Finance Earth

📽 We're proud to share a snapshot of our collaborative work in our short documentary film, 'Upscaling Investment in Nature' 🌱 📈 It's an honour to be featured in CFA UK & Content With Purpose's series, demonstrating how we drive our mission to mobilise investment in nature conservation, climate, and communities. Huge thanks to our partners Sarah Jane Chimbwandira at Surrey Wildlife Trust and Steve McGoohan at Federated Hermes Limited for contributing! Learn more about what we do to scale nature investment and deliver long-term social and environmental benefits here ➡ https://lnkd.in/dqMBgBAx #InvestingForTomorrowsEnvironment #GreenFinance #ImpactInvesting #NatureMarkets #RestoreNature

We were delighted to attend the National Landscapes Association Annual Conference in Shropshire last week 🌳 Our team members Yann Grandemange and Scott Mitchell conducted workshops discussing Principles for National Landscapes to engage with Green Finance opportunities, exploring how #greenfinance can support the vital work of preserving and enhancing some of the UK's most cherished landscapes. We are thrilled to be partnering with the National Landscapes Association to develop a Green Finance strategy aimed at leveraging new funding sources. This collaboration is a key part of our ongoing efforts to catalyse more funding for critical habitat restoration across the UK's Protected Landscapes. Find out more about our partnership ➡ https://lnkd.in/eQXG7zUp We look forward to building on the insights and connections made at the Conference as we continue this important work. #natureprotection #natureinvestment #conservationfinance

Please do get in touch if you're working on any forestry projects integrating revenues from payments for ecosystem services in the EU or internationally. We'd love to include your project and learnings in a report we're putting together for the European Investment Bank (EIB). Catherine McSweeney Stephen Hart Sylvain Caurla Adrian Enache Elizabeth Beall Doug Hull Jasmine Yim

We are very happy to announce that we have recently been shortlisted for two separate awards, recognising the impact of our advisory services and our role as climate pioneers! 1️⃣ We have been shortlisted for the NatWest and Pioneers Post SE100 Climate Pioneer award👉 https://lnkd.in/e7VWpehW We're pleased to be included alongside so many other impactful organisations - winners announced next week! We will also be listed as one of the UK's top 100 social enterprises in 2024. 2️⃣ We have also been shortlisted for Investment Week's Sustainable Investment Awards - Best Sustainable Investment Consultancy 👉 https://lnkd.in/eZsmnm4x Thank you to all our amazing partners and clients for working with us to deliver real impact for conservation, climate and communities. #socialenterprise #sustainableinvestment

🌱 The Finance Earth team had an incredible time attending and exhibiting at this year's Groundswell festival! 🌱 We were thrilled to connect with so many passionate people dedicated to regenerative farming, and exchange ideas about mobilising nature recovery across the UK. It was great to hear a range of farmers’ perspectives on public and private funding opportunities, as well as broader regenerative agriculture principles. A highlight was getting to showcase the UK Nature Impact Fund, launched in partnership with Federated Hermes Limited. Our Associate, Allan Benhamou, spoke nonstop with visitors to the UK Nature stand about investment for nature-based solutions projects. Find out more here ➡ https://uknaturefund.com/ Our Managing Director, Elizabeth Beall, also joined discussions with the National Trust on how to engage tenant farmers in nature friendly farming and the role of supply chain actors and landowners, in addition to speaking on a panel with The Wildlife Trusts which explored what good green finance looks like. Thank you to everyone who stopped by our stand and joined the panel discussions. We're excited to continue these important conversations and work together towards a sustainable future for farming. 🌾 #Groundswell2024 #RegenAg #GreenFinance Groundswell Agriculture

📢 Expressions of interest for Round 2 of the UK Nature Accelerator are open! Submit an EOI 👉 https://lnkd.in/erdeZ4CX   What is the Accelerator? The UK Nature Accelerator is a technical assistance programme designed to help high-integrity UK-based nature restoration projects unlock investment.    Why is the Accelerator needed? The UK Nature-based Solutions (NbS) investment market is rapidly growing but remains at a nascent stage with a limited pipeline of investment-ready projects. The Accelerator aims to provide 'last mile' technical assistance to help projects secure investment and scale nature recovery across the UK. 🦋 🌱   What will the Accelerator offer? • Technical Assistance: Support in developing financial models, transaction structures and contracting - everything needed to build and finalise the project’s investment case; • Capacity Building: Guidance on developing key skills in-house to be able to repeat the investment readiness process; • Resources: Blueprint documentation and template models for use in existing and future projects.   How to apply? We would be interested to hear from project developers of woodland creation, peatland restoration and Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) projects.   Join us for a webinar with Ecosystems Knowledge Network on 10th July to learn more. Register by 9th July 👉 https://lnkd.in/eznJr6qv   Submit your EOI for Round 2 by 19th August - applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, with Round 2 due to commence in September 2024. For more information, please see the summary attached, visit our webpage, or contact us at: [email protected].    #UKnature #Naturefinance #Naturebasedsolutions

Thanks to UBS and partners for hosting the fantastic 2024 Nature Finance Conference yesterday.💡 🌱 Our Co-founder and Managing Director, Richard Speak, was delighted to share insights on blended finance in the session “Nature finance: moving up the capital continuum and connecting to impact” with leading practitioners Diana Denke - Fair Carbon, Chloe Sanders - CVC Capital Partners, and Sonya Likhtman - Federated Hermes Limited. Highlights included the “New Green Shoots” data prepared by the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) and the Finance for Biodiversity Foundation. Private finance for nature has grown from $9.4 billion to over $102 billion (11x) in the past four years! 📈 🦋 We appreciate the opportunity to have attended the conference, and look forward to further collaboration to drive action for nature recovery. #UBS #Naturefinance

We are thrilled to be featured in the new digital series from CFA UK & Content With Purpose, 'Investing for Tomorrow’s Environment'. 🌍🌱 The series explores the critical need to integrate climate change and natural capital considerations into investment decision-making. We're proud to share a snapshot of our work scaling up investment in nature, climate, and communities, alongside other inspiring organisations and individuals leading this charge. Check out the series and our dedicated page here ➡ https://lnkd.in/dqMBgBAx #InvestingForTomorrowsEnvironment #GreenFinance #ImpactInvesting #NatureMarkets

Tomorrow our Investment Director Alice Millest will be speaking at the Blue Food Innovation Summit in London on funding needs and opportunities for #seaweed aquaculture 🌊 There's still time to join to hear her insights 👉 https://bit.ly/4bVtk44 #blueeconomy #sustainableenterprises

We were delighted to sponsor and speak at Heal Rewilding's Into The Light event last week. ☀   Our Advisory Director, Alicia Gibson, and Analyst, Jack Pearce, had an inspiring and restorative time in Somerset, at Heal's first rewilding site. Alicia was pleased to share insights on the role of finance in nature-led recovery, and she managed to find the 3x3 metre square of land she sponsored! Find out more about sponsoring a square here: https://lnkd.in/gJ7kmHX   Other highlights included sessions on the latest innovations in rewilding, plus an expert-led local wildlife tour. A big well done to Jan Stannard, Chair of Heal Rewilding, the wider Heal team, and all the volunteers who supported the event and are actively driving forward nature recovery through rewilding at Heal. 🌿 🦋    #Rewilding #Biodiversity #NatureFinance