“No Bees, No Business?” Why Biodiversity Loss Is Becoming a Material Financial Risk
From biodiversity loss to balance sheets: measuring nature-related financial risks.
Join us on Wednesday, Nov 26 for a discussion on how biodiversity loss is becoming a material financial risk for investors and companies.
What if the next financial shock doesn’t come from markets but from nature?
Global biodiversity has declined by nearly 70% since 1970, and over half of global GDP depends on nature’s services. Unlike climate change, biodiversity loss is local, complex, and harder to price, but its financial consequences are mounting fast. From new EU deforestation rules to disclosure mandates and disrupted supply chains, nature is becoming a financial variable investors cannot ignore.
This event gathers leading experts to explore how investors and companies can identify, measure, and manage biodiversity-related financial risks, before they become systemic.
The discussion will cover:
- Latest research linking biodiversity and financial markets
- How banks address biodiversity risk in sustainability strategies and data gaps
- How biodiversity loss translates into financially material risks and portfolio impacts
- Turning ecological complexity into measurable financial risk
Speakers
Zacharias Sautner, Professor of Sustainable Finance, University of Zurich University of Zurich
Johanna Fager Wettergren, Head of Group Sustainability, Swedbank
Julia Ripa, Senior Analyst and co-author of Integrating Biodiversity into Investment Decisions, AP4
Mark Sanctuary, Associate Professor, KTH and Sustainable Finance Lab
The discussion will be moderated by Jan Starmans, Associate Associate Professor at the Swedish House of Finance and Stockholm School of Economics.