About Nature-Positive Transition Pathways
Over 25 UK businesses, trade associations and organisations have signed a statement demonstrating their support for the development of Nature-Positive Transition Pathways (NPPs) in the UK, coordinated by the Green Finance Institute (GFI) and WWF. While businesses are starting to act, they are calling for more guidance through the development of NPPs; national plans that provide guidance on how different sectors are expected to align with environmental targets.
In partnership with businesses, financial institutions and the UK Government, WWF and the GFI are setting up a process to develop NPPs to guide private sector action on nature in the UK, in the same way that Net Zero Transition Pathways have guided private sector action on decarbonisation. The programme will bring together a wide range of stakeholders to ensure the pathways are science-based, representative, and robust as well as being implementable, practical, and supported by both the private sector and government.
This work builds on two former reports. In April 2024, the GFI partnered with the Universities of Oxford and Reading and UNEP-WCMC to quantify the UK’s exposure to nature risk, and the development of NPPs were a key recommendation of this report. In October 2024, WWF-UK and Aviva published a joint report calling on the UK Government to develop NPPs to deliver the UK’s nature-positive goals as set out in the Global Biodiversity Framework.
