CarbonUnits.com’s Post

Unlike in the carbon market, there is a difference between biodiversity credits and offsets. In the biodiversity market, biodiversity credits are “nature-positive”, meaning that companies pay for contributions to protecting nature without necessarily compensating for harmful impacts from their own supply chains. They get a reputational benefit in exchange, such as being able to brand their products as biodiversity-friendly.

🌍🔄 As a sustainable finance expert, I see Biodiversity Credits as a powerful way to bridge business and nature. This tool transforms conservation into tangible results, creating both environmental and economic value. Let’s discuss how to align investments with biodiversity preservation! 🌿📈 #GreenFinance #Biodiversity #ESG #WWF https://lnkd.in/dDFkhtyB

Brilliant article - 'biodiversity outcomes do not have value at a single point in time, the outcome and benefits we receive are the gift that keeps on giving' and 'we should be paying for that outcome every year in perpetuity'. Triangle Carbon Strategies aims to 'incentivize long term investment by restoring' but more importantly 'maintaining ecosystem services linked' to Bermuda and specifically our coral reef and seagrass. #biodiversityconservation #bermuda

Investors and other stakeholders are starting to take notice of biodiversity, ecosystems and nature protection as a whole. Many may not even be aware of the Kunming-Montreal Biodiversity Framework, but with the current COP16 in full flow, that may be about to change. My latest for Forbes shows how companies are waking up to the concept of biodiversity risk: https://lnkd.in/ebTD5HDt #ForbesContribution #CorporateSustainability #COP16 Enhesa

🐞 Are we barking up the wrong tree with #BiodiversityCredits? "It’s amazing how quickly the conversations I’ve been having around environmental credits has transitioned from about 100% carbon credits a year ago to about 50/50 carbon credits and biodiversity credits today. Just this week, I listened into a call for the International Advisory Panel on Biodiversity Credits and high up representatives from both the French and UK governments gave opening addresses highlighting how critical biodiversity credits are to the future of our planet. And with COP16 (the Biodiversity COP), coming in October this year, there has been a flurry of activity within the voluntary biodiversity market space across new standards, operators, financiers and buyers (see Simas Gradeckas' Ecosystem Map of over 400 actors and growing). But there’s one critical conversation at the heart of this movement that I haven’t heard discussed enough. 🔴 Are we making a major mistake designing our system compensating for biodiversity outcomes around a one-off credit?" 🚩 I think we might be, check out my latest article as to why and what we might want to consider instead. As always, thoughts/reflections/opinions are most welcome, the whole point of these posts is to start some healthy reflection and discussion 🙂 #nature #biodiversitymarkets #naturepositive #naturebasedsolutions #biodiversity #naturefinance Timothy Male Mariana Sarmiento Zoe Balmforth Edward Pollard Eva Zabey Jay Lipman Dame Amelia Fawcett DBE, CVO Sylvie Goulard Erin Billman David Craig Mark Kenber Jennifer Tauli Corpuz Tony O'Sullivan Simon Morgan Simon Zadek Philippe Zaouati Marco Lambertini Justin Adams OBE Siddarth Shrikanth Akanksha Khatri Jessica Smith Emily McKenzie Julia (Osterman) Strong Mark Tercek Romie Goedicke den Hertog Sarah Nelson Anna Lerner Nesbitt Raviv Turner James Pittman 🌿 Rich Gilmore Diego Saez Gil Becky Chaplin-Kramer Toral Shah Pippa Howard Daniel Firger Jo Anderson

Insightful and well written (as always) post from Eric on biodiversity credits with his important question: "Does a biodiversity outcome only have value at a single point in time?" Read his article below for the (fairly obvious if you think about it) answer and associated analysis 👇🏼

What is your company's biodiversity impact Happy Earth Day! It might just be one day, but Earth Day serves as a powerful reminder of our collective responsibility to protect our planet all year round. In this recent report from PwC, we share insights on how businesses can evaluate their influence on biodiversity and take meaningful steps toward a more sustainable future. @PwCClimate #EarthDay #Biodiversity #RegeneratingNature https://pwc.to/3xCPk3M 

Biodiversity Credits: The next market mechanism to save the planet 🤗🌈🦄 “…after assessing their impact on the environment and doing all they can to avoid or minimize harm, companies could compensate for any residual harm in a like-for-like way — “ I sell you one 🐆 for every ten 🦅 you kill. Sounds promising, right? Can’t we find sustainable solutions outside the market driving the unsustainable world? Edit: Why this is bonkers? A mechanism allowing the trading in damage to species or individuals is unethical. But beyond that, it does not make sense from an ecological point of view. Damage to #biodiversity does not work like #ClimateChange, where 1 ton of CO2 causes +/- the same damage no matter where it is emitted. One cannot trade lives or the #ecosystem functions species have. So, how will we put a price tag on the life of insects compared to mammals? Will companies driving deforestation in Asia buy credits from a protected area in the Amazonia and pretend everything is ok? Yes, we need organizations to start investing in protecting ecosystems, but not to pretend to be reducing their impact or, even worse, make money out of it.

🌍 Can biodiversity credits drive global restoration efforts? The creation of the International Advisory Panel on Biodiversity Credits (IAPB) is a major milestone, expanding perspectives and mobilizing a broad coalition of countries beyond the initial Franco-British framework. The recent #COP16 in Cali demonstrated the growing global interest in this collective effort. The framework established by the IAPB brings crucial international recognition. It defines what a high-quality biodiversity credit should look like. It builds on efforts and contributions from many stakeholders including World Economic Forum and Biodiversity Credit Alliance. It is however only a first step. We now need to address the challenge of market structuring. The demand side is key: the involvement of large companies is essential. I am also convinced that, by often treating carbon and biodiversity credits separately, we are missing an opportunity to promote a « nature credit » model that combines both, as companies are only beginning to grapple with the complexities of carbon credits. The example of the Green Bonds Principles, which have successfully structured a market, offers a compelling model for the next phase of the IAPB's work. #BiodiversityCredits #GreenTransition #SustainableFinance #GreenInnovation #ClimateGoals Sylvie Goulard Dame Amelia Fawcett DBE, CVO David Vaillant Read the #IAPB framework 👉🏼 https://lnkd.in/e_Wky7xf

As technology binds us as global partners in our journey to preserve and protect our planet, we are obligated to each other to be apart of positive soluton sets, including protecting our global biodiversity. Every country which has signed up to the convention has committed to developing plans to meet various goals outlined in the Kunming-Montreal Global Framework for Biodiversity, a global plan, adopted at COP15 in Canada. This UN press release is very informative and important to digest. https://lnkd.in/ewHymxbG