Finance Community Guidance on Nature at business parks

As business parks represent high-opportunity areas for ecological restoration, the factsheet highlights how nature measures can improve business continuity, employee wellbeing, ecological connectivity and long-term asset resilience. It also shows how collaboration between municipalities, businesses and financial institutions can create the enabling conditions needed to accelerate nature‑positive transitions.

The factsheet sets out a clear, step‑by‑step approach for developing an action plan for biodiversity at business parks and aligns closely with the implementation of the Nature Restoration Regulation and emerging National Restoration Plans, making it a timely resource for organisations preparing for new EU opportunities.

The factsheet outlines:

• A shared vision for nature-positive, resilient business parks anchored in the Nature Restoration Regulation’s targets for urban ecosystems
• The five-step approach to forming a coalition, ambition-setting, target development, measures, and financing
• Practical examples of restoration measures such as green roofs and façades, unsealing, water features, and ecological maintenance
• An actionable financing guide, helping partners identify which instruments suit each plan and measure, and explore opportunities to stack finance flows
• Recommendations for strengthening governance and finance integrity

Members of the Finance and Biodiversity (F&B) Community contributed to this guidance together with local government and other partners, responding to the needs and opportunities identified by Platform members and the European Commission. The factsheet draws on ongoing practice across Europe to highlight concrete opportunities for nature restoration at business parks.

The factsheet was developed through consultations and workshops with the F&B Community and partners and builds on the structure of Factsheet Climate Adaptation for Business Parks by the Dutch Adaptation Alliance and Sustainable Finance Platform. 

Check out the factsheet here

Read more about the work from the Workstream Finance.