World Environment Day: #generationrestoration
"We cannot turn back time, but we can grow forests, revive water sources, and bring back soils. We are the generation that can make peace with land."
We love the inspirational message on the World Environment Day official website this year.
Investments in nature-based solutions need to more than double to US$542 billion by 2030 to meet the world’s climate, biodiversity and ecosystem restoration goals. We are the generation that can make it happen.
Increasingly, companies are making net zero pledges, and as investments transition from polluting asset classes, it raises the question of where that money will transition to. Of the land-based natural climate solutions available to us, forests have the greatest potential for carbon sequestration backed by science. They also provide an important array of additional benefits such as biodiversity, improved water, soil and air, and enhanced rural livelihoods.
However, big corporate and finance organizations simply do not have the mechanisms it would normally use to deploy funds available to it when considering nature-based solutions (NbS) projects.
Due diligence, the process of comprehensive research and analysis, plays a crucial role in nature-based investments. It serves as the bridge between financial aspirations and environmental stewardship. By conducting due diligence, investors can identify risks, maximize returns, and ensure that their investments align with sustainable practices and regulatory requirements.
Xilva is on a mission to use due diligence as an enabler of funding nature by providing a standardized, data-driven framework and methodology (the blueprint for nature-based due diligence) to assess nature-based projects consistently. By identifying issues that need to be resolved or mitigated, we create a platform for both sides - funders and nature projects, to engage and mutually agree on milestones so funders receive the necessary assurance to deploy funds, and projects improve to become investable.
To learn more about Xilva’s unique formula to scale financing for nature using due diligence, speak to us.
