ASSESS
Assess the nature-dependency of your business, identify operational impacts and understand your nature-related business risks using our NATOUR IMPACT online tool. We can also help you conduct a materiality assessment, unravel your value chain, and set measurable, meaningful targets to achieve nature positive and net zero goals.
DEFINE
your materiality factors
ASSESS
your risks, dependencies and impacts on biodiversity
IDENTIFY
your priority actions through mitigation hierarchy
DEFINE
your materiality factors
ASSESS
your risks, dependencies and impacts on biodiversity
IDENTIFY
your priority actions by mitigation hierarchy
Impact-free coastal environment c. Costa Navarino
Every business relies on nature for resources like food and water and for ecosystem services like crop pollination and climate regulation – in their own operations, through their supply chains, and for their employees and customers. At least 80% of tourism’s goods and services are dependent on nature. With biodiversity declining faster than at any other time in human history, over half of the world’s total GDP is at moderate or severe risk due to nature loss. The role of business is critical to delivering a nature positive world by 2030. This means businesses need to regularly monitor and assess their risks, dependencies and impacts on nature.
ASSESS – OUR SERVICES
ANIMONDIAL can help your business assess, value and prioritise your impacts and dependencies on nature.
Work with us to save time and costs through a bespoke assessment of your operations and activities and by focusing your efforts on the parts of the business where risks are greatest.
- Nature impact: Identify your business’ nature-related risks, dependencies, impacts and opportunities through NATOUR IMPACT – a unique, deep-dive assessment for travel & tourism businesses.
- Materiality assessment: Ensure you are working on your most material impacts and dependencies on nature by performing an initial double materiality assessment.
- Value chain and location analysis: Map and understand potential biodiversity risks in your value chain and assess the materiality.
- Animal activity risk assessment: Assess your animal activities, navigate the UK Animals (Low-Welfare Activities Abroad) Act and proactively manage reputational risks.
- Expert Partners: Assess and manage your carbon, plastic and community impacts through our partners ecollective, Travel Without Plastic and Planeterra.
CASE STUDIES
Animal activity risk assessment with Travel Counsellors
Like many tourism businesses offering animal-based activities, Travel Counsellors had experienced NGO scrutiny over the products they sell. ANIMONDIAL carried out a risk assessment of the range of activities offered, supporting the product procurement team and broadening their capabilities in deciding what to sell. The assessment outcomes and product selection criteria were presented in comprehensive guidance enabling integration throughout the business and supply chain.
“Working with the team at ANIMONDIAL has been really insightful. We’ve learned so much and having an expert on hand to ask questions too, has been invaluable. You read so much online and it’s difficult to know which information sources to trust. ANIMONDIAL’s guidance and direction around how to engage with our suppliers has been another valuable asset for our business.”
– Joseph Whittle, Sustainability and Impact Lead, Travel Counsellors
Captive orca c. Jo-Anne McArthur / We Animals
MSC Cruises’ NATOUR IMPACT assessment
“At MSC Cruises, we are committed to an ambitious sustainability agenda. Our NATOUR IMPACT Assessment has enhanced our understanding of our environmental impacts and dependencies, enabling us to focus on reducing nature-related risks and aligning our actions to Target 15 of the Global Biodiversity Framework. We are dedicated to operating responsibly and helping to guide the cruise industry in identifying and implementing practical solutions including this ground-breaking tool.”
– Linden Coppell, Vice President Sustainability & ESG, MSC Cruises
WHY ASSESS?
All businesses are encouraged through the UN Biodiversity Plan to regularly monitor and assess their nature-related risks and impacts, minimise environmental damage from their activities and maximise positive impacts.
- Assessing dependencies and impacts is a key part of environmental disclosure standards and regulations such as EU-CSRD, EU-CSDDD, TNFD, ISSB/IFRS and GRI, and supports ESG reporting.
- Assessment provides vital information to identify nature-related business risks and to guide cost-effective efforts to reduce impacts on nature and restore biodiversity.
- A thorough assessment goes beyond direct operational impacts to consider indirect dependencies and impacts throughout the value chain – information which may not otherwise be recognised.
- Assessment forms the basis of any coherent Environmental, Sustainability or Nature Positive policy or strategy, highlighting areas where a business may be financially sensitive to the decline of nature.
Poor practice wildlife viewing c. Sarvesh Phule