Nature loss is increasingly recognised as a systemic financial risk, with central banks, regulators, and investors extending their focus beyond climate to biodiversity and ecosystem degradation. Unlike climate risk, nature risk is multi-dimensional, location-specific, and more complex to measure and disclose.
This masterclass gives you a practical, expert-led exploration of nature as a financial risk, the TNFD framework, and the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework. It focuses on applied learning, using real-world examples such as Storebrand Asset Management's TNFD disclosures to demonstrate how nature-related reporting works in practice.
Key drivers behind the growing importance of this skill include the growing recognition of nature loss as a systemic financial risk, rising adoption of the TNFD framework and its LEAP methodology, and increasing alignment between TNFD, the GBF, ESRS, and the ISSB Standards.
The masterclass is a single recorded session, approximately one hour long, and can be completed at your own pace.
Summary
By the end of this masterclass, learners will be able to:
Nature as a Financial Risk
- Understand nature as a financial risk and the physical, transition, and systemic risk categories
- Identify the key drivers of nature-related loss
- Understand why nature risk is more complex to measure than climate risk
TNFD and the LEAP Methodology
- Understand the TNFD framework and its four-pillar structure
- Apply the LEAP methodology to locate, evaluate, assess, and prepare nature-related disclosures
- Understand TNFD's categories of nature and sector-specific priorities
The Global Biodiversity Framework and Alignment
- Understand the goals and targets of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework
- Understand the business implications of Target 15 and Target 19
- Understand how TNFD, the GBF, ESRS, and the ISSB Standards align and interoperate
Who this is for
Designed for professionals assessing or reporting on nature-related financial risk:
- Sustainability and ESG professionals
- Sustainability consultants and advisors
- Finance and investment professionals
- Risk and compliance professionals
- Corporate sustainability teams
- Internal and external auditors
