News Published: 07 February 2024

Climate Impact Partners, a leading global carbon finance organization with more than 25 years’ experience in the voluntary carbon market, has partnered with Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI), a global expert in plant conservation, to launch Save a Species, a biodiversity program enabling companies to protect the world’s threatened tree species. 

Nearly a third of the world’s 58,000 tree species, are at risk of extinction, with more than 500 species with fewer than 50 mature trees remaining – impacting thousands of tree-dependent flora and fauna. Save a Species creates solutions for companies to fund the recovery of some of the world’s most threatened tree species and the ecosystems they support. Each funded project works with local botanical experts and local communities to design and deliver a conservation action plan to increase the tree stock, plant new populations and manage the trees into the future.  

“Half the world’s GDP is dependent on nature, yet biodiversity loss is continuing at pace, placing extreme risks on communities, and to businesses,” said Rob Stevens, Director of Product Development at Climate Impact Partners. “Companies must invest in nature now to futureproof their organizations and Save A Species delivers a solution with direct, immediate, and measurable impact. Increasingly our clients are considering biodiversity risks and climate risks as two sides of the same coin, so we are creating the options that align with all those corporate priorities.” 

Global leaders see biodiversity loss as a top global risk in the next decade–endangering natural resources and their ability to continue doing business in the future. This has seen hundreds of organizations commit to making nature related disclosures under the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) framework – Save a Species aligns with and can be integrated into this. Corporate investments into the program will support the recovery of threatened species on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)’s Red List, falling under three specific categories: vulnerable, endangered and critically endangered.  

“We have a real opportunity here to save species from extinction,” said Kirsty Shaw, BGCI’s Head of Conservation Planning & Action. “Corporate funding is needed now more than ever to help address the biodiversity crisis. Via the Save A Species program we will direct funding to where it is most needed, by recovering populations of threatened tree species which are crucial to the survival of entire ecosystems, whilst bringing benefits to local communities.”  

To learn more, visit Biodiversity | Climate Impact Partners. 

About Climate Impact Partners:  

Climate Impact Partners is a leader in developing and delivering high-quality, high-impact carbon market solutions for climate action. For more than 20 years, the company has worked with climate-leading businesses to support more than 600 carbon removal and reduction projects in 56 countries. With a focus on helping to transform the global economy, improve health and livelihoods and restore a thriving planet, Climate Impact Partners develops and delivers the highest quality carbon-financed projects. It creates and manages carbon credit and energy attribute certificate portfolios that enable its clients to offset emissions they can’t yet reduce, put a price on carbon to incentivize change, and meet ambitious climate goals. Climate Impact Partners builds on the expertise, integrity, and innovation of two companies that have led the voluntary carbon market – ClimateCare and Natural Capital Partners. Learn more at www.climateimpact.com.    

Contact: media@climateimpact.com 

About Botanic Gardens Conservation International: 

Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) is the world’s largest plant conservation network, representing botanical and forestry organisations in more than 100 countries around the world. It is an independent UK charity established in 1987 to link the botanical community in a global network for plant conservation. We aim to support and empower our members and the wider conservation community, so that botanical knowledge and expertise can be applied to reversing the threat of extinction facing plants. Our vision is a world in which plant diversity is valued, secure and supports all life, and our mission is: To mobilise botanic gardens and engage partners in securing plant diversity for the well-being of people and the planet. The BGCI network of botanical and forestry institutions includes: globally significant living plant collections, covering approximately a third of known plant diversity; world class seed banks, glass houses and tissue culture infrastructures, and; technical knowledge networks covering all aspects of plant conservation policy, practice and education. BGCI leads the Global Tree Assessment, which is putting IUCN Red List assessments in place for all of the world’s tree species. We also have extensive experience working with partners across the world to design and deliver targeted conservation action for threatened tree species. Learn more at: www.bgci.org 

Contact: info@bgci.org