About Us
Like our colleagues across GFI, we began our work in the UK partnering with the finance sector, government, academia, environmental NGOs and land managers to identify and unlock barriers to this mission. We have since expanded to now work internationally, such as through the Revenues for Nature global initiative with partners UNEP FI and UNDP Biofin.
Programmes
Revenues for Nature (R4N)
R4N is a global project led by the GFI Hive with UNDP Biodiversity Finance Initiative (UNDP BIOFIN) and UNEP Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) that supports the mobilisation of private sector investment to reach the goals of the Global Biodiversity Framework.
The programme identifies, and supports the replication and scale of, models and mechanisms that unlock investment into nature restoration and nature-based solutions. These range from supply chain models through to government led models. We currently work with eight models across the world.
The mission is supported by a global database of models, the publication of guidebooks and case studies, and a community of practice of businesses, governments, financial institutions and NGOs.
Taskforce for Nature Related Financial Disclosures (TNFD)
The GFI Hive convenes the UK’s Consultation Group and supports over 600 UK businesses in navigating nature and the TNFD. The GFI Hive works with adopters of the TNFD recommendations to share learnings and best practices more widely.
In its market engagement, the GFI Hive offers guidance on how UK companies are implementing TNFD, example TNFD reports from UK peers, sector-specific resources and information on how to discuss nature and TNFD at Executive- and Board-level.
Latest Insights
Explore the GFI Hive Toolkits
Investment Readiness Toolkit
The Investment Readiness Toolkit is an online and interactive framework that takes nature-based project developers and enterprises along the eight milestones of a path to ‘Investment Readiness’, providing key considerations and case studies.
This Toolkit was commissioned by the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation and is intended for any project developer or enterprise interested in restoring or creating natural habitats in the UK with the use of private finance – including farmers, estate owners, charities, local authorities, project developers or aggregators.
Farming Toolkit for Assessing Nature Market Opportunities
The Farming Toolkit has been commissioned by Defra as a free resource to support England’s farming community in understanding and navigating emerging nature market opportunities. It is a version of the Investment Readiness Toolkit bespoke to farmers.
The Toolkit is divided into two sections – the Introduction to Nature Markets gives an overview of nature markets as a concept and answers commons questions. The Snake provides a step-by-step guide for how nature market projects are developed in practice by farmers.
Latest Case Studies
The Fisheries Improvement Fund
The Fisheries Improvement Fund (FIF), established in 2023, is a multi-stakeholder supply chain financing model to fund fishery improvements across the world. Designed together with WWF and managed by Finance Earth, the FIF brings together actors across the seafood supply chain to fund the full costs of a Fishery Improvement Project or wider fishery improvements. The costs are covered by quarterly volume-based fees paid by supply chain actors such as processors and retailers.
Responsible Commodities Facility
The Responsible Commodities Facility provides financial incentives to farmers, in the form of low interest loans, to produce soy in existing cleared and degraded lands in order to discourage further expansion into the Brazilian Cerrado. A USD 11 million pilot fund was launched in 2022 with four-year green bonds bought by Tesco, Sainsburys and Waitrose. The facility was increased in 2023 to USD 47 million with the addition of Santander, Rabobank and AGRI3 as investors.
Financing Nature podcast is back!
(Revenues for Nature series)
Join the Green Finance Institute’s Helen Avery as she speaks to leaders in finance, policy and the environment who are responsible for these innovative models that will help us get to the £200 billion a year we need for nature.
Useful Resources
Nature Handbook for Food & Drink Manufacturers
Investing in Critical Systems
Natural Capital: A guide for institutional investors
Farming with nature: mapping the growth opportunity for UK agriculture
