DISCLOSE
Measure, monitor and disclose your business interface with nature. Establish a monitoring plan consistent with strategic planning to simplify reporting. Measure progress against set targets to manage nature-related risks and opportunities. Align your reporting outputs with international reporting requirements, TNFD Disclosure Recommendations, and ESG principles.
MEASURE
nature-related impacts
MANAGE
risk in your supply chain
DELIVER
on reporting requirements
MEASURE
nature-related impacts
MANAGE
risk in your supply chain
DELIVER
on reporting requirements
There is a growing legal requirement on businesses to disclose their nature-related risks, dependencies and impacts, to report on mitigating actions, and to progress towards clear targets. A report should be honest and evidenced, balancing celebration of success with accountability for any poor performance. NATOUR IMPACT assesses business operations against reporting standards (e.g. CSRD & TNFD), supporting your disclosure obligations.
DISCLOSE – OUR SERVICES
Working with us can lessen the burden of environmental reporting and disclosure and provide independent validation and verification to enhance credibility of your actions by:
- Setting meaningful and achievable science-based targets to manage risks and opportunities.
- Selecting metrics and gathering baseline data to ensure complete and accurate disclosure.
- Developing practical location-based monitoring programmes, for instance, measuring and monitoring biodiversity.
- Building internal capacity to produce data- and target-driven reporting.
- Gap analysis and recommendations on the current state of alignment with the LEAP approach, ensuring readiness to disclose nature-related issues in line with the TNFD recommendations.
- Reviewing business activities and reporting practices against requirements aligned with TNFD, CSRD, CSDDD and GRI.
CASE STUDIES
Measuring and monitoring biodiversity in destinations – MSC and NatureMetrics
MSC Cruises, the MSC Foundation and NatureMetrics (environmental DNA survey experts) have joined together in a project named “eBioAtlas: Biodiversity Sampling from Cruise Liners using eDNA”. The primary goal is to collect comprehensive biodiversity data on marine species using eDNA sampling. By collecting genetic material left in seawater, the team will discover and record the marine wildlife present across MSC Cruises’ itineraries. The data contributes to the centralised, publicly available platform eBioAtlas, to help drive informed decision making for the benefit of both people and nature.
Disclosing risks, dependencies and impacts on biodiversity with Explore! Worldwide
The UK adventure travel operator, Explore Worldwide, has published a ‘Purpose Paper’ that reports on the company’s achievements and ambitions to protect People, Planet and Places. The report explains its progress on decarbonisation and its decision to discontinue some of its products, as part of the company’s commitment to the Glasgow Declaration on climate action in tourism. It also reports on actions at HQ to reduce environmental impacts and looks ahead to the development of the company’s biodiversity roadmap, following their work to assess and review current actions with ANIMONDIAL.
WHY DISCLOSE?
Environmental reporting – whether mandatory or voluntary – is not merely a bureaucratic or checkbox exercise: it is a critical component of a company’s decision making, brand identity and reputation. Accurate and complete disclosure promotes market transparency, drives accountability and encourages businesses to identify and minimise their impacts on nature. It also boosts the business’ environmental reputation with customers, investors and corporate clients, while staying ahead of ever-increasing regulatory demands.
- Thorough environmental reporting is essential to fulfil your legal reporting obligations (eg CSRD), meet international disclosure standards (eg TNFD) and satisfy investor requirements (eg ESG).
- Robust reporting satisfies growing concern from clients, customers, staff and potential business partners.
- Reporting underpins effective policy and strategy reviews, providing reassurance that goals have been met and informing target-setting for future periods.
- A reliable report is a vital communications asset to provide positive stories, evidence your environmental achievements and defend against greenwashing allegations.