The Natural Capital Finance Alliance (NCFA) is the former name of a partnership between Global Canopy, the UN Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI), and the UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), now called the Encore Partnership. Together, they developed a free online tool to help organizations understand their environmental impacts—ENCORE.

This website is no longer active (not updated), but you can follow the latest news on the official pages:

- ENCORE (www.encorenature.org)
- Global Canopy (www.globalcanopy.org)
- UNEP FI (www.unepfi.org)
- UNEP-WCMC (www.unep-wcmc.org)
  • Natural Capital Declaration
  • Natural Capital Declaration
  • Natural Capital Declaration
  • Natural Capital Declaration
  • Natural Capital Declaration
  • Natural Capital Declaration

Natural Capital Declaration on Forbes.com: Banking on Biodiversity

10 May 2012: Frances Vorhies writes on Forbes.com about the Natural Capital Declaration –  “a fresh commitment to Natural Capital” by financial institutions, and “a new and exciting opportunity to align at least two capitals – natural and financial – to ensure the sustainability of prosperity”.

 

What is meant by natural capital? How does the NCD related to the IFC’s Performance Standard 6 and the Equator principles? And what methodology can be used to implement the NCD commitment to working toward integrating natural capital considerations into financial products and services? Read the article.



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