There is growing awareness of the potentially catastrophic economic risks posed by biodiversity loss, as more than 50% of global GDP is moderately or highly dependent on natural ecosystems.  

This report examines the global landscape of open-ended funds and ETFs that focus on the biodiversity theme. It examines the range of options on offer based on three categories: risk-oriented, mixed, and solutions-focused. The analysis looks at the growth in assets, flows, and products in each grouping, and analyses the funds and their most common holdings through the lens of a number of financial and ESG metrics.  

Key insights of this report include: 

• An introduction to key metrics used to use to assess biodiversity investments. 
  
• Global assets held in biodiversity open-end funds and ETFs more than doubled over the last three years to USD 3.7 billion, boosted by product development.  

• Biodiversity funds have underperformed, on average, but showed resilience in the 2022 market downturn.  

• How each type of biodiversity strategy, given their unique risk/reward characteristics, can fit into an investor's portfolio. 

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