Federal Department of the Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications DETEC Federal Office for the Environment FOEN Biodiversity Finance Reporting Methodologies Experiences from Switzerland Thursday, Division

2 WGRI-5 Side Event | Biodiversity Finance Federal Office for the Environment Agenda Domestic Investments in Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Public Investments Investments of NGOs and Foundations Private Sector Investments International Investments in Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Public Investments Investments of NGOs and Foundations Private Sector Investments Lessons Learnt

3 WGRI-5 Side Event | Biodiversity Finance Federal Office for the Environment Domestic Investments – Public Sector Challenges No methodology Strongly decentralized government No seperate budget line New methodology needed Transparency Practicality No double accounting Incentive for mainstreaming Development of a biodiversity-factor

4 WGRI-5 Side Event | Biodiversity Finance Federal Office for the Environment Domestic Investments – Biodiversity Coefficient

5 WGRI-5 Side Event | Biodiversity Finance Federal Office for the Environment Domestic Investments – NGOs and Foundations Increase visibility of contributions from non-govt. stakeholders Comparable, transparent and practical methodology Currently revising methodology

6 WGRI-5 Side Event | Biodiversity Finance Federal Office for the Environment Domestic Investments – Private Sector Methodology Questionnaire and Federal Statistics Survey Corporate Social Responsability Reports Interviews with different corporate representatives Challenges Lack of data and coherence Confidentiality of data No seperate budget line for biodiversity No seperation of domestic and international flows Results Data not accurate and reliable enough to report it

7 WGRI-5 Side Event | Biodiversity Finance Federal Office for the Environment Methodology: OECD DAC Rio-Markers Challenges Eligibility criteria Application of markers Lack of basis for quantification of markers List of eligible activities Basic Data: OECD CRS Challenges Core contributions Multilateral vs. Multi-bilateral Eligible funds and organisations No markers MDB methodology International Investments – Public Sector Bilateral ContributionsMultilateral Contributions

8 WGRI-5 Side Event | Biodiversity Finance Federal Office for the Environment International Investments – NGOs and Foundations Methodology Annual reports and public annual financial statements Inverviews with representatives Challenges Seggregation of national and international flows Biodiversity relevant investments Conclusion Dialogue with stakeholders to develop transparent, practical and comparable methodology

9 WGRI-5 Side Event | Biodiversity Finance Federal Office for the Environment International Investments – Private Sector Methodology Survey and Questionnaire with Domestic Investments Challenges Data coherence and availability No seperation of domestic and international flows Results Data not accurate and reliable enough to report it Enhanced Dialogue

10 WGRI-5 Side Event | Biodiversity Finance Federal Office for the Environment Lessons learnt Need for Rio-Marker revisions Switzerland is active within the Task Team of OECD DAC Challenge to report investments of the private sector and NGOs/foundations finance due to lack of data and definitions Switzerland is engaged in enhanced dialogue with Stakeholders Clarification of indicators and increased transparency needed to ensure comparability and reliability of data No monitoring and evaluation of impact