For impact investors
Impact investments are investments made with the intention of generating positive, measurable social and environmental impacts alongside a financial return. One of the main challenges for impact investors remains the lack of widely accepted, science-based approaches to measure and track the impact of their investments. This is especially true for multi-layered, multi-facetted topics, such as biodiversity.
We support impact investors in their aim of assessing the biodiversity impact of their actual and potential investees by developing a biodiversity impact assessment framework that aims to:
- Inform investors about the biodiversity impact potential of a prospective investee
- Support impact investors for setting well-founded biodiversity targets for their investees
- Assess the actual biodiversity impact of portfolios
- Inform businesses about their biggest levers to support biodiversity
- Support businesses with biodiversity impact tracking
The framework, developed in collaboration with The Biodiversity Consultancy:
- Is based on the five drivers of biodiversity loss (IPBES)
- Integrates positive and negative, direct and indirect impacts on biodiversity
- Assesses three biodiversity elements: extent, condition and significance
- Targets start-ups and SMEs in all sectors
The most recent version of the framework can be downloaded here
