EU Commission: “Investing in nature can generate long-term value while reducing risks and costs” (report)

“Financing the nature-positive transition is critical to redirecting capital flows and incentives toward the sustainable use of biodiversity, ecosystem restoration, and halting biodiversity loss”, states a report published by the European Commission in July 2026.

In the report “Business models and investments for nature: EU business and biodiversity platform workstream finance”, the EU Business & Biodiversity Platform's Finance Workstream identifies ten real-world practices supporting nature-positive outcomes. “The report seeks to help close the biodiversity finance gap by providing details from concrete existing practices of investing in and financing nature positive outcomes delivering benefits for ecosystems, communities, and financial institutions alike”, it states.

“The purpose of…