Finance for Biodiversity Foundation Annual Report 2024

2024 was a year of progress in integrating biodiversity into financial strategies. Looking back at the year Anita de Horde, Executive Director, Finance for Biodiversity Foundation, acknowledges:

“Global momentum around biodiversity finance continued to grow and collaborative initiatives placed biodiversity at the heart of sustainable development, highlighting the crucial role of the financial sector in halting and reversing nature loss.”

Some of our key achievements included:

• COP16: Contributing to policy discussions and organising the Finance and Biodiversity pavilion.
• Fabric launch: a collaborative engagement initiative to mobilise the textile sector to address its impacts on nature
• Nature Action 100 Science Council launch: bringing together 11 leading experts to advise the initiative’s Technical Group
• New edition of the Nature Target Setting Framework for Asset Managers and Owners: empowering investors to set ambitious nature targets
• Finance for Nature-Positive Working Model: working with UNEPFI to provide practical guidance

Our community continued to grow:

• We welcomed 31 new signatories to the Finance for Biodiversity Pledge, bringing us to a total of 194 signatories by year-end.
• Our Secretariat also grew, bringing in new team members and expertise to support this expansion.

Looking ahead

As we look ahead to the remainder of 2025 and beyond, the Finance for Biodiversity Foundation will continue its mission to be a catalyst for transformative change by advancing practical solutions for nature integration across the financial system.

Anita reiterates the Foundation’s dedication for 2025 and beyond:

“We remain committed to empowering our community with the resources, guidance and collaborative spaces needed to drive positive change. We are confident that together, with our signatories, members, partners and dedicated team, we will continue to strengthen the role of finance in conserving and restoring the planet’s natural systems.”

Read the report to discover how we’re empowering financial institutions to act on nature loss and have a positive impact.

Download the report.