The Finance@Biodiversity Community discusses the definition and assessment of positive biodiversity impact

The Finance@Biodiversity Community convened on 13 September to progress on defining and assessing positive biodiversity impact during an online workshop. This workshop was the second out of a series of three workshops on positive impact, and built on the results of the 23 June session.

During the workshop, invited speakers from Planet A Ventures, eco.business Fund, Investisseurs & Partenairs and Fund Nature pitched their approach and main challenges in defining and assessing positive impact. Experts from the Partnership for Biodiversity Accounting Financials (PBAF) and the Methods Workstream of the European Business@Biodiversity Platform addressed these questions and discussed the way forward with the Finance@Biodiversity Community members.

The third and last workshop of this series will bring together Finance@Biodiversity Community members and regulators to facilitate a dialogue on a regulatory environment that could enable the finance sector to create positive biodiversity impact. This workshop will be held in October.

The slides presented and the summary of the workshop are available online.