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Biodiversity Is the New Carbon, But Can Finance Catch Up?
A data-driven sustainability leader explains why the key to unlocking biodiversity finance lies in progressive integration, nuanced metrics, and smarter use of ESG technology.
Jun 25, 2025
Thea Holland, Conference Producer, Center for Financial Professionals
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ESG and Climate Risk
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- Biodiversity is gaining traction in ESG but lacks the simplicity of climate metrics
- A leading
ESG tech founder is helping financial firms turn complex biodiversity data into
actionable insights
- There is no
universal biodiversity score due to the complexity of ecosystems and
interdependencies
- Financial
professionals must partner with scientists and NGOs to understand
nature-related risks
- Her platform
aggregates data on water, land use, pollution, and deforestation for granular
analysis
- Simplicity-driven
metrics like biodiversity scores fail to support meaningful stewardship
- Data is
abundant but hard to use without scalable frameworks and applied intelligence
- AI and
satellite tools show promise but risk flawed outputs if based on poor-quality
inputs
- The
financial sector is moving from awareness to action as biodiversity becomes a
material risk
- Integration
demands better questions, not just better metrics, and technology must serve
strategy, not shortcut it
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