50 Investible Opportunities for a New Nature Economy Report Primer 2026

2Unlocking a diverse and transformative nature investible opportunity landscape The nature-positive economy can unlock over $10 trillion in annual business value by 2030.4 To support this, annual investments in nature-based solutions need to nearly triple.5 To help financiers, investors and businesses unlock this value, research for this report has uncovered a significant pipeline of investible opportunities within core business operations and supply chains that contribute to nature-positive goals. Through an evaluation of around 250 business activities, this report has compiled a portfolio of over 50 nature-positive investible opportunities across 13 priority sectors, selected for both their economic and ecological benefits. Each opportunity has been assessed across critical environmental impact drivers aligned with leading global frameworks such as the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) – including impacts on land and ocean ecosystems, freshwater and resource use, and pollution control. Financial returns have been evaluated against drivers of revenue growth, capital and operational cost reductions, and risk mitigation. These opportunities are relevant for all C-suite executives and board members. They are appropriate for a range of risk and cost appetites, encompassing well-understood operational improvements, emerging innovations and large- scale ecosystem collaborations (see Figure 1). Nature-positive investment archetypes FIGURE 1 Four types of nature-positive opportunities offer differing tech maturities, capital intensities and barriers to scaling-up Technological/process maturity Capital intensityLow Low Medium HighMediumHighOperational uplifts Proven, well-understood operational improvements that deliver efficiency gains and risk reductions, often with lower capital needs and shorter payback periods. 1 Scalable opportunities Opportunities which have demonstrated viability in pilots or at a local level and require demand certainty (e.g. because products currently come at a premium) and/or defined risk allocation to help them scale up. Ecosystem opportunities Opportunities requiring coordinated action across value chains to aggregate supply, demand, data and infrastructure to help them scale up. 4 Emerging innovations Early-stage ventures with significant potential that require staged investment to increase technological and commercial maturity.2 3 The nature- positive economy can unlock over $10 trillion in annual business value by 2030. To support this, annual investments in nature-based solutions need to nearly triple. 50 Investible Opportunities for a New Nature Economy 4