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Integrate nature into your business strategy and decision-making

Identify your nature and biodiversity priorities, develop a clear path forward, and embed nature into strategy, governance, and operations.

Nature supports the resources and ecosystems organizations rely on, from water and land to raw materials and supply chains. Biodiversity loss, ecosystem degradation, and resource constraints can impact the availability and reliability of these resources, affecting sourcing, operations, and supply chain resilience.

Expectations are also changing. Investors, regulators, and other stakeholders are paying greater attention to how organizations manage nature-related risk and disclosures. Frameworks and reporting standards such as the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) and European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) E4 are increasing the focus on nature and biodiversity in corporate reporting and decision-making.

Preparing now can help organizations develop data and capabilities to respond to evolving requirements and investor expectations, strengthen risk management, and make more informed decisions.

BSI’s nature and biodiversity consulting services help build a practical path forward, from assessing nature-related risks and supply chain dependencies to developing science-based targets and action plans, measuring performance, and preparing for disclosure.

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Identify nature-related impacts, dependencies, risks, and opportunities.
Assess operational, supply chain, and financial nature-related risks.
Evaluate natural capital and ecosystem service dependencies.
Develop nature risk strategies, science-based targets, and biodiversity action plans.
Embed nature-related risks into governance and business decision-making.
Measure nature and biodiversity performance and strengthen disclosure readiness.

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Organizations rely on nature through water, land, soil, natural resources, and ecosystem services. Biodiversity loss, resource constraints, ecosystem degradation, evolving regulations, and stakeholder expectations can affect operations, supply chains, business continuity, financial performance, and long-term value.

Understanding these connections can help organizations integrate nature-related considerations into risk management, sustainability strategies, and business decisions.

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A nature and biodiversity risk assessment examines dependencies, impacts, risks, and opportunities across operations, value chains and priority locations. It helps organizations understand where nature-related issues are most significant, identify biodiversity-sensitive locations and determine where deeper assessment or action is needed.

A location-based view is particularly important because nature-related risks and dependencies vary across ecosystems and geographies. The findings provide a stronger foundation for prioritizing action, setting targets, strengthening risk management, and preparing for nature-related reporting.

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The Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) is a global framework that provides recommendations and guidance to help organizations identify, assess, manage, and disclose nature-related dependencies, impacts, risks, and opportunities. It brings nature into business and financial decision-making and provides a structured approach for considering governance, strategy, risk, impact management, metrics, and targets. TNFD is also increasingly relevant as nature-related reporting develops globally and aligns with broader sustainability reporting requirements and investor expectations.

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ESRS E4 addresses biodiversity and ecosystems within the European Union sustainability reporting framework. For organizations required to report against ESRS E4, it brings nature into reporting through a double materiality perspective, considering both an organization’s impacts on biodiversity and ecosystems and nature-related risks and opportunities.

Preparing for ESRS E4 requires organizations to understand what is material, establish the information needed for reporting, and demonstrate how biodiversity and ecosystem considerations are being addressed.
Relevant nature and biodiversity frameworks depend on an organization’s activities, locations, and reporting obligations. The TNFD framework supports nature-related assessment and disclosure, while ESRS E4 and GRI 101: Biodiversity 2024 address biodiversity reporting.

Other relevant considerations include the European Union (EU) Taxonomy, EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR), Science Based Targets Network (SBTN), Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF), emerging International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) nature-related disclosure guidance, and evolving regulatory requirements.
Science-based targets for nature help translate nature-related impacts and dependencies into measurable priorities and action. The Science Based Targets Network (SBTN) provides methods and guidance to support corporate target setting for nature.

These targets can connect assessment findings with a broader nature strategy and provide a clearer direction for action and performance measurement.
A nature and biodiversity strategy translates assessment findings into priorities, targets, and a coordinated approach to action. Depending on the organization, this may include biodiversity action plans, nature stewardship, sustainable sourcing, restoration and conservation initiatives, science-based targets, performance measurement and executive oversight.
Supply chains can depend on water, land, raw materials and healthy ecosystems. Water stress, biodiversity loss, and ecosystem degradation may affect the availability or reliability of resources in sourcing and production locations.

Assessing suppliers and priority locations can help organizations understand where these dependencies and risks occur and factor nature-related considerations into sourcing and supply chain decisions.
BSI combines standards leadership, sustainability expertise and a risk-based approach to help organizations understand and manage nature-related risks and opportunities. Our approach identifies material nature and biodiversity issues and dependencies across operations and supply chains, translating these insights into strategies, science-based targets, and practical action plans.

From natural capital and ecosystem services assessments to performance measurement and disclosure readiness, we help you connect nature-related considerations with governance, risk management, and executive decision-making.

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