What is a Biodiversity Framework?
A biodiversity framework is a set of standards that aim to help an organisation understand, assess and manage their impacts on biodiversity. The frameworks, and the groups responsible for them aim to provide common language supported by expert informed methods to help businesses develop approaches that will reduce their impact on nature.
It has been a pleasure working with Biodiversify over the past year on the SBTN Initial Target Validation Group pilot. The team has some very robust expertise on biodiversity and freshwater.
Which nature framework should my business align with?
This is a question businesses often ask themselves. Each framework often has a different focus, and depending on what your business is trying to achieve, it may be that alignment with one particular framework or drawing on elements from multiple organisations is what your business needs. Our team has extensive experience of helping businesses align with these frameworks and work with the groups responsible for them so when it comes to finding the answer to this question, our team are well placed to help.
Setting science-based targets for nature
Providing a universal method for setting robust biodiversity targets, SBTN aims to prevent further degradation of the planet by ensuring businesses like yours can articulate a clear, defensible biodiversity ambition.
By 2030, these targets should be geared towards creating a net positive impact on biodiversity to protect our natural habitats and the countless species they sustain.
Find out more about SBTNTaskforce for Nature-Related Financial Disclosures
TNFD helps you integrate nature into your decision-making, so you can go from nature-negative outcomes to nature-positive.
This framework enables transparency with your investors, customers and employees, allowing you to articulate, communicate and deliver your nature-positive ambitions.
Find out more about TNFDThe EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive
CSRD came into law in April 2023, forcing all major companies to disclose their biodiversity impacts by 2025. Whilst the scope of this legislation is broad, it directs companies to conduct a double materiality assessment and report on both the impacts a company has on biodiversity, and the risks a company is exposed to via biodiversity loss.
Learn more about CSRD
Is nature-positive consultancy for you?
Whether you’re new to biodiversity or aren’t sure where to start – you’re not alone. Biodiversity is overwhelming and there’s no one-size-fits-all solution. If you’re currently working in any of the job roles below, you could be an ideal client:
- Chief Sustainability
- Officer/Director of Sustainability
- Environmental Manager
- Corporate Social
- Responsibility Manager
- Supply Chain/Procurement ManagerFacilities or Operations Manager
- Head of Risk ManagementCEO/C SuiteDirector of Nature Programs
- Biodiversity Manager
- ESG Director
My top tip would be to first dedicate some resources to understand how SBTN’s targets for nature align with company strategy and values, scoping out internal buy-in, data readiness and value-added.
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If you’d like to find out more about global frameworks like SBTN, TNFD or CSRD, get in touch today. We’ll help your business nurture biodiversity and make the most of its resources for positive impacts on nature, society and the environment.
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