Biodiversity risks and regulations

Closing in on

Is your business ready to navigate the complexity of ecosystems in a changing regulatory landscape?

Develop a biodiversity strategy that tackles complexity and builds resilience

Biodiversity is the variety of all life and the intricate interactions between organisms and their environment. As society and as companies, we all depend on the health of our ecosystems and must act to protect and restore them. But where do you strategically begin working with biodiversity?

By closing in on the complexity of biodiversity itself and related regulatory frameworks, organisations can focus their efforts, set targets and act. Similarly, by identifying biodiversity-related risks and taking early action, you can build resilience and turn business risks into innovation-driven opportunities.

With our global biodiversity expertise and proven track record, we help you develop a biodiversity strategy, gain science-based insights and inspiration to progress, and meet your corporate sustainability goals.

Let’s close the gap on biodiversity.

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$10.1 trillion of annual business opportunities

and 395 million jobs could be generated by 2030 from nature-positive transitions across three socioeconomic systems:

Food, land, and ocean use
Infrastructure and the built environment
Energy and extractives

(World Economic Forum, 2024)

Ready to navigate biodiversity complexity?

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Every business’s biodiversity journey is unique. What actions should you take to cut through complexity?

Principal Ecologist, Lis Nelis, shares her insights and recommendations.

Watch the video to learn more

Corporate biodiversity maturity guide

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Assess your organisation’s biodiversity maturity and map out the next steps in your biodiversity journey.

Download the guide here Corporate biodiversity maturity guide

Three steps in the transition to a nature positive future

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Make the business case
Determine which issues matter materially to your business by locating and assessing your impacts and dependencies on nature, both onsite and in the supply chain, and evaluate the risks they pose.

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Develop the roadmap
Measure your biodiversity baseline, agree biodiversity ambition, and set science-based targets. Review and monitor progress to ensure your efforts are impactful, focused, yet adaptable.
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Look at the market
Investigate opportunities to invest in nature-based solutions to environmental and social issues that positively influence your value chain.

Act now to gain biodiversity advantages

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Taking early action on biodiversity creates opportunities that make your business attractive to investors, customers, and employees.

Take a minute to watch Lars Tappert, Biodiversity Lead, explain which actions to take.

Turn biodiversity risk into opportunity

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Collaborate with value chain
Working in partnership with your supply chain and other stakeholders on sustainability issues can improve company performance on economic, environmental, and social metrics.
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Innovate processes and procedures
New technologies and new ways of thinking increase the possibilities of production and process innovation. Introduce circular economy principles to avoid and reduce impacts and dependencies on nature.
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Communicate using science-based evidence
Substantiate claims and content with science-backed strategies and data to avoid mistakes, reputational issues, and greenwashing risks.

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Our biodiversity and ecosystems specialists work with clients and projects around the world and across industries. Explore the challenges we help our clients solve through nature-positive solutions.

Measure and quantify biodiversity values around the world

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Access Ramboll’s biodiversity metrics to assess biodiversity value and achieve net positive outcomes for nature.

Access the metrics Measure and quantify biodiversity values around the world

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How companies can avoid greenwashing, with science as the foundation for climate and nature strategies

The risk of greenwashing arises as companies seek to pursue ambitious nature and climate goals to meet stakeholder demands for sustainability. We explore how companies can safeguard against greenwashing by using science-based approaches to underpin their climate and nature strategies.

Why biodiversity is every company’s business

How to reduce business risk and stay ahead of the curve, as international policies to address biodiversity loss take effect.

How companies can avoid greenwashing, with science as the foundation for climate and nature strategies

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Lis Nelis
Principal, Ecology and Biodiversity
+1 206-336-1659
United States of America
Lars Tappert
Managing Consultant, Biodiversity & Ecosystems
+49 89 978970182
Germany
Samantha Deacon
Global Lead, Biodiversity and Ecosystems
+44 7740 162333
United Kingdom