A collection of tools and guidance to help you harmonise environmental and social impact monitoring for sustainable land use finance.
The world urgently needs increased private capital flows into sustainable land-use practices - but FIs also need to be able to track the social and environmental impacts of these investments. While many financial institutions have begun to make commitments to reduce their negative E&S impacts, progress has so far been slow. Only 1/3 have risk-management policies for deforestation covering the most significant commodities. It is imperative that funds are spent efficiently, impacts are monitored and reported against, and any potential risks are curtailed.

The Land Use Finance Impact Hub is a resource developed with and for impact funds and other financial institutions with the aim to shift private capital flows towards sustainable land-use practices. Developed by UNEP and UNEP-WCMC, the Impact Hub provides guidance and tools to strengthen environmental and social frameworks for sustainable land use investing by ensuring that any potential risks are curtailed, and positive impacts are monitored and reported against.

The first guidance tool hosted on the hub is the Positive Impact Indicators Directory, a harmonized shortlist of KPIs designed to encompass key aspects of sustainable land use investment.

Other resources found on the Land Use Finance Impact Hub, such as the Info Briefs and Webinar Recordings, have been designed to help facilitate more impactful and sustainable investments in land use finance. The Hub also hosts a curated list of useful external resources for environmental and social impact measurement, such as the Critical Habitat Screening layer and IFC Performance Standard 6.