Global Program on Sustainability

Unlocking Private Finance for Nature

The World Bank Group's report on ‘Mobilizing Private Finance for Nature’ looks at the current state of play for private finance for biodiversity and ecosystem services.

Zambia can leverage on its renewable natural capital to mount a stronger and sustainable recovery from the COVID-19 economic crisis

As part of WAVES/GPS support, Zambia has produced a natural capital accounts report, Zambia Economic Brief, Wealth Beyond Mining: Leveraging Renewable Natural Capital, that highlights the country’s wealth composition over a period of 20 years (1995-2014) and the role of renewable natural capital in supporting a sustainable growth.

Five big ideas for mobilizing private sector financing for biodiversity

Fiona Stewart, Global Lead Insurance and Pensions, World Bank Group participates in a quick-fire ‘Speakers’ Corner’ segment on “Five big ideas for mobilizing private sector financing for biodiversity”. This was part of the winning short presentations from the Responsible Investor Digital Festival: Summer 2020`s market call for new, deeper and urgent thinking on sustainable finance.

Sustainable Investment: Best Practice Disclosure Checklist for Pension Funds

A new report, Sustainable Investment: Best Practice Disclosure Checklist for Pension Funds, part of our work embedding sustainability practices into institutional investor practices, attempts to addresses this challenge. This report provides a comprehensive checklist of the disclosures that asset owners’ stakeholders are likely to be interested in.

Planet REBOOT: An opportunity to reshape the world after COVID-19

Over the last century, our species has increasingly dominated the earth, expanding, developing, growing … but also polluting and depleting our non-renewable resources, creating irreversible losses in biodiversity.

Nature as an engine of recovery in a post-Coronavirus world

What matters today is how we flatten the curve. What will matter tomorrow is how we stimulate economic recovery and ensure that economies are green, clean, and resilient. We can’t do this without thinking about how to put natural capital to work for its people.