We engage with policymakers, investors and leading NGOs to conduct proprietary market research and analysis in order to better understand environmental markets. Our reports aim to build evidence of opportunities for investing in nature, at both market and project levels, and to identify policy interventions and other tools for growing the sector.
This report provides a review of global natural capital investment initiatives, identifying opportunities to attract private finance to restore Scotland’s natural environment. Commissioned by NatureScot, the report provides the basis for a pilot project being carried out in partnership with the Tweed Forum to identify approaches for regional partnerships to facilitate investment in natural capital.
This roadmap sets out the Green Finance Institute, Finance Earth and the Broadway Initiative’s proposal for how, in the run up to COP26, the UK can demonstrate how to leverage large-scale private investment in UK nature. The proposal is endorsed by the RSPB and the National Trust.
Commissioned by the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, this report examines the state of emerging funding opportunities for projects designed to protect or enhance the natural environment across the UK. The report targets an audience of philanthropic funders and impact investors in the environment sector.
This document sets out Greater Manchester’s first Natural Capital Investment Plan, produced by eftec, Finance Earth (formerly Environmental Finance) and Countryscape, which aims to broaden the range of potential sources of investment in natural capital for the region.
This report identifies potential Marine Protected Areas (MPA) financing mechanisms, and appraises their feasibility and suitability in the UK in general, and in North Devon in particular. The report was commissioned by WWF-UK through the Sky Ocean Rescue funded UK SEAS programme, as part of the UK Government Marine Pioneer programme.
Commissioned by the UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), this report summarises the work completed by Finance Earth (formerly Environmental Finance) and Vivid Economics to identify and recommend opportunities for a UK Natural Capital Impact Fund, as envisaged by the 25 Year Environment Plan. This work resulted in the creation of the £10 million Investment Readiness Fund announced in March 2020.
