UKGBC launches report to unlock financing for biodiversity at scale

Short report explores key funding avenues for industry projects and stresses the need for financing Biodiversity Net Gain.

The latest tool in its series on Biodiversity Net Gain ahead of the rules coming into effect in November, UKGBC has published a short report for built environment professionals that focuses on breaking down barriers to funding and financing options.  

The biodiversity market – and the global economy more broadly – is fundamentally embedded in nature, which makes financial interventions to fund BNG a sound and potentially lucrative investment. Yet estimates predict a funding gap of between £44 and £97 billion. UKGBC’s report aims to de-mystify the specific barriers to funding in order to encourage and enable the financing needed to recognise the immense opportunities offered by BNG.  

Aided by bespoke graphics, the report maps the types of considerations that could apply to organisations and funders hoping to invest in restoring nature and biodiversity in the UK.  

Kerri McCarton, Project Coordinator for Nature and Resilience at UKGBC said: 

Right across the built environment value chain, we need to make investing in biodiversity as simple as possible while signposting the enormous rewards to nature, society, and financial returns.  

“Our report signposts the key steps and questions throughout the process for a wide range of audiences and can be used by a range of potential investors and participants in BNG.” 

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