Australian insights
Join Nature Positive Matters’ webinar: Building the business case for nature
Nature Positive Matters is hosting a webinar on 27 November 2025 to share insights from business leaders and experts on building a business case for nature-related action.
Nature Repair Market Protect and Conserve method design – consultation open until 15 December 2025(Opens in a new tab/window)
The Nature Repair Market is Australia’s legislated, voluntary biodiversity market designed to increase investment in nature and deliver high-integrity biodiversity outcomes.
The Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW) are seeking feedback on the design of a Protect and Conserve method. Methods set out how Nature Repair Market projects must be carried out.
The proposed Protect and Conserve method would support projects that protect existing biodiversity values or improve management of land that is already protected.
The method aims to support projects that will contribute to the target to protect and conserve 30% of Australia’s landmass by 2030 (30 by 30).
A public webinar will be held by DCCEEW at 1:30pm AEDT on 27 November 2025 to provide more information on the proposed Protect and Conserve method.
Register(Opens in a new tab/window) to attend the webinar.
Guide to net zero investment in Australia (Opens in a new tab/window)
The Australian Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water has launched(Opens in a new tab/window) a new guide to attract global investment in Australia’s net zero future. It is called the Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) Investment Blueprint(Opens in a new tab/window). The Blueprint guides global investors through: investment opportunities from the Net Zero plan(Opens in a new tab/window), key net zero technologies in the 6 sector emissions reduction plans(Opens in a new tab/window), industries under our Future Made in Australia agenda(Opens in a new tab/window), investment settings and support services, and public funding options and regulatory framework.
International insights
TNFD consultation open on considering nature-related issues in financial portfolios(Opens in a new tab/window)
The Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) has published(Opens in a new tab/window) a discussion paper and consultation that explores practical challenges financial institutions face in identifying, assessing and disclosing nature-related dependencies and impacts at the portfolio level. The paper examines the potential for financed impact driver metrics and response metrics to support more decision-useful portfolio-level analysis, recognising key barriers such as data gaps, attribution complexity and lack of methodological consistency. The TNFD invites feedback on metric priorities, methodological approaches and practical data solutions to inform future guidance by 12 December 2025.
The TNFD has recently published a range of papers, including:
- Recommendations(Opens in a new tab/window) for upgrading nature data for market participants
- Guidance(Opens in a new tab/window) on nature in transition plans
- Asking Better Questions(Opens in a new tab/window) is a guide for asset owner chief investment officers
- A discussion paper(Opens in a new tab/window) on nature-related opportunities
The TNFD has also announced(Opens in a new tab/window) that over 733 companies across 56 countries have now committed to getting started with nature-related reporting. This includes asset managers overseeing USD 22.4 trillion in assets under management and publicly listed companies with total market capitalisation of USD 9.4 trillion.
ISSB's preliminary decision on the BEES research project (Opens in a new tab/window)
The International Financial Reporting Standards’ (IFRS) International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) has published(Opens in a new tab/window) its preliminary decisions on standard setting for Biodiversity, Ecosystems and Ecosystem Services (BEES). The ISSB has decided to draw on the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures framework to meet primary users’ common information needs about nature-related risks and opportunities, and to build on the requirements in its standards IFRS S1 (General Requirements for Disclosure of Sustainability-related Financial Information). The ISSB also decided to introduce incremental disclosure requirements about nature-related risks and opportunities not reflected in explicit requirements in IFRS S1 and IFRS S2 (Climate-related Disclosures).
SUSTAIN: why nature-loss is material for your financial organisation(Opens in a new tab/window)
SUSTAIN(Opens in a new tab/window), a project co-funded by the EU, has published(Opens in a new tab/window) briefing that aims to strengthen financial institutions’ understanding of the need to screen for material nature-related issues. These outcomes can then feed into deeper, more granular assessments and inform prioritisation of strategic actions to halt and reverse nature loss. It shares recommendations from relevant guidance and requirements, and signposts where tools can help, including how the ENCORE (Exploring Natural Capital Opportunities, Risks and Exposure) tool can help breakdown the complexity of nature-related risks and opportunities.
Biodiversity Finance Factbook(Opens in a new tab/window)
BloombergNEF, a strategic research arm of Bloomberg, has released(Opens in a new tab/window) the fourth edition of its Biodiversity Finance Factbook. Bloomberg finds that in 2024 financial flows towards biodiversity were further from bridging the global $700 billion gap than they were in 2022, with harmful subsidies having increased by more than $900 billion. Public expenditure is found to have contributed over 80 per cent of biodiversity finance flows, while private flows have been led by sustainable supply chain investments and biodiversity offsets.
Agreement to develop a Nature Measurement Protocol(Opens in a new tab/window)
The Nature Positive Initiative and World Business Council for Sustainable Development have announced(Opens in a new tab/window) they will develop a Nature Measurement Protocol, noting what while progress has been made to identify metrics for business and finance to use with respect to their dependencies and impacts on nature, the lack of consensus around the measurement methodology is affecting clarity, confidence, adoption and action. The new Protocol will provide standardised methodologies and tools, linking site-level data to national and global levels and bridging nature, carbon and financial accounting standards. The approach to developing the Protocol will involve engaging experts as well as primary users across different sectors and geographies through open innovation and pilot testing.
Financing for Forests Report(Opens in a new tab/window)
Pollination, a climate change investment and advisory firm, has released(Opens in a new tab/window) a report examining the role of government policy in expanding private finance for forest conservation, restoration, and management. The report serves as a practical guide for policymakers in emerging markets and developing economies, outlining actionable steps to create an enabling environment for private investment in forests. It notes that foundational enabling interventions (including domestic policy anchored by international and national commitments, and land tenure and rights) are critical for the success of more targeted interventions as well as for private investment in forests. It argues that these foundational interventions support certainty to forest-related actors and investors, transparency and access to reliable data, and leadership by Indigenous Peoples, forest-dependent communities and smallholder land managers.
The Boardroom Illusion: hiding climate and nature risks(Opens in a new tab/window)
Forbes, a US headquartered global media company, has published(Opens in a new tab/window) an article noting that while most global companies recognise that climate and nature are inseparable, they still manage the risks in silos. The article refers to a Business for Nature report, It’s Now for Nature Pulse(Opens in a new tab/window), which reports that only half of the world’s largest firms have board-level oversight of nature, and even fewer can quantify how their businesses depend on ecosystems. The article includes examples of corporate action and impact, including that of Natura, a Brazilian cosmetic group, which by integrating climate, nature, and social inequality achieved R$2.50 in positive socio-environmental impact for every R$1 of revenue. Forbes’ article highlights that companies that manage climate, nature, supply chains and finance as one interconnected system, rather than as isolated ESG issues, will be far better positioned to compete in increasingly volatile markets.