Launching the Nature Hub

Guide to Using the Nature Hub: Empowering Action through Nature Finance

Welcome to the Nature Hub, your gateway to understanding and engaging with the transformative power of nature finance. This platform is designed to provide you with the tools, insights, and connections needed to align your strategies with the pressing goals of biodiversity conservation and ecosystem restoration. Here’s how you can make the most of this resource as businesses and investors to make climate-sensitive decisions.

Exploring the Hub: What’s Inside

The Nature Hub is built around the principles of knowledge sharing and actionable insights. There are five core components to the hub – Why Nature Finance?, Nature Data, Tools & Guidance, Relevant Actors and Take Action. Each of these will guide you through your finance transition journey from A to Z.

Why Nature Finance?

The first section introduces us to the importance of integrating nature in financial investments through data on the impacts of environmental decline, real-world examples of nature-positive outcomes and a clear case for shifting toward sustainable practices.

 

Here, we build our case for the economic, environmental, and social value of protecting and restoring natural ecosystems for a resilient future as private sector actors.

Nature Data

The Nature Data offers a deep dive into Switzerland’s biodiversity, ecosystem health, and environmental challenges through a series of charts.

It provides insights into key indicators such as species diversity in meadows and pastures, the state of agricultural land, and the quality of surface and bathing waters. You’ll also find data on air pollution trends and an inventory on Swiss greenhouse gas emissions, which allows us to understand the nuanced interactions between human activity and nature within the country.

 

Tools & Guidance

The journey to integrating nature finance into strategies and operations can be complex, but the right tools make all the difference. The Nature Hub provides a Tools & Guidance page – which is a centralised library of frameworks, methodologies, and decision-support systems tailored for businesses and investors. We have integrated a filtering tool to easily find the materials you need: by sorting the type of resource and audience, you will have access to the latest progress and innovations made in sustainable finance.

Whether you’re exploring tools to measure nature-related risks, developing biodiversity-friendly supply chain practices, or aligning with global frameworks like the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, these resources are your go-to for turning aspirations into actionable plans.

Relevant Actors

Transforming the relationship between finance and nature requires collaboration. The Relevant Actors section of the Nature Hub connects you with key players in the field. From NGOs to industry associations and intergovernmental bodies, our digital contact book is sorted by type of organisation and location to help you navigate different sustainable finance actors around the world.

By engaging with these actors, you can leverage their expertise, join cutting-edge initiatives, and amplify the impact of your efforts, ensuring that you’re not working alone but as part of a collective movement toward sustainable progress.

Take Action

Knowledge and connections are powerful, but the real transformation happens when action is taken. The Take Action section is your springboard to drive change. Divided into recommandations for businesses and investors, this is where theory translate into action. Whether you’re here to reduce risk, uncover opportunities, or drive meaningful change, the Nature Hub equips you with everything you need to act decisively.

By leveraging the Nature Hub, you can play a pivotal role in reversing this trend. Together, we can close the $600–800 billion annual biodiversity funding gap, create resilient economies, and protect the natural systems that sustain life.