Nature Positive Corporate Assessment Guide for Financial Institutions 2025

Guidance from industry standard setters to increase financing to the nature-positive transitionFIGURE 14 Q: Which areas would you like guidance from industry standard setters and think tanks on, to enable your organization to increase financing to the nature-positive transition?n=36 PercentageBusiness case: quantification of risks/risk scenario analysis (quantification of financial risk under different scenarios) Financing needs from real economy companies (e.g. analysis of key trends/key sectors/technologies/themes to finance) Business case: quantification of opportunities Methodology to evaluate corporates’ nature-positive transition plan and their performance on nature Nature-related metric and target setting for financial institutions Case studies of other financial institutions’ investment/lending/ underwriting policies (e.g. how to define “nature-related green business”) Case studies of other financial institutions’ nature-specific projects/ deals/transactions Impact and dependency assessment Financing/investment/insurance mechanisms/instruments/blueprints (e.g. nature-related financing products/services to offer) Understanding of sector-specific material risks and opportunities, and priority actions for real economy sectors Target setting for financial institutions irrespective of disclosures/targets set by real economy Case studies of other financial institutions’ governance structure for nature Case studies of other financial institutions’ stewardship on nature78% 75% 75% 72% 67% 67% 67% 64% 61% 58% 56% 47% 47% Source: Oliver Wyman and World Economic Forum survey. Nature Positive: Corporate Assessment Guide for Financial Institutions 43