Rich in Nature

Government funding alone is unlikely to cover the

investment needed to restore and maintain the UK’s

natural capital.

By setting long-term objectives and reporting

requirements, the Government would create the

framework needed to draw on private innovation

and funding to secure investment in natural capital.

Responsibility for key natural assets could be shared

with companies that affect the state of those assets

by creating a “sustainable supply obligation”.

Companies and landowners that deplete natural

capital—at home and abroad—could make good by

purchasing Sustainable Supply Certificates, awarded

by Catchment Commissioners to companies and

landowners that invest in and improve natural capital.

This would unlock private capital needed to invest

in nature at the same time as making supply chains

more resilient.

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