The Investor Participant Voices series highlights the expertise and experiences of Nature Action 100 Investor Participants.
Seiji Kawazoe and Shinichi Kohguchi are both Senior Stewardship Officers at Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Asset Management. In this interview, they reflect on how investor participants used the Nature Action 100 Company Benchmark to engage Ajinomoto on nature action. Continue reading “Investor Participant Voices: Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Asset Management on engaging Ajinomoto”
The Investor Participant Voices series highlights the expertise and experiences of Nature Action 100 Investor Participants.
Emine Isciel, Head of Climate and Environment at Storebrand Asset and Nature Action 100 Steering Group member, Elina Niiranen, Senior Responsible Investment Analyst at Evli PLC, and Arild Skedsmo, Senior Analyst – Responsible Investments at KLP Asset Management are investor participants engaging companies in the forestry and packaging sector. Below, they answer questions about the increasing importance of boreal forests and their experience conducting engagements with companies in this sector. Continue reading “Investor Participant Voices: Storebrand AM, Evli PLC and KLP AM on boreal forests and engaging forestry and packaging companies”
The Investor Participant Voices series highlights the expertise and experiences of Nature Action 100 Investor Participants.
Adam Kanzer is Head of Stewardship for the Americas at BNP Paribas Asset Management, and a member of the Nature Action 100 Launching Investor Group. Below, Kanzer answers questions about his firm’s experience conducting nature-related engagements with companies in the pharmaceuticals sector. Continue reading “Investor Participant Voices: BNP Paribas Asset Management on engaging pharmaceutical companies on nature action”
Nature Action 100, the world’s first and largest global investor-led initiative on nature and biodiversity loss, has named the investor members of its 2025-27 Steering Group. The Nature Action 100 Steering Group provides guidance on the strategic direction and support needs of the initiative during their two-year term. Continue reading “Nature Action 100 announces new Steering Group members”
The Investor Participant Voices series highlights the expertise and experiences of Nature Action 100 Investor Participants.
Vaishnavi Ravishankar is Head of Stewardship at Brunel Pension Partnership. Below, Ravishankar shares reflections on her firm’s participation in Nature Action 100 as an asset owner and engaging companies on nature action. Continue reading “Investor Participant Voices: Brunel Pension Partnership on nature-related engagements with companies”
Ahead of the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30) in the Brazilian Amazon, Nature Action 100 published today its first status report highlighting the significant progress made by the initiative since its launch in 2022. Continue reading “Nature Action 100 releases its first status report showcasing initiative progress and investor insights”
The Investor Participant Voices series highlights the expertise and experiences of Nature Action 100 Investor Participants.
Robeco and East Capital Group are Nature Action 100 Investor Participants engaging Alibaba, a multinational technology company headquartered in China, on nature action. Continue reading “Investor Participant Voices: Robeco and East Capital on engaging Alibaba on nature action”
The Investor Participant Voices series highlights the expertise and experiences of Nature Action 100 Investor Participants.
Mads Steinmüller is Head of Climate & Nature – Responsible Investment Team at Danske Bank Asset Management, where he leads the integration of climate and nature across investment processes. Below, Steinmüller shares his thoughts on the value of the Nature Action 100 Company Benchmark as a resource for engaging companies on nature. Continue reading “Investor Participant Voices: Danske Bank on the Nature Action 100 Company Benchmark”
The highlights of new research findings from a sectoral analysis of the Nature Action 100 Company Benchmark were published in two opinion articles authored by Ceres in Environmental Finance. The articles covered findings from the food and beverage retail, household and personal goods, consumer goods retail, and metals and mining sectors. Continue reading “Just published: Results from a new sectoral analysis of Nature Action 100 companies”
The Nature Action 100 Company Benchmark assesses corporate progress toward key investor expectations on nature.
Benchmark results show most companies are still early in their nature journeys and more urgent and ambitious action is needed to mitigate growing material financial risks.
The company benchmark assessments are a major milestone for the initiative and its investor participants.
