BCA
The Biodiversity Credit Alliance (BCA) is a global initiative that develops and harmonises standards for biodiversity credits, enabling transparent, credible, and scalable markets that fund conservation and restoration.
Biodiversity Credit Alliance
Description
The Biodiversity Credit Alliance (BCA) is a multistakeholder initiative launched in 2022 to shape and coordinate the emerging biodiversity credit market. Its goal is to ensure credits are grounded in science, integrity, and fairness, helping to channel private finance into measurable nature-positive outcomes. The BCA provides guidance, develops principles, and supports interoperability across credit schemes.
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Type |
Market standard / guidance initiative |
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Jurisdiction |
Global |
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Sector |
Finance, conservation, corporate sustainability |
Established / Active Since
2022
Maintained By / Organised By
Initially convened by the UN Development Programme (UNDP), International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida), with broad participation from NGOs, financial institutions, governments, and private actors.
Official Resources
Relationship to Lemu
Lemu is a member of the Biodiversity Credit Alliance, contributing to the development of standards and tools that make biodiversity visible and verifiable in credit schemes. Atlas provides science-based indicators that strengthen the credibility of biodiversity credits.
Example in Practice
Cross-Mapping with Other Frameworks
- TNFD – BCA credits can complement TNFD disclosures by providing measurable, verifiable nature-positive actions that companies can report.
- SBTN – Biodiversity credits aligned with BCA principles can serve as financing tools for companies setting and achieving science-based targets for nature.
- GBF – BCA directly supports GBF Target 19, which calls for mobilising financial resources for biodiversity through innovative mechanisms like biodiversity credits.