How do financial disclosures help protect biodiversity?

How Do Disclosures Help Businesses Protect Biodiversity? | GZERO Media

The Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures doesn't have a sexy name. But it is instrumental in helping businesses know their impact on biodiversity so they can do better.

"What we are providing to help businesses and financial institutions is developing a risk management and disclosure framework for nature-related risks," TNFD technical director Emily McKenzie says during "Time for nature: Turning biodiversity risk into opportunity," a livestream conversation hosted by GZERO in partnership with Suntory.

McKenzie says that the impetus for TNFD is all coming from the market. Driven by risks, investors want to take action.

"We're moving rapidly."

Learn more about this GZERO Media live discussion: https://www.gzeromedia.com/sustainability

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