Dependencies, ecosystem services and nature-related risk

The causal core of TNFD. These guides keep dependency, impact and risk distinct, build pathways from an ecosystem service to a business consequence, test what existing controls already cover and decide which pathways are material enough to carry into disclosure.

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Reviewed by Dr Ross KurinkoLinkedIn Strategic ESG Advisor · IFRS S1 & S2 / GRI / ESRS expert GRI Certified Global Trainer · PhD, University of Cambridge · ESG-AI expert 15+ years on FTSE 100 & Fortune Global 500 disclosures Canary Wharf, London LRA educational guidance · Not issued or endorsed by TNFD

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Articles in this pillar

Nature Dependencies and Ecosystem Services: How to Map What Your Business Relies On

A practical method for connecting business processes to environmental assets, ecosystem services, criticