Mobilising private capital towards the Cali Fund: from corporate to investor portfolio allocation

16:30 (Yerevan local time, Armenia)

This side event examines how structured mechanisms such as the Cali Fund, and institutional investors’ engagement, can help close the biodiversity finance gap. Drawing on past contributions to Decision 16/2, SBI-7 participation, new research from the Grantham Research Institute at LSE, and insights from the UN Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI), the session aims to show that private finance and broader investor engagement are mutually reinforcing. The PRI team will present how institutional investors can gain insight into how companies rely on biodiversity and digital sequence information, and how PRI’s biodiversity engagement with financial institutions is evolving. The LSE presentation will explore market-based tools that can drive private-sector contributions, including disclosure frameworks, green bonds and blended finance, with a focus on the sectors targeted by Decision 16/2 and key for Cali Fund sustainability. A moderated discussion brings together corporate and financial institutions to examine what private finance mobilisation looks like in practice, and which policy conditions at COP17 would best support scaled private-sector action.

Speakers: Agata Makowska-Curran (LSE/GRI); Camila Cristancho Duarte (LSE/GRI); Ben Allen; Jonathan Ho; plus panellists including investors, corporates and public sector representatives

Co-organisers: UN Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI); LSE Global School of Sustainability and Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment

Further info: CBD side event page