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Exclusive interview with Tony Goldner 🌱 TNFD launch, nature disclosure, and investing in biodiversity
Tony Goldner is Executive Director of the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD). He's led the organisation since it was founded two years ago, and this week has been a big one for him.
And that's because they're launching the final 'TNFD recommendations', that define how companies should assess and report on risks related to natural capital and biodiversity loss.
I was lucky to get some time with him, and I'm really happy with how the podcast session turned out.
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We started by breaking down what the TNFD is all about, the problem it's solving, and the broader impacts that will flow from companies exploring their dependencies on nature, and hopefully reducing their negative impacts on nature.
For impact investors, nature is the next frontier. It's a vital component on the pathway to net zero, but it requires a major shift in perception beyond the simple metric of reducing GHG emissions.
Nature is everywhere, nature is complex, and we need to shift the way it's valued in our economy.
​Dive in, and let me know what you think.
WWF Australia is Building Bridges with Investors To Support Nature Conservation
If you haven't had a listen already, I launched this 'Investing in Biodiversity' podcast series by sitting down with ​Rachel Lowry, Chief Conservation Officer at WWF Australia​.
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We talked about the challenges of measuring biodiversity loss and Australia’s very poor track record of deforestation (we’re the leaders among developed countries).
But we also talk about solutions, which is what Rachel highlights as the core philosophy of WWF, being solutions-focussed.
We also explore the important interactions and feedback loops between climate change and biodiversity loss, an alternative to the degrowth narrative, and Rachel gives us a first-hand account of the COP15 meeting in Montreal where the Global Biodiversity Framework was agreed, and a new goal was established to get the planet to be ‘Nature Positive’ by halting and reversing the decline of nature by 2030!
GreenCollar - Our Series Sponsor
GreenCollar​ is a developer and innovator of environmental market solutions.
Since launching more than a decade ago, the company has become Australia’s largest developer of nature-based carbon credit projects, and they’re pushing the market forward with schemes like ‘Reef Credits’, which target improved water quality at The Great Barrier Reef.
And their latest innovation is NaturePlus, a new form of biodiversity credits that aim to protect and restore ecosystems around the world.
They’re measuring biodiversity outcomes on the ground, with a scientifically rigorous and verifiable methodology, that puts a value on natural capital, to enable investment in the conservation of high value ecosystems.
Reach out to the team at GreenCollar.com.au to find out more.
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The Business of Sustainability
By John Treadgold
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