An Investor's Guide to Nature and Biodiversity Risks and Impacts
Nature and biodiversity loss is rapidly becoming a financially material issue for investors, with implications for corporate performance, portfolio resilience and long-term economic stability. As ecosystem services such as water, soil health and climate regulation degrade, companies face rising physical and transition risks that can translate into portfolio and systemic impacts.
MSCI’s Nature and Biodiversity Metrics Framework provides a structured approach to navigate this complexity — helping institutional investors assess negative impacts, understand nature-related risks, evaluate mitigation capacity and identify emerging opportunities. With regulatory expectations and disclosure frameworks accelerating, investors can leverage new data, metrics and tools to integrate nature into decision-making, managing downside risk while positioning portfolios for a transition toward a more nature-positive economy.
Source: MSCI Sustainability & Climate, May 2026. MSCI Sustainability & Climate products and services are provided by MSCI Solutions LLC in the United States, MSCI Solutions (UK) Limited in the United Kingdom and certain other related entities.
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