Natural Capital Accounting

Who is natural capital accounting relevant for?

Natural Capital Impact, Dependency, and Risk/Opportunity Assessments 

Who are natural capital impact, dependency and risk assessments relevant for?

Using CSIRO Nature IQ for reporting

Understanding Natural Capital Reporting: A Guide to Accounting and Assessment

When organisations invest in protecting and restoring nature, they need to understand the extent to which their actions have achieved results.

An introduction to natural capital accounting

The CSIRO Nature IQ approach to natural capital accounting captures the value of biodiversity and provides a way for natural capital to be incorporated into organisational accounting practices.

Introduction

The three biodiversity indicators

Ecosystem condition

Extinction Risk

Threatened species

Effective, accurate biodiversity measurement with Nature IQ

Quantifying the Unquantifiable: How Nature IQ Measures Biodiversity

CSIRO NatureIQ combines multiple CSIRO environmental indicators, models and datasets into a single natural capital intelligence product.

Biodiversity modelling to understand your impacts on nature

CSIRO Nature IQ’s advanced biodiversity indicators provide comprehensive assessments of any organisation’s impacts on nature, all able to be analysed on data visualisation dashboards and interactive geospatial maps.

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The benefits up front

Three core statements

A tool to help you

Aligned with global standards

Recognising Nature's Value: Making Natural Capital Count

By framing nature as ‘natural capital’, we can understand and measure the value of natural resources for our economic growth and resilience. 

Nature plays a fundamental role in the functioning of our global economy

Soil, oceans, rivers, forests, grasslands, air - they are all natural assets. Our natural assets are the world’s stock of natural capital, and impact our livelihoods, societies and future.

Species extinction risk

Threatened species habitat

Change starts with action

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Measuring Biodiversity: Understanding Nature IQ's biodiversity indicators

Monitor and evaluate organisational action on biodiversity protection, restoration and sustainable use.

Make science-backed decisions for nature protection  

CSIRO Nature IQ enables organisations to monitor and report on biodiversity across three indicators. These are the health and integrity of ecosystems, the risk of extinction for individual species and changes in the habitats of threatened species over time. 

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Making science backed decisions

A smarter approach to protecting biodiversity

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Quantifying business impacts and dependencies on nature

Organisations must begin to assess, disclose and reduce their nature-related impacts and take action to protect and restore nature. 

Track and monitor biodiversity metrics with CSIRO Nature IQ

CSIRO Nature IQ provides data that enables organisations to monitor their ecological impacts on biodiversity, make decisions that prioritise nature protection and restoration, and forecast expected biodiversity change in response to action.

The TNFD Recommendations were developed on the basis of seven principles

Aligning Nature IQ with the TNFD requirements

Conclusion

How Nature IQ helps you align your disclosures with the TFND recommendations

More than 400 companies worldwide have committed to making TNFD-aligned disclosures.

Meet global standards for natural capital disclosure

The Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TFND) framework aims to standardise reporting worldwide on nature-related risks and opportunities. Over 400 companies around the world have committed to disclosure in line with the TFND recommendations.

Reporting supported by a single natural capital intelligence product

The five disclosure statements your company needs to make

Clear measurement and valuation of natural capital surfaces risks and opportunities, enabling organisations to make informed decisions.

The five natural capital disclosure statements you need to make

The five key disclosure statements in natural capital reporting are designed to form a complete picture of an organisation’s impacts and dependencies on natural capital.

The science and resources powering Nature IQ.