Natural Capital

Drawing upon our 30 years' experience in the space, our primary offering has always been related to Natural Capital. We are experts in nature quantification and valuation, for example through natural capital assessments and in compiling Natural Capital Accounts, especially the valuation of ecosystem services. With the Nature Positive space developing at a rapid pace, we also support clients in navigating the complex nature disclosure landscape and are increasingly guiding companies in the development of Nature Reporting (e.g. to TNFD and EU-CSRD) and Nature Strategies. As Nature-based Solutions become more established and nature markets expand, we advise clients on how to maximise the potential from these nature-related opportunities.

Natural capital & Nature assessments

We have undertaken hundreds of environmental valuation and natural capital assessments over the past 25 years and increasingly encourage and apply multi-capital and integrated capital assessments. Our services include:

  • Biodiversity net gain/offset analysis

  • Ecosystem services assessment

  • LCA and Impact valuation

  • TNFD LEAP assessments/strategy

  • EU CSRD-ESRS4 assessments

  • Option & investment appraisals

  • Social & human capital assessments

Non-financial impact reporting

We have worked closely with various multi-national companies to advise on and conduct company-wide impact valuation reports. This includes for Roche and WPP, as well as several other FTSE 100 and Fortune 500 companies. Our services include:

  • Environmental & social P&L accounts

  • Impact value statements & reports

  • Integrated capital accounts

  • TNFD LEAP assessments

  • EU CSRD advice/reporting

  • Natural capital accounts

  • TCFD/climate risks & opportunities

Strategic advice & research

We continuously investigate the latest sustainability trends, enabling us to provide effective strategic advice and targeted research to inform our clients at highly affordable rates in this rapidly evolving space. Our services include:

  • Bespoke research & workshops

  • Assessing risks & opportunities

  • Benchmarking against competitors

  • Natural capital & climate change

  • Internal company Briefing Papers

  • Nature strategy & target setting

  • Nature positive & markets

Bespoke decision-support tools

We develop effective tools designed to meet our clients needs to aid their decision-making. Our tools are usually Excel based and align with key frameworks such as the ‘Capitals’, TNFD and SDGs. They typically link to company datasets, outputs from other tools, and data analytical tools such as Tableau. We also advise on other tools in the market. Tools we have developed cover:

  • Coastal ecosystem service valuation

  • Impact valuation (company & site level)

  • Investment Sustainability Appraisals

  • Multi-capital assessments

  • Projects, companies & portfolios

  • Water valuation (catchment & site level)

Expert technical support

We help businesses by sharing our deep and extensive experience built over the past 30 years. Our insights help fast-track adoption of impact and capitals valuation approaches within a company and ensure the methodologies adopted and outputs delivered are suitably cost-effective and rigorous. Our services include:

  • Acting as expert witness

  • Developing case studies

  • NatCap & Multi-Cap Checker reviews

  • Technical reviews of methodologies

  • Technical reviews of reports

  • Writing guides & methodologies

Impact valuation & investing

We can help operationalise a risk-return-impact approach through evaluating the true sustainability of companies and investments, and the extent to which they have an overall positive or negative impact on natural and other capitals. Depending on your needs and resources, we can do this either through a bespoke assessment or by helping you interpret one of many available tools. Our services include: Brainstorming potential applications

  • Assessment of sustainability

  • Natural capital accounts

  • Evaluating nature based solutions

  • Investments with a positive impact

  • Impact valuation

  • Impact weighted accounts

  • Sustainable investments