Related Initiatives

Cornerstones of corporate interests

• United Nations agreement
  • Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework           
• National policy
  • UK and French Global Biodiversity Credits Roadmap
• Industry best practices/coalition
  • Taskforce for Nature-Related Financial Disclosure (TNFD)
  • Science Based Targets Network (SBTn)
  • Business for Nature
  • Business for Positive Biodiversity Club (B4B+)

Methodologies & standards for biodiversity credits

• International standards
  • Verra SD Vista, Nature Credits
  • Plan Vivo, in collaboration with Fauna & Flora and Carbon Tanzania, PV Nature Biodiversity Certificates
  • Gold Standard, in collaboration with Organization for Biodiversity Certificates
  • Wallacea Trust, rePlanet Biodiversity Credits
  • InvestConservation, InvestConservation Token
  • Single Earth, Ecosystem Integrity and Biodiversity Credits
  • South Pole, Biodiversity Credits
  • OpenEarth, Marine Ecosystem Credits
• Academia-led
  • Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, in collaboration with Orsa Besparingsskog, Biodiversity Credits, Swiss
  • Queen Mary University, Biodiversity Stewardship Credits, UK
• Government-led
  • Nature Repair Act 2023, Australia
  • Nature Investments Standard Programme 2023, UK
  • Biodiversity Credit Systems 2023, Aotearoa New Zealand
  • Ocean Conservation Credits 2022, Niue
  • Green Credit Programme 2023, India
• Private developers
  • Rebalance Earth, Nature Credits, Africa
  • ValueNature, Nature Investment Certificates, South Africa
  • CreditNature, Nature Credits, Scotland
  • Terrasos, Voluntary Biodiversity Credits, Colombia
  • Savimbo, Voluntary Biodiversity Credits,  Colombia
  • BioCarbon Standard, Biodiversity Credit, Colombia
  • GreenCollar, NaturePlus Credits, Australia
  • Terrain NRM, Cassowary Credit, Australia
  • South Pole, EcoAustralia credit, Australia
  • Wilderlands, Biological Diversity Units, Australia
  • Ekos, Sustainable Development Units, New Zealand
  • Ecosulis, CreditNATURE, UK
  • Organisation for Biodiversity Certificate, Biodiversity Certificates, France
  • Recelio, Dynamic Biodiversity Tokens, Switzerland
  • CarbonZ, Carbon Biodiversity Action Credits, New Zealand
  • Ecosystem Regeneration Associates (ERA), Brazil
  • SYLVA, Germany

Biodiversity credits trading platform

• Regen Network 
• EcoRegistry
• ClimateTrade
• Emsurge

Biodiversity credits working groups

• Biodiversity Credit Alliance
• World Economic Forum, Biodiversity Credit Initiative
• CDC Biodiversite
• CPIC, Biodiversity Credits Working Group
• Taskforce for Nature Markets
• IUCN Global Standards for Nature Based Solutions

Other relevant nature financing initiatives & resources

• News and reporting platforms
  • Ecosystem Marketplace
  • Conservation Finance Network
  • Carbon Pulse
• Think tanks and knowledge platforms
  • Pollination
  • Nature Finance
  • BioFIN
• Other biodiversity-related methodologies 
  • Ecosystem Restoration Standard
  • Global Biodiversity Standard
  • Verra CCB (Climate, Community & Biodiversity) Standards

This is a non-comprehensive, evolving list. For questions, comments & additions, please reach out to Jinsui Song at jazzy.song@yale.edu