The Big Nature Impact Fund has raised £64.6 million to finance landscape restoration across England. Using a blended finance model, the fund combines public capital from DEFRA with institutional investments from groups like Zurich Insurance to generate returns through carbon credits and biodiversity units. This initiative leverages England's evolving nature markets, including the mandatory Biodiversity Net Gain framework. By using government first-loss capital to reduce risk, the fund aims to attract further investment from pension funds and insurers to scale nature-based climate solutions.
