Biodiversity Assessment
Securing diversity, shaping the future: The key to sustainable success
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Biodiversity Assessment
Biodiversity as the key to competitiveness and resilience for businesses
Biological diversity is the backbone of healthy ecosystems and plays a crucial role in balancing our climate, food production, and the provision of vital resources. The preservation and promotion of biodiversity is long since more than just an ecological concern – it is a business-critical success factor for your destinations, agricultural producers, companies in the food sector, as well as the financial sector, pharmaceutical industry, and many other economic branches. Those who understand their dependencies on natural ecosystems and take active measures not only secure their own competitiveness but also meet regulatory requirements and increase their attractiveness for customers, partners, and investors.
A professional biodiversity assessment is not merely a report – it is a strategic opportunity. It helps identify and minimize risks along the supply chain, open up new business fields, and strengthen innovative capacity.
Furthermore, biodiversity is a component of a resilient destination strategy, as it not only promotes the ecological stability and attractiveness of a travel destination but also strengthens its adaptability to environmental changes, thereby securing the long-term competitiveness and sustainability of your destination. Those who act today and rely on sustainability position themselves as pioneers in the industry and actively contribute to the protection of our natural livelihoods. The question is no longer whether a biodiversity assessment is necessary, but how quickly it is implemented to remain successful in the long term.
How do customers benefit from our experience?
✔ Financial stability and risk reduction: Biodiversity loss directly threatens your financial stability through rising raw material costs and potential credit risks. An assessment helps you recognize and manage these risks early.
✔ Strengthening the supply chain: Your supply chain heavily depends on biodiversity services. Through an assessment, you can identify vulnerabilities and diversify your supply chain, preventing interruptions and ensuring long-term stability.
✔ Reputation gain and competitive advantage: Customers and investors increasingly prefer companies that take biodiversity seriously. By acting proactively, you improve your reputation, increase customer loyalty, and distinguish yourself positively from competitors.
✔ Secures life and business: Biodiversity is the foundation for economic stability and human well-being:
- 55% of the global GDP depends on nature
- Secures food, water supply, and climate regulation
- Enables resilient supply chains and new business opportunities
✔ Future-proofing: The protection of biodiversity ensures the long-term viability of your company and contributes to solving global challenges. By integrating biodiversity aspects into your corporate strategies, companies position themselves as responsible players and strengthen their competitive position.
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Why choose Terra?
The Terra Institute offers you comprehensive support in integrating biodiversity into your corporate strategy:
We conduct structured biodiversity assessments that provide your company with a clear overview of dependencies and impacts on nature.
Whether SME or large corporation – we tailor our consulting to your specific needs. Our team has extensive expertise in biodiversity management.
Competitive advantages through biodiversity protection
Effective biodiversity management offers your company numerous advantages:
- Risk reduction (e.g., resource scarcity, reputation damage)
- Opening new business opportunities
- Increasing attractiveness for employees, investors, and customers
- Cost reduction through more efficient resource management
Tailored Biodiversity Action Plans
We develop customized action plans with you that link your corporate goals with concrete biodiversity protection measures. This includes:
- Development of nature-positive supply chain strategies
- Support for investments in regenerative agriculture and nature conservation
- Training your teams on biodiversity risks and corporate sustainability
With Terra as a partner, you position your company as a pioneer in biodiversity protection and secure your long-term competitiveness in a changing economic world.
What is our approach?
Our proven approach to creating a biodiversity assessment follows a structured and practical process:
1. Creating an overall picture: We define system boundaries and conduct a screening of biodiversity issues. In doing so, we capture company structure, locations, and supply chains to identify interfaces with biodiversity.
2. Data collection: Systematic collection of relevant biodiversity data through surveys, impact recording, and creation of an activity inventory.
3. Calculation: Processing the collected data according to scientific standards. We assess the impacts and dependencies of your company’s activities on different parts of the ecosystem. Depending on your company’s goals, we use various software solutions for the evaluation.
4. Analysis: Quantitative and qualitative interpretation of results in the context of your industry and global biodiversity goals. We identify risks, opportunities, and fields of action for your company and develop goals and measures, which are classified according to the Impact Hierarchy and jointly evaluated with the customer regarding their benefits and costs.
5. Action: Development of concrete strategies for biodiversity protection. We support you in implementing measures to improve your biodiversity performance and in communicating your commitment to stakeholders.
This approach ensures a comprehensive and action-oriented biodiversity assessment that serves your company as a basis for sustainable action and reporting.
Fig. 1 Biodiversity assessment process
Get started now – Protect biodiversity and strengthen your company!
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Frequently asked questions about circular economy – FAQs
1. What is a biodiversity assessment?
A biodiversity assessment is a systematic analysis designed to support your company in evaluating and understanding the impacts of your activities on biological diversity. It includes collecting data about species diversity, habitats, and ecological processes to identify risks and opportunities related to biodiversity. The goal is to develop measures to prevent biodiversity loss, promote the sustainable use of natural resources, and at the same time secure long-term business advantages. This assessment is a crucial step to make companies future-proof and to contribute to protecting our planet.
2. Why is a biodiversity assessment important for companies?
A biodiversity assessment helps companies minimize risks, identify opportunities, and secure long-term business advantages. It supports compliance with legal requirements such as the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD).
3. What is an Impact Hierarchy?
The Impact Hierarchy is a proven concept that helps companies and projects systematically reduce the negative impacts of their activities on biodiversity. It is based on a clear order of measures and includes four main stages:
1. Avoidance: Negative impacts on biodiversity are completely avoided through forward-looking planning and decisions, such as choosing alternative locations or technologies.
2. Minimization: When damages cannot be completely avoided, they are reduced through sustainable practices and optimized processes.
3. Restoration: Existing damages to ecosystems are remedied through measures such as renaturation or reforestation.
4. Offsetting: Unavoidable and non-restorable damages are compensated by offset measures, for example, by creating new habitats or supporting conservation projects.
The Impact Hierarchy is a central component of biodiversity assessments and is applied in many sectors.
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