About A-Track

Accelerating transformation for nature

A-Track is a four-year, €11 million project that will accelerate business, finance, and government action for nature.

A-Track will create robust and reliable resources, tailored to the needs of key decision makers. It will support the flows of biodiversity information for use in business, finance and government decisions.  

A-Track will strengthen consideration of biodiversity and ecosystem services in life cycle assessment for products and organisations. It will mainstream and advance natural capital assessment and accounting across society. 

Other A-Track outputs will facilitate the adoption and scaling of business models that contribute to nature positive outcomes. The project will also  nurture financial innovations that contribute to nature positive outcomes. 

A-Track brings together leading thought leaders and practitioners who have been driving change in the measurement and valuation of natural capital and biodiversity in business, finance and government. 

The project is funded by the European Union's Horizon Europe programme with co-funding from UK Research and Innovation and the Swiss National Science Foundation.

Conceptual framing, integration, synthesis, and engagement

Bringing together frameworks, concepts, models, initiatives, and approaches to accelerate nature-positive action across the private and public sectors.

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Biodiversity information pathways

How accounting structures and principles can help public and private sector actors access the nature-related data they need for decision-making.

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Biodiversity and ecosystem services footprinting

Aligning a biodiversity and ecosystem services approach with life cycle assessments and natural capital accounting. 

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Natural capital assessment and accounting

Mainstreaming and advancing capital assessment and accounting methodologies, with a focus on natural capital approaches. 

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Business models that contribute to nature positive outcomes

Scaling nature-positive business models by identifying archetypes and exploring how to scale, finance and integrate business models into mainstream business practice.

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Finance that contributes to nature positive outcomes

Mobilising capital to halt and reverse nature loss is crucial if we are to maintain economic systems and avoid existential threats.

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