50 Investible Opportunities for a New Nature Economy Supplementary Appendix 2026
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Bonds
Loans
Equity
Other
De
-
risking
Operational uplifts
Scalable
opportunities
Emerging
innovations
Ecosystem
enablers
Land ecosystem
use change
Ocean ecosystem
use change
Freshwater use
Resource use
Pollution
Co
-
benefits
Primary financial
benefit
Tech/ process
maturity
Capital intensity
Scalability
Commercial
bonds
Thematic
bonds
Sustainability
-
linked bonds
Impact
bonds
Commercial
loans
Thematic
loans/project
finance
Sustainability
-
linked loans
Impact
loans
Commercial
equity
Private
equity
Venture
capital
Impact
equity
Payments for
ecosystem
services
Blended
finance
Insurance
Advanced market
commitments
Climate
Social
Advanced
analytics and AI
integration for
exploration✓ ✓ ✓
CapEx
Autonomous
drone and remote
sensing for mining
exploration✓ ✓ ✓
OpEx
Direct lithium
extraction (DLE)✓
* ✓
Revenue
Earth observation
and imaging
technologies for
site management✓ ✓
Revenue
In
-
situ leaching
directly from ore
bodies✓
* ✓ ✓
CapEx
Metal recovery
from seawater
desalination brine✓ ✓
Revenue
New methods for
dust
-
suppression✓ ✓ ✓
OpEx
Post
-
mining
transition activities✓ ✓ ✓
OpEx
Tailings re
-
mining
-
metal recovery✓ ✓ ✓
Revenue
Opportunity
Archetype
Nature impact
Financial impact
Transformative impact
Suitability of financing/de
-
risking instruments
1
2
3
4
5
6
1
2
3
4
5
6
* Further validation still required.
Negative impact
Positive impact
Low
High
1
2
3
4
5
Low suitability
High suitability
Legend:
Negative impact
Positive impact
Low
High
Low suitability
High suitability
Opportunity assessment:
Mining
FINANCING THE NATURE
-
POSITIVE TRANSITION
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