Resource description:
The purpose of corporate reporting and disclosure on nature is to communicate business impacts and dependencies and related risks and opportunities. This provides markets the information they need to allocate capital in a way that supports the green transition. Corporate reporting and disclosure on nature enables better decision-making for business resilience and helps secure long-term European competitiveness.
This brief presents practical ways to: improve corporate assessment, reporting and disclosure on nature; transition to business models that contribute to nature positive; scale financing for nature positive. It draws on recent reports from A-Track, a Horizon Europe Innovation Project that focuses on accelerating transition through the application on knowledge on natural capital.
Who should read this brief?
- European policy-makers and regulators, in particular in the context of the Omnibus I Package, the Competitiveness Compass and the Multiannual Financial Framework (2025–2028).
- Corporates and financial institutions interested to improve assessment, reporting and disclosure on nature for better decision-making and business resilience.
Key messages
- Proven frameworks and tools for natural capital accounting and environmental footprinting have great potential for supporting assessment, reporting and disclosure of corporate impacts and dependencies on nature and related risks and opportunities.
- Capacity-building is vital to increase uptake of assessment, reporting and disclosure of impacts and dependencies on nature and of related risks and opportunities.
- European competitiveness requires a rethink of business models, to align creation of financial value with better outcomes for nature.
- Scaling finance for a nature-positive economy can be done today using existing solutions that integrate nature into decision-making in mainstream finance.
Author/Contact:
A-Track consortium