Land-Use Financing - Positive Impact Indicators Directory (Version 1.1)

The Land-use Financing – Positive Impact Indicators directory from Sustainable Land-use Financing has been designed to help harmonise monitoring and reporting across a range of positive environmental and social (E&S) impact areas: biodiversity conservation, climate adaptation, and mitigation, forest protection, and sustainable livelihoods.

The directory aims to support decision-makers within financial institutions to identify how their investments may generate positive environmental and social (E&S) benefits, which Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) are most appropriate to demonstrate this impact and, implement credible methodologies for monitoring them. It was developed in consultation with UNEP's Environmental & Social Knowledge Exchange Network (ESKEN) consisting of investment funds, banks, donors, and non-governmental organisations.

This directory will be supported by additional guidance relating to the decisions the tool can be used to support, as well as case studies which will be released with subsequent versions of the directory.