Financial Sector Guidebook on Nature-Based Solutions Investment: Aligning Investment With Impacts and Showcasing Examples

The Financial Sector Guidebook on Nature-Based Solutions Investment provides a roadmap for financial institutions to integrate nature-based solutions (NBS) into their investment strategies to mitigate risks and drive sustainable growth.

• Financial institutions face systemic threats to asset performance and long-term stability because over half of global economic sectors are highly dependent on nature, leaving them exposed to physical and transitional risks linked to ecosystem degradation and nature loss.
• Mainstream adoption of Nature-based solutions (NBS) is hindered by several barriers, including high transaction costs for small projects, lack of standardized metrics and definitions, internal technical capacity limits, and concerns regarding liquidity and return profiles.
• Financial institutions can utilize NBS across three strategic domains: enhancing portfolio resilience and risk mitigation, driving sustainable financial growth, and exploring financial innovations and emerging market opportunities.
• Specific sectors, including real estate, utilities, tourism, food and beverage, and agriculture, are identified as having high exposure to nature-related risks and significant potential for investable NBS opportunities.
• Scaling NBS investments requires the use of innovative financial instruments—such as green bonds, special purpose vehicles, catalytic capital, and sustainability-linked loans—alongside science-based impact measurement and reformed incentive structures.

APA

World Resources Institute (2025). Financial Sector Guidebook on Nature-Based Solutions Investment: Aligning Investment With Impacts and Showcasing Examples. https://www.wri.org/research/financial-sector-guidebook-nature-based-solutions-investment

Chicago

World Resources Institute. Financial Sector Guidebook on Nature-Based Solutions Investment: Aligning Investment With Impacts and Showcasing Examples. 2025. https://www.wri.org/research/financial-sector-guidebook-nature-based-solutions-investment.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{worldresourcesinstitute2025financial, author = {{World Resources Institute}}, title = {{Financial Sector Guidebook on Nature-Based Solutions Investment: Aligning Investment With Impacts and Showcasing Examples}}, institution = {World Resources Institute}, year = {2025}, month = jun, url = {https://www.wri.org/research/financial-sector-guidebook-nature-based-solutions-investment}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }