Nature and Biodiversity
Resilient governance: Managing nature risks and gaining a market edge
This topical session helped board members and their advisors understand how proactive nature governance protects value, mitigates litigation and reputational risks, and positions companies for success in a changing market.
Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures
The Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD), launched in June 2021 with the support of the G20, has developed a set of recommendations and guidance to help businesses and financial institutions assess, manage, and report on their dependencies, impacts, risks, and opportunities related to nature.
UN-PRI side event: Taking TNFD to your Board of Directors
This invite-only panel session looked at how boards and directors should be responding to a quickly changing landscape around nature risk, and how the Taskforce for Nature-Related Financial Disclosures can help directors more effectively manage nature-related risks and fulfil their evolving responsibilities.
TNFD Webinar Series: Part 2: Identifying the ingredients for widespread adoption in Canada
Interest has blossomed in biodiversity and nature-related disclosures, but many Canadian companies are only beginning to explore the possibilities. Our recent expert panel helped viewers get into the weeds and identify a path to widespread adoption of Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) recommendations in Canada.
TNFD Webinar Series: Part 1: Why nature-related reporting is so vital and how your business can get started
Intense pressure on nature creates serious risks for business, but also opportunities to invest in nature-positive outcomes. The release of the recommendations of the Taskforce on Nature-Related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) gives firms the capacity to start to assess their impact on nature and reliance on natural assets, as many were already doing with climate.
TNFD Resources
With CPA Canada, ISF is co-convenor of the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures Canadian Consultation Group. Learn more about TNFD and how your organization can get involved and begin its nature-positive journey now.
Experts
Thomas Walker
Executive Director (Academic), Institute for Sustainable Finance
Olaf Weber
ISF Research Fellow; Professor and CIBC Chair in Sustainable Finance, Schulich School of Business, York University
Maya Saryyeva
Director, Institute for Sustainable Finance
The Wealth of Wetlands
Canada’s vast tracts of nature are a valuable asset that has not been properly accounted for. ISF researchers examined the natural services provided by wetlands in Canada and calculate that they contribute roughly $225-billion in value each year by filtering water and sequestering carbon, equal to around 10% of GDP.
Your firm’s most undervalued asset? Try nature
Smith Business Insight’s Deborah Aarts spoke with ISF’s Ryan Riordan about the increasingly pressing need for businesses to recognize the value of biodiversity — and the competitive advantages of doing so.
Natural Assets
Nature provides the building blocks for human prosperity and for global economies. It provides us with essential resources such as food, fibre, fuel and water; regulates and maintains climate, air, soil, water and habitat; and enriches our health and well-being. It is estimated that US$44 trillion – over half of the world’s GDP, depends on nature.
Advancing Regenerative Agriculture in Canada
This study, supported by ISF, examines the latest regenerative farming techniques and identifies barriers to investment in sustainable agriculture. The paper recommends a system-level change to position Canadian agri-food production to address the severe impacts of climate change and biodiversity loss on Canadian farms, and also contribute significantly to GHG emissions reductions and preserving natural assets.