The crisis in our natural ecosystems poses direct, near-term risks to the majority of businesses. A new white paper – created with support from Metabolic – makes the case for businesses to find ways of financialising the likely nature risks, and monetising the commercial opportunities that a transition to more nature-positive business models will inevitably create.
Guided by emerging frameworks – most notably the TNFD, SBTN and CSRD – we show how companies can, step by step, understand key nature related impacts and dependencies, debate the strategic and financial merits and drawbacks of different types of action, and decide on the path forward. The approach we propose uses these frameworks as a starting point, but also enables businesses to connect the ‘nature’ topic with conversations on core strategy, risk management and financial performance. Our experience suggests this is often the only way to ensure the topic gets the attention it deserves.
