Nature and Biodiversity
Nature risk is
financial risk
Nature and biodiversity loss is rapidly reshaping the global economy - through regulation, disrupted supply chains, and growing scrutiny of the nexus between business and nature.
New forms of decision-useful intelligence are required to uncover nature-related dependencies, impacts, risks and opportunities.
So whether you want to locate, evaluate, assess or prepare - GIST Impact offers the market-leading suite that brings your insights to the next level.
- Uncover proximity to sensitive locations.
- Granular, science-backed mapping of impacts and dependencies.
- Risk and opportunity assessment includes calculation of Nature Value at Risk.
- Between 10,000+ to 20,000+ companies, depending on module.
- 3,000,000+ company assets, including type and location.
- Additional, standalone private company / asset intelligence platform.
Alignment includes:
- Taskforce for Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD)
- Partnership for Biodiversity Accounting Financials (PBAF)
- Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR)
Intelligence Suite
Areas of Biodiversity Importance
Pinpoint proximity to biodiversity hotspots such as Key Biodiversity Areas, WDPA Protected Areas and IUCN Red List Species. In partnership with IBAT.
Ecosystem
Integrity
See the changing state of nature worldwide via the Biodiversity Intactness Index, Mean Species Abundance, and measures of land area change. In partnership with London’s Natural History Museum.
Indigenous Peoples and Community Lands
Uncover business interaction with affected communities, including lands and peoples both acknowledged and not acknowledged by governments.
Dependencies on Ecosystem Services
Understand the extent to which a business depends on 25 types of ecosystem services.
Dependencies on Commodities
Trace the direct and indirect commodities used to power business operations.
Pressures on Ecosystems
Understand the extent to which a business contributes to 13 types of ecosystem pressures.
Impact on
Biodiversity
Calculate the risk a business poses to global biodiversity in terms of a Potentially Disappeared Fraction of species (PDF).
Impact on
Society
Quantify how much business activities decrease the collective stock of natural capital, in monetary terms.
Deforestation
Understand corporate deforestation exposure, materiality and reporting performance. In partnership with Global Canopy / Forest IQ Pro.
Nature Value
at Risk
Measure the risk to business operations and value chain arising from nature degradation.
Physical
Risks
Calculate business exposure to acute and chronic physical risks such as water stress, flooding, heatwaves and cyclones.
Nature-Related Opportunities
Pinpoint opportunities for location-specific species threat abatement and restoration activities. In partnership with IBAT.
Case Study
Norwegian Asset Management Firm
For Norway’s largest private asset manager, understanding the condition of natural systems is as much an environmental duty as a financial imperative.
This includes assessing the proximity of portfolio assets to areas of biodiversity importance and ecosystem integrity, as well as physical risks and Indigenous Lands.
Thanks to GIST Impact, this asset manager compared the nature-related performance of top 100 Norwegian companies to those of Nature Action 100 - and laid the foundations for a comprehensive integration of nature-related data into investment decision-making.
Read the report here.