Conservation Finance Network

Mayor Byron W. Brown announced during his 14th State of the City address that Buffalo will launch the largest environmental impact bond in the country at $30 million. The funds from this investment will allow the City of Buffalo and Buffalo Sewer Authority to capitalize on the Rain Check Buffalo program.

The Lab, an initiative of over 60 public and private investors and institutions, accelerates much-needed investment solutions to support developing countries to meet their climate change and sustainable development goals. Created in 2014, the Lab has now launched 41 instruments that have collectively mobilized nearly $2 billion for action on climate change and sustainable development.

Gretchen Daily and Lisa Mandle of Stanford’s Natural Capital Project talk about the importance of recognizing real-world, science-driven success stories in this growing field of sustainable development. From green infrastructure in Washington, D.C. to coastal watershed investments in the San Francisco Bay Area, Daily and Mandle collected these success stories from around the world to create "Green Growth That Works: Natural Capital Policy and Finance Mechanisms from around the World."

The Church of Sweden, which can trace its origins back to the year 829, began incorporating sustainability factors into its asset management business about a decade ago. Now it is expanding its efforts by collaborating on bonds that go toward financing sustainable cities and clean water.