Users of the Catalogue might include investors and lenders. Natural capital is typically more relevant to lenders and investors via their financial interests in the companies in their investment or loan portfolios, rather than via their direct operations.

Benefits

Using consistent metrics from the Catalogue can support the financial sector to:

  • more confidently compare and benchmark the environmental performance of investee companies and borrowers
  • develop consistent and comparable nature-related key performance indicators to help improve the environmental performance of investee companies and borrowers
  • aggregate environmental information across portfolios, e.g. to understand net financed impacts or dependencies on nature
  • understand and therefore be able to manage and report on their exposure to nature-related risks and opportunities, in accordance with the recommendations of the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD).