Enhancing Financial Resilience: Identifying and Managing Nature-related Financial Risks

2025-08-15

As global ecological degradation intensifies, nature-related risks such as biodiversity loss and resource scarcity have become systemic threats to long-term economic stability. Therefore, the disclosure framework developed by the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) has garnered widespread attention globally since its launch. It provides a systematic approach for financial institutions and companies to identify, assess, and manage nature-related risks and opportunities. In September 2023, TNFD released its final recommendations, followed promptly in October by the accompanying LEAP approach, promoting the mainstreaming of nature into financial and risk decision-making.

Identifying and managing biodiversity-related financial risks: the French experiences

2023-04-27

Taskforce on Biodiversity Finance of The Green Finance Committee of China Society for Finance and Banking (GFC) has collaboration with the Agence Française de Développement (AFD). Recently, with the support of the China Biodiversity Facility (CBF) and the AFD, the Chinese versions of two French research reports focusing on the identification and management of biodiversity-related financial risks have been officially published.

The Green Finance Committee financially supports the release of the results of the Biodiversity Conservation Research Group

2023-04-04

In February 2022, GFC initiated the establishment of the "Financial Support for Biodiversity Research Group", which focuses on how finance can support biodiversity conservation and how financial institutions can prevent financial risks caused by biodiversity loss and provide policy research support for financial regulatory authorities.

China and UK Collaboration: Exploring the opportunities and challenges of natural capital accounting and applications

2023-04-04

Through research and interviews, this report introduces the concept, development status and application cases of natural capital accounting, to promote the exchange of technologies and policies on the accounting and application of natural capital in the two countries and the two systems.

China and Brazil: Exploring Green Finance Cooperation and Insight into the future of sustainable agriculture

2022-09-14

In May 2021, IFS, and the Brazil-China Entrepreneurs Council (CEBC) jointly launched the first China-Brazil Cooperation Dialogue on Sustainable Agriculture and Green Finance, which discussed the current status and future cooperation on sustainable development issues such as promoting green agricultural investment, agricultural product trade, green finance, and circular economy.

Innovative Investment and Financing Mechanisms for Sustainable Livestock and Deforestation Conversion Free Beef

2022-11-01

Based on the background of the transformation of Brazil's livestock industry to Deforestation ＆ Conversion Free, the NBS Center conducts research on innovative investment and financing mechanisms for sustainable livestock farming and zero-carbon beef and explores feasible ways to support the sustainable transformation of Brazil's livestock industry.

Green Finance Supporting China's Forestry "Going Global": A Reference Framework for Banking Finance Institutions Environmental and Social Risk Management

2022-09-27

Based on the research on forestry investment and financing environment and social risk management of domestic and foreign financial institutions, NBS Center proposes a reference framework for overseas forestry investment and financing environmental and social risk management of Chinese banking financial institutions.

Blue finance: Narratives, Practice and Future Priorities for China

2022-09-01

Through the initial exploration of blue finance, the center concluded that blue finance could play a more active role in the sustainable development of the marine economy and put forward thoughts and suggestions on future priority areas.

Research on Blue Finance Practice and Marine Industry Investment and Financing Support Catalog: A Case Study of Shandong

2022-08-01

Through the research on blue finance, this report proposes for the first time a catalogue of sustainable marine industry investment and financing support, which preliminarily clarifies the sustainability goals, sustainable marine economic activities and principles that need to be met in blue finance.

Central banking and supervision in the biosphere: An agenda for action on biodiversity loss, financial risk and system stability

2022-03-25

A joint research group established by NGFS and INSPIRE co-authored the paper on Central banking and supervision in the biosphere: An agenda for action on Biodiversity loss, financial risk, and system stability.

‘Biodiversity and Financial Stability’ launched by NGFS and INSPIRE publishes an Interim Report

2021-10-14

Building on the previously published Vision Report on Biodiversity and Financial Stability, the Biodiversity and Financial Stability Study Group released its latest interim report, laying the groundwork for the final report released by the Study Group.

Report released | Biodiversity and Financial Stability Vision Report

2021-06-22

On 18 June, the Biodiversity and Financial Stability Joint Research Group, launched by NGFS and INSPIRE, released its vision report on Biodiversity and Financial Stability: Exploring Action Options.

Report released | A Preliminary Explore on Blue Economy Industry – Aquaculture

2021-05-31

Taking the aquaculture industry as an example, the center discusses the challenges and opportunities of scientific and technological innovation in the construction of blue economy from the perspective of domestic and foreign blue economy policies.