend members meetings, join the advisory board, or take on the role of a working group co-chair. Members also benefit from free access to FfB Foundation’s annual benchmarking service with tailored advice on the progress of their organisation.
Membership of the Finance for Biodiversity Foundation is subject to an annual fee. The amount payable depends on the type of membership you choose and the total assets of your organisation. More details can be found here. [Link to FfB Foundation Membership page].
Hub participation is also subject to an annual fee.
Request our information pack for more details.
Members of the FfB Foundation can unlock member-only opportunities, content and support:
- Join working groups, collaborate in subgroup meetings, and participate in investor engagement initiatives, such as FABRIC and our public policy initiative.
- Participate in annual progress and benchmarking reviews.
- Access learning resources via an exclusive online platform containing educational resources, data, and practical training workshops.
Only FfB Members can:
- Access all, participate in and co-lead working groups
- Co-develop official FfB frameworks and guidance via subgroups
- Influence strategic priorities and work plans
- Take part in member-led collaborative policy engagements
- Represent themselves publicly as FfB committed institutions
Step 1: Sign the Pledge
Only signatories can become members of the foundation.
Signing the Finance for Biodiversity Pledge is a bold step towards a financial system that values and protects nature. By committing to the five actions financial institutions:
- Demonstrate leadership in the transition to a nature-positive economy
- Enhance risk management by integrating biodiversity considerations into investment and lending decisions and align with the Global Biodiversity Framework.
Step 2: Join the FfB Foundation
Once a financial institution has signed the FfB Pledge, they then have the option to become a member of the FfB Foundation to unlock members-only opportunities, content and support (as indicated above).
Read more about how to join us.
The FfB Hub is a collaboration and learning platform hosted and curated by the Finance for Biodiversity Foundation. The Hub is for financial institutions that are exploring or deepening their biodiversity action or have constraints around signing public biodiversity commitments but are interested in joining our ambitious biodiversity finance community. It offers access to working groups, workshops, peer exchange, and practical resources – without requiring a public commitment or reporting obligations.
The FfB Hub will be open to both FfB Pledge signatory members and non-pledge signatory participants, creating a broader and more inclusive community for collaboration and learning on biodiversity finance.
The FfB Hub is for financial institutions that:
- Cannot or do not want to sign the FfB Pledge
- Are at an early or exploratory stage on biodiversity
- Want to build internal capability and confidence in nature
- Are interested in collaboration and exchanging knowledge with peers but not yet ready to make public commitments
- Want to be part of the Partnership Biodiversity Accounting Financials (PBAF) work and working groups
- Are advanced in biodiversity integration but have internal, regulatory, or strategic constraints for signing public commitments.
FfB Hub Participants can:
- Join specific working groups, including the ones of Partnership Biodiversity Accounting Financials (PBAF)
- Participate in training workshops, webinars and expert sessions
- Access tools, case studies, and shared internal FfB resources
- Access our team of technical biodiversity experts
- Engage in peer dialogue, events and knowledge exchange
Hub participants do not participate in decision-making, public policy or governance activities of the foundation.
Not all financial institutions are in a position to sign the Finance for Biodiversity Pledge but many are committed to taking action on nature or looking to begin their nature journey.
At FfB Foundation, our core purpose is to support financial institutions in aligning their activities and investments with nature recovery by: reducing negative impacts on nature; increasing positive contributions to nature; and advocating for policy and systemic change to drive a nature-positive economy. Delivering this ambition requires broader and more inclusive action across the financial sector.
The FfB Hub enables peer learning & collaboration, knowledge access, and networking across the financial sector, to deliver real action on biodiversity at every stage of an institution’s nature journey. Our intention is to grow the FfB community to support financial institutions to increase their positive contributions to nature, at the same time as increasing ambition to do more, and to do it faster.
Read the press release to find out more.
The Finance for Biodiversity Pledge is a commitment by financial institutions to help protect and restore biodiversity through their activities and investments by undertaking the following:
- Collaborating and sharing knowledge
- Engaging with companies
- Assessing impact
- Setting targets
- Reporting publicly
The Guidance to the Pledge document clarifies these five commitments and illustrates them with examples, practical ideas and key resources.
The Finance for Biodiversity Pledge is open to asset managers, asset owners, banks, insurance firms, pension funds, impact funds and other financial institutions worldwide.
All signatories are required to report against the Pledge on an annual basis, with a two-year grace period after signing the Pledge. The inaugural cohort of signatories reported against the Pledge in December 2025. Read the Impact Report.
Signatories can anticipate receiving a survey from the FfB Foundation requesting submission of their annual reporting against the Pledge commitments on our website (not mandatory).
Whilst FfB Foundation members will receive ongoing internal reporting support and scoring on an individual organisational level, please note that the FfB Foundation will not assess or score the reporting of non-member signatories or publicly disclose organisation scoring outcomes. It is the responsibility of the signatory to ensure that their reporting against the Pledge is carried out and disclosed transparently using appropriate frameworks and data sources. For full accountability and transparency, we have built a public repository of reports on our website, where each of our signatory’s disclosures for the respective reporting years can be showcased and available to third parties and investors (not mandatory). This was launched in November 2025.
Signatories are expected to report against all five of the Pledge commitments year on year. If a signatory is unable to achieve this for one or more of the commitments, they will be expected to leverage a comply or explain approach within their reporting, highlighting the following:
- Why the commitment(s) was/were unable to be met during the reporting period;
- Actions the signatory plans to implement to comply with the commitment(s) in the subsequent period.
You can sign the Pledge by completing this application form.
For more details you can request our information pack and get in touch.