Disclosure-Ready From Day One

ESRS E4 requires companies to disclose their impacts, dependencies, risks, and opportunities related to biodiversity and ecosystems. Reporting organisations must provide auditable evidence across several disclosure fields – including transition plans for biodiversity, measurable targets, specific actions taken, and quantitative metrics on ecosystem condition change. The standard applies when biodiversity is material under a double materiality assessment, and demands site-level data that auditors can trace and verify.

CreditNature's Ecosystem Condition Index (ECI) generates the site-level, quantitative ecological data that ESRS E4 disclosure fields demand. The ECI measures ecosystem condition across four independent metrics – landscape connectivity, bird trait diversity, vegetation structure diversity, and trophic function – producing a standardised 0–100 score for each site. This gives reporting teams auditable, science-backed evidence of baseline condition and measurable change over time, directly mapped to the disclosure fields that auditors will assess.

ECI Baseline and Progress Reports – site-level ecosystem condition data formatted for ESRS E4 disclosure, covering baseline condition, targets, actions, and verified progress. Each report provides the quantitative metrics, methodology transparency, and audit trail that CSRD reporting demands.

The TNFD's LEAP approach guides organisations through four phases of nature-related assessment: Locate interface with nature across operations and value chains; Evaluate dependencies and impacts at priority locations; Assess the resulting nature-related risks and opportunities; and Prepare a strategy and disclosure response. LEAP requires organisations to identify priority locations, measure their nature-related dependencies and impacts with location-specific data, and translate that analysis into governance actions and public disclosure.

CreditNature's ECI data maps directly to the Evaluate and Assess phases of the LEAP process. The ECI provides site-level, independently verified metrics on ecosystem condition – giving organisations the granular, location-specific data they need to quantify their nature-related impacts and dependencies. Because the ECI is aligned with the UN System of Environmental and Economic Accounting (UN SEEA), it produces disclosure-ready metrics that satisfy TNFD's requirement for scientifically credible, standardised measurement at the site level.

ECI Site Assessment and TNFD Data Pack – location-specific ecosystem condition scores, baseline measurements, and impact metrics structured for the LEAP Evaluate and Assess phases. The data pack gives disclosure teams the nature-related risk and impact evidence they need to complete their TNFD-aligned reporting.

The Science Based Targets Network (SBTN) provides the methodology for companies to set science-based targets for nature – covering freshwater, land, biodiversity, and ocean systems. Companies follow a structured process: assess materiality across their value chain, prioritise locations and impact areas, and set measurable targets grounded in ecological thresholds. Crucially, SBTN targets require ongoing, site-level monitoring to demonstrate measurable progress from baseline through to recovery – not just commitments, but verified evidence of change.

CreditNature's site-level condition monitoring delivers exactly what SBTN target-setting and progress tracking require: repeatable, standardised measurement of ecosystem condition at specific locations over time. The ECI provides a consistent baseline from which companies can set targets, and then tracks measurable progress against those targets through regular reassessment. This gives companies the evidence to demonstrate that their nature targets are translating into real ecological outcomes on the ground.

ECI Baseline, Target-Setting Support, and Progress Monitoring Reports – site-level ecosystem condition data that supports each stage of the SBTN process, from initial materiality screening and location prioritisation through to verified progress reporting against science-based nature targets.

The B Impact Assessment evaluates a company's overall social and environmental performance across several impact areas, including Environmental Stewardship and Circularity. Companies seeking B Corp certification must demonstrate meaningful action on their material environmental impacts – including biodiversity, land use, water, and emissions. For companies where biodiversity is material, the assessment requires evidence of measurable environmental outcomes, not just policies or commitments. The higher the quality and verifiability of the evidence, the stronger the score.

Nature Credits provide independently verified environmental outcomes that strengthen a company's B Impact Assessment score with credible, evidence-backed action. Each Nature Credit represents a measured, verified improvement in ecosystem condition – meaning companies can demonstrate real ecological impact rather than relying on pledges or offsetting proxies. This gives B Corp applicants and certified companies auditable proof of positive environmental outcomes, directly addressing the assessment's demand for verifiable impact.

Nature Credits and Impact Statements – independently verified evidence of measurable ecosystem condition improvement, linked to specific restoration sites. These documents provide the credible, third-party-verified environmental impact evidence that strengthens B Impact Assessment scores in the Environmental Stewardship category.