IFB Partners, Dr Nicola Ranger and Dr Jimena Alvarez, have contributed to the Environmental Audit Committee's inquiry on The role of natural capital in the green economy.
Nicola is Director of the Resilient Planet Finance Lab at University of Oxford, and leads IFB Flagship 1, Financing Green Sector Transitions. Jimena is a Research Associate and Lead of Greening Finance for Nature, also at University of Oxford.
The evidence focuses on -
- the alignment of investment with environmental benefits and the economic and financial benefits of nature recovery for the UK economy,
- how the UK Green Taxonomy can support high quality investments which deliver genuine benefits for nature,
- what role the UK's financial markets play in developing the flow of international capital into the development of the UK's natural capital, and
- what role the UK can play in establishing international standards for natural capital investments alongside other jurisdications and financial centres.
Their submission is now available to view.