Companies operating in fishing and other economic sectors with risk of high impact on natural assets need to insure their operations to better manage commercial risks. The insurance companies can offer those enterprises discounts on premiums if they adopt green measures that both contribute to mitigating the risks incurred by the insurers and produce environmental benefits. These green measures can effectively realign company investment to more sustainable practices. Another example is discounts on fire insurance premiums in South Africa for private land owners who remove high fire risk invasive species from their land.

Insurance schemes that cover– against a premium– financial losses due to extreme weather and natural disasters (i.e. such as earthquakes, floods). If the event occurs, the insurer refunds a percentage of the loss. Insurance is widely used to increase households' and enterprises' resilience to shocks. Forests and other natural assets can be insured.

Through debt restructuring agreements, governments are able to write off a proportion of their foreign held debt. The savings accrued will be channelled into domestic conservation initiatives and climate adaptation programmes. This often entails the establishment of a Conservation Trust Fund to channel the funds. Debt-for-nature swaps can target both official and commercial lending, with the former being the most common scheme.

The practice of securing funding for a project or business venture by a dispersed group of people: the crowd. It takes places via online platforms that connect the investor or the donor with the project owner without the intermediation of a financial organization. Different platforms coexist: reward-based where individuals support campaigns and receive some kind of reward in return; donation-based where there is no expectation to receive a tangible benefit; equity-based where individuals invest and receive equity-like shares in return; and lending-based where individuals lend money and expect the repayment of a principal with or without interest.

Business strategies aimed at switching to more cost-effective and environmentally friendly technologies (e.g. fuel efficient cars, energy efficient buildings, improved agricultural methods, etc.) Maintenance strategies are also included when they can expand the life of certain assets. While cost-effective, these strategies might require an initial capital expenditure. They are usually encouraged through internal company policies, regulatory measures or through providing targeted access to capital.

Guarantees can mobilize and leverage commercial financing by mitigating and/or protecting risks (such as political, regulatory, and foreign-exchange risk), notably commercial default or political risks. A public guarantee can encourage financial institutions, i.e. commercial and development banks, to offer loans to new companies. Public guarantee programs are often part of bilateral or multilateral development assistance and seek to address market failures without unintentional distortion of existing banking systems and financial markets. The scheme can be attached to biodiversity related businesses.

Sustainable corporate supply chain management refers to targeted initiatives meant to improve the sustainability, cost effectiveness, and risk profile of a company's supply chain. It includes a wide range of actions that combine reducing environmental impacts with efforts that can also save money, reduce value chain volatility (price and supply), improve supplier relations, better manage brand reputation, and reduce other political, social and environmental risks. Examples include avoiding deforestation in raw materials sourcing, tracking or greening commodity sources, replacing toxic or otherwise harmful materials, etc.

The integration of sustainability thinking and practice in business operations helps companies live up to their responsibilities as global citizens and local neighbors and can significantly strengthen business resilience and profitability. Effective corporate sustainability can offer clear business benefits for operations, reputation, new products and markets, and finance and can significantly reduce business risks. A vast literature and international standards can help companies to follow more sustainable business practices.

Special form of government taxation that requires (usually large) companies to spend a percent of their profits every year on corporate social responsibility (CSR) - usually through financing NGOs or paying into government social investment funds. The main difference from traditional taxations is that the companies will be able to decide where to invest and implement programs. This solution has been piloted in only a few countries (e.g. India, Seychelles), with limited documented evidence of its effectiveness relative to other approaches.

Guarantees can mobilize and leverage commercial financing by mitigating and/or protecting risks (such as political, regulatory, and foreign-exchange risk), notably commercial default or political risks. The guarantee functions as a promise by the guarantor to the lender that, in the event that the borrower defaults on payment, the guarantor will repay the lender a specified proportion of the foregone principal. This allows traditional lenders to take risks and learn new markets outside current risk profiles. The scheme can be attached to biodiversity related businesses, which are often operating in non-mature markets and lack financial records. Private companies and Non-government organizations can extend these guarantees.