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natcap is a nature intelligence company spun out of Oxford University. We build products to help corporates manage nature risk, set nature targets, and meet emerging reporting requirements - analogous to how software platforms have improved carbon accounting & climate risk. 

We do this by enabling businesses to understand and improve their interactions with nature - dependencies, impacts, risks, & opportunities. We are a team of ecologists and engineers with expertise across biodiversity, hydrology, forests, and agriculture. We are a TNFD (Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures) Data Catalyst and a member of the SBTN (Science Based Targets Network) Engagement Program.


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🪸 Seaweed could become the new 'superpower' for Wales, after Cardiff Metropolitan University host 'A Seaweed Future in Wales' event, attended by Prince of Wales

🇪🇺 Council of the European Union gives EU Nature Restoration Law the green light

🌱 2.2 million rare seeds collected to boost ancient native woodlands in Scotland, organised by Trees for Life and funded by Woodland Trust Scotland, People's Postcode Lottery, Clean Planet Foundation & Ella's Kitchen among others

🪰 Over 17 million insects migrate through a single narrow high pass in the Pyrenees finds University of Exeter researchers Karl Wotton, Will Leo Hawkes and others.

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✅ Nature Restoration Law gets the green light!

The news laws require member states to:

🧑‍🌾 Restore at least 30% of land and sea habitat from poor condition to good condition by 2030, increasing to 60% by 2040 and 90% by 2050

🌱 Enable 3bn trees to be planted and for action to be taken to ensure there is no net loss in the total amount of urban green space

After two years in the making, this is an important step towards protecting and restoring ecosystems across Europe – where about 80% of habitats have “bad” or “poor” conservation status.

Our CEO, Sebastian Leape, has written some thoughts on this here: https://lnkd.in/eN7zHdsw 

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💩 Worthy Farm, who run GLASTONBURY FESTIVAL EVENTS LIMITED, plan to turn cow pats into clean hydrogen and graphene

👂 Researchers from the Natural History Museum and Earlham Institute are seeking to discover hidden biodiversity by sampling the air

🦜 Rewilding efforts in Brazil are reintroducing the great-billed seed finch, the country's most trafficked endangered bird, back into the wild, report Mongabay

🎮 New botany project empowers gamers to cultivate real plants featured in video game, strengthening bond to nature

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"The top three reasons why companies have yet to commit to TNFD-aligned reporting include issues with data quality and availability, prioritizing mandatory reporting first, and assessing the TNFD's relationship to other nature-related frameworks and standards such as the European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS)."

On data quality - remember, perfect is the enemy of good enough. Just get started with practical tools such as FLINTpro ReqIQ (GHG, deforestation, and biodiversity risk across all value chains), Space Intelligence, natcap Nala Earth Leeana Dunya Analytics, and others. LandGriffon also has open models that can be easily integrated into your reporting processes.

If you don't have sourcing locations, start with country and region-level analysis and fine-tune later, engage suppliers, and install supply chain traceability software. 

On mandatory reporting - while TNFD is not mandatory (yet), it's crucial to recognize that there is a strong likelihood that your institutional and/ or private equity investors will soon make it mandatory for your company. You may already be feeling the pressure if your company is on the Nature Action 100 list. Every company depends on nature, whether directly or indirectly, and it's essential to start preparing for this shift now.

Relationship to other nature-related frameworks - start with #TNFD, and you will have a strong foundation for #SBTN (nature targets setting) and #CSRD 

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