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. 

PRESS BRIEFING: Nature Action 100 Secretariat members and an investor participant will provide a brief overview of the benchmark results before answering questions from journalists in attendance. Translation into Spanish will be provided. [Blue Zone pass required, but no session pre-registration necessary]. 

WHAT: In person press briefing with Nature Action 100 unveiling its first-of-its-kind benchmark analysis on corporate nature action. 

WHEN: 11:00 – 11:30 a.m. local time on Monday, Oct. 28. 

WHERE: Press Conference Room in the Media Centre inside the Blue Zone at COP16 (Pacific Valley Events Center (Centro de Eventos Valle del Pacífico), Cali, Colombia. 

Mads Steinmüller, Head of Climate and Nature, Danske Bank Asset Management
Meryl Richards, program director, food and forests, Ceres
Norah Berk Senior Programme Manager – Nature, IIGCC

BLUE ZONE EVENT:
On Oct. 29, Nature Action 100 will also host a Blue Zone event at 10 a.m. local time, to discuss the key findings from its initial benchmark assessment and opportunities for companies to accelerate their nature transition. It is open to journalists. Register here. 

MEDIA CONTACTS: 
Bridget Vis: vis@ceres.org   

Ross Gillam: rgillam@iigcc.org 

About Nature Action 100  

Nature Action 100 is a global investor-led engagement initiative that aims to support greater corporate ambition and action on reversing nature and biodiversity loss to mitigate financial risk and to protect the long-term economic interests of investors’ clients and beneficiaries. Investors participating in the initiative engage companies in systemically important sectors to achieve this goal by 2030.  

The initiative’s Secretariat and Corporate Engagement Working Group is co-led by Ceres and the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC), and the initiative’s Technical Advisory Group is co-led by the Finance for Biodiversity Foundation and Planet Tracker.  

For more information on Nature Action 100, visit natureaction100.org.