The Nature Brief for Business.

The Big Picture

Nature-related finance and disclosure frameworks are accelerating, with new tools and legal interpretations driving corporate transparency across global supply chains. Financial institutions are raising their climate and nature ambitions, while policy moves in biodiversity markets, tech, and carbon removal reinforce nature’s central role in climate strategies.

Key movements this week:

• Biodiversity credit markets are expanding, with new frameworks and subnational pilots emerging.
• Nature tech is scaling globally, with applications in carbon removal, compliance, and monitoring.
• Nature and net-zero integration is deepening, from restoration funding to carbon policy alignment.

Market Essentials

Finance: Innovation and investment flows expand across carbon, nature, and clean energy.

• Carbon insurance is shifting from niche add-on to a core element of carbon removal project finance. It is increasingly used to transfer delivery and policy risk off corporate balance sheets and unlock capital.
• APG has announced a $640 million investment into Octopus’ renewables platform in Australia. This deal highlights robust investor confidence in scaling clean energy infrastructure.
• Chile has added a biodiversity metric to its sustainability-linked bond framework. This move ties sovereign debt performance to ecosystem protection goals, setting a precedent in nature finance innovation.

Targets: New standards and bold corporate commitments show rising ambition across finance and tech.

• NatWest has doubled its climate finance ambition to £200 billion by 2030. The new target includes transition finance, reflecting a broadened commitment to decarbonisation across industries.
• Deutsche Bank recorded its highest sustainable finance quarter since 2021, reaching €28 billion. The results move the bank closer to its €500 billion goal by 2025 and underscore momentum in ESG lending.
• Two agribusinesses from Morocco and Brazil have committed to restoring 100,000 hectares in the Cerrado. The project addresses Brazil’s most deforested biome and demonstrates growing corporate engagement in ecosystem recovery.

Trend Watch.

Biodiversity Credits

• A UK brownfield developer is advocating for biodiversity credits to restore landfills. The model could turn degraded lands into viable habitats while unlocking revenue for landowners.
• The state of Parana in Brazil has issued a call for reserves to join its new biodiversity credit market. With backing from a development bank, the pilot marks a major step toward subnational nature finance.
• Japan’s new nature-positive roadmap includes a call for aligning biodiversity credit standards with international frameworks. This signals Tokyo’s ambition to participate in a globally interoperable credit system.

Nature Tech

• Wind farms in Southeast Europe are adopting AI-powered bird detection systems through a new partnership. The technology helps prevent collisions and supports compliance with the EU Green Deal and Natura 2000 rules.
• Guyana and Yale have partnered to launch a national biodiversity data platform. Built on the Map of Life system, it offers open-access species data to support conservation planning.
• The UK and France has launched its first satellite designed to track CO₂ emissions across cities and forests. The satellite will provide detailed data for verifying emissions reductions and shaping net-zero strategies.

Nature & Net-Zero

• The EU and UK have formally integrated carbon removal into climate policy frameworks. The EU will certify nature-based credits by 2026, while the UK will add engineered removals to its ETS by 2029.
• Brazil has released plans to increase CO₂ removals via nature recovery by 147 MtCO₂e by 2035. This supports its climate goals while investing in ecosystem restoration.
• Papua New Guinea has filed its first REDD+ project since lifting its moratorium. The effort aims to generate 16 million carbon credits and re-establish forest conservation finance in the country.

Quick Hits.

Policy:

• Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan in talks to protect saiga antelope, creating new cross-border habitats.
• Queensland designates Australia’s first OECM site for long-term conservation.
• Kenya drafts new carbon registry law, following Article 6.2 deal with Sweden.
• Ecuador announces first Amazon connectivity corridor, aiding species migration.

Markets:

• Carbon credit retirements hit 95 million in H1 2025, with 57% rated high integrity.
• CORSIA futures hit new record highs, driven by compliance demand.

People:

• New initiative aims to onboard 3 million Indonesian farmers into EUDR compliance.
• EIA report reveals mercury trafficking to Amazon, tied to gold mining and deforestation.

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