Sustainability-focused financial group Triodos Bank announced the launch of its first integrated Climate and Nature Strategy, combining its climate and biodiversity ambitions into a single strategy across Triodos Bank, and its investment unit, Triodos Investment Management.

The new strategy includes a series of targets aimed at rapidly reduce financed emissions, accelerating the energy transition and scaling-up high-integrity nature-based solutions.

As part of its strategy, Triodos said that it plans to cut its absolute financed emissions by at least 42% by 2030. The target focuses on three areas that make up 90% of its emissions footprint, including business loans, mortgages and listed equities and bonds managed by Triodos Investment Management.

Triodos also aims to finance 275 energy-transition projects over the next five years. The bank said that it will prioritize next-generation and community-led initiatives that decentralize energy systems and help overcome bottlenecks in the shift away from fossil fuels. A deal-count target is intended to ensure capital reaches smaller cooperatives and innovators that often struggle to secure funding.

On nature, Triodos plans to channel €500 million into high-integrity nature-based solutions that address both climate and biodiversity challenges. Starting in 2026, the bank will report annually on progress toward the funding goal as well as on positive biodiversity impacts delivered by financed projects.

A fourth pillar of the strategy centers on advocacy. Triodos said stronger rules are needed to align financial flows with a 1.5°C pathway and nature recovery.

The bank also said that it is calling for mandatory fossil-fuel phase-out plans for the sector, short-term emissions-reduction requirements, and robust integrity standards for nature-based solutions.

Marcel Zuidam, CEO at Triodos Bank, said:

“Climate change and biodiversity loss are not separate crises. They are deeply interconnected. Restoring ecosystems is essential to stabilising the climate, and climate action must protect biodiversity. Our strategy is about real reductions, real solutions and real leadership. We invite the financial sector to join us in embracing long-term wellbeing and taking action for a hopeful future. Together, we can drive the systemic change needed to stay within planetary boundaries. This means aligning financial flows with the Paris Agreement, investing in nature restoration and a clear roadmap to end the financing of the fossil fuel industry.”