CALI, COLOMBIA — At this year’s United Nations Biodiversity Conference (COP16), Nature Action 100, the first global investor-led engagement initiative to address nature and biodiversity loss, announced the results of its first benchmark assessment of corporate progress toward the initiative’s Investor Expectations for Companies. Continue reading “At COP16, Nature Action 100 reveals results of its first benchmark assessments of corporate action on nature”
CALI, COLOMBIA — As the world gathers to discuss the implementation and financing of the Biodiversity Plan at COP16, Nature Action 100, a global investor engagement initiative supporting corporate ambition and action on nature, will release the results of the initiative’s first benchmark assessment. The analysis will assess the progress of 100 companies in key sectors toward achieving the Nature Action 100 Investor Expectations of Companies. Continue reading “Press briefing at COP16: Nature Action 100 to release its first benchmark assessments of corporate action on nature”
In the run-up to United Nations Biodiversity Conference (COP16), Nature Action 100 and Domini Impact Investments LLC will hold an in-person event at Climate Week New York City 2024 to underscore the crucial role of the private sector in achieving the global goal of reversing nature and biodiversity loss by 2030. This event will highlight how Nature Action 100, the first global investor-led engagement initiative to address nature and biodiversity loss, supports companies in meeting these goals through driving ambition and action on nature. At COP16, Nature Action 100 will release the results of its first benchmark assessments of the initiative’s 100 companies’ progress toward key investor expectations on nature. Continue reading “At Climate Week NYC 2024, Nature Action 100 and Domini to highlight the power of private sector action to meet global biodiversity goals”
Nature Action 100, the first global investor-led engagement initiative to address nature and biodiversity loss to mitigate financial risk and to protect the long-term economic interests of investors’ clients and beneficiaries, has convened 11 experts from leading organizations and universities to serve on its first Science Council. Continue reading “Nature Action 100 launches Science Council to provide expert guidance and support on science-based research and technical activities”
The Nature Action 100 Company Benchmark will measure progress toward the initiative’s Investor Expectations of Companies.
Nature Action 100, the first global investor-led engagement initiative to address nature and biodiversity loss, has revealed a set of benchmark indicators that will be used to assess the nature-related ambition and action of the initiative’s 100 companies. Continue reading “Nature Action 100 unveils benchmark indicators for assessing corporate ambition and action on nature”
The field guide outlines nature impacts and dependencies in eight priority sectors deemed systemically important to reversing nature loss by 2030.
Nature Action 100, the first global investor engagement initiative to address the urgent crisis of nature and biodiversity loss around the world, has published a new field guide to equip investors with insights and resources to inform their nature engagements with companies. Continue reading “Nature Action 100 releases new guide for investors to help drive urgent corporate action in key sectors”
Nature Action 100 is seeking an expert consultant or consulting firm to provide research and analysis on corporate performance on nature-related issues. Please see the RFP document here.
Continue reading “Request for proposals: Nature Action 100 Company Benchmark”
Unveils 100 companies in key sectors that investor participants have engaged, along with the investors who are calling for urgent nature action
Nature Action 100, the first global investor engagement initiative to address the urgent crisis of nature and biodiversity loss around the world, unveiled a list of 100 companies in key sectors in which 190 institutional investor participants – representing $23.6 trillion in assets under management or advice – will engage.
Initiative unveils key sectors that investors will engage companies from and invites investors to participate in the initiative
The Launching Investor Group and Secretariat behind Nature Action 100, the first global investor engagement initiative to address the urgent nature crisis and its impact on long term shareholder value, released a set of timely and necessary corporate actions that will protect and restore nature and ecosystems and mitigate financial risk. Continue reading “Nature Action 100 releases investor expectations to support urgent corporate action on nature loss”
Participating investors will focus on mobilizing companies deemed to be systemically important to the goal of reversing nature and biodiversity loss by 2030; the initiative is encouraging investor signatories to participate ahead of its spring 2023 formal launch.
MONTREAL — During a main stage session today at the 15th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (COP15), a group of institutional investors announced the formation of Nature Action 100, a new global engagement initiative which focuses on investors driving urgent action on the nature-related risks and dependencies in the companies they own.
A new collaborative global investor engagement initiative set to ‘soft’ launch later this year has announced today that the Secretariat and Corporate Engagement work stream will be co-led by the sustainability advocacy nonprofit Ceres and the investor network Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC). The Finance for Biodiversity Foundation and the financial think tank Planet Tracker will co-lead the initiative’s Technical Advisory Group. Continue reading “Secretariat selected for collaborative global investor engagement initiative to drive nature action”
