The Finance Sector & Natural Capital: Catalyzing Action
July 14th
2010,
F&C Management Limited
A number of entrepreneurial initiatives are today seeking the transformation of the financial sector to
incorporate ecosystem services and biodiversity—referred...
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The Finance Sector & Natural Capital: Catalyzing Action
July 14th
2010,
F&C Management Limited
A number of entrepreneurial initiatives are today seeking the transformation of the financial sector to
incorporate ecosystem services and biodiversity—referred to as natural capital—into investment
portfolios and decision-making processes.
Volans identified some of these innovators in ‘The
Biosphere Economy’1
, a piece of innovation research with an agenda for the financial sector, which
argued that: ‘changes are underway in terms of how corporate assets and liabilities are calculated,
potentially influencing how natural assets find their way onto balance sheets and corporate accounts.
UNEP-FI, as a global partnership between the finance sector and UNEP, represents almost 20 years of
collaboration to improve the sector’s understanding of environmental and social impacts on financial
performance.
The meeting, which was jointly organized by Volans and UNEP-FI and hosted by F&C Asset
Managem
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