How can businesses support nature?
Ana Orozco, Environmental Finance Specialist at UNDP BIOFIN, explores these questions with two experts:
🔹Dora Moncada, Director of the Water and Biodiversity Center at the National Association of Businesspeople of Colombia (ANDI)
🔹Natalia Mesa Ramírez, National Coordinator of the Biodiversity Finance Initiative in Costa Rica
For decades, economic growth and nature conservation were treated as separate worlds. Yet economies depend on healthy ecosystems, and biodiversity loss poses real risks for businesses, financial systems, and societies.
From supporting nature-positive value chains to building partnerships between businesses, governments, and the financial sector, the conversation highlights how private sector engagement is essential to closing the biodiversity finance gap.
Watch the video interview and learn:
🔹 How businesses depend on ecosystem services such as water, soil health, and pollination
🔹 Why understanding nature-related risks, impacts, and dependencies is becoming essential for companies
🔹 How business associations and national initiatives are working with BIOFIN to engage the private sector
🔹Practical examples from Colombia and Costa Rica on mobilizing private investment for nature
