Our mission

We enable banks, investors and insurers to make better decisions by assessing their impacts and dependencies on nature

What we do

All economic activity depends on natural assets – like water, forests and clean air. These are increasingly being degraded by pressures such as pollution and climate change. We work as an Alliance to manage the risks and opportunities this creates for the finance sector.

“The NCFA is developing the tools and methodologies that financial institutions will all be using in 10 years’ time.”
Simon Connell Senior Manager, Risk Framework and Engagement Standard Chartered
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One Planet Summit: Biodiversity rises up the global agenda

Biodiversity is catching up with climate on the global policy agenda, motivating leading financial institutions to understand their impacts and dependencies on nature.

By Natural Capital Finance Alliance
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Nature-related financial risks gain urgency in emerging markets

Financial institutions in Colombia, Peru and South Africa are beginning to tackle nature-related risks, exemplifying a trend across emerging markets.

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Six steps for financial institutions to set biodiversity targets

Follow these six simple steps to adopt biodiversity targets and join a growing number of leading financial institutions.

Report

Beyond ‘Business as Usual’: Biodiversity Targets and Finance

Download our report, designed to help banks, insurers and investors understand how their assets impact and depend on biodiversity, allowing them to set targets such as ‘net positive impact' across their activities, starting with 9 critical sectors.

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Groundbreaking new tool enables financial institutions to see their exposure to natural capital risk

New ENCORE tool, launched today by the Natural Capital Finance Alliance, is three years in the making and aims to, “Plug nature into financial market decision-making”

The Alliance

The NCFA is a global alliance of financial institutions pioneering tools and best practice to manage natural capital risks and opportunities. We are supported by leading researchers, consultancies and practitioners on natural capital.

Alliance members

Case study – Actiam

ACTIAM uses natural capital thinking mainly for two reasons. Firstly, to mitigate hidden financial risks and secondly to identify investment opportunities.

Case study – Drought Stress-testing Tool

See how drought scenarios affect the corporate lending portfolios of financial institutions.

Case study – Yes Bank

Natural Capital is one of YES BANK's key focus areas that has helped the Bank ensure risk mitigation, and cleaner portfolios.

Case Study- Water Risk Valuation Tool

The Water Risk Valuation Tool (WRVT) was developed to address the often missing link between corporate environmental risk and financial value.

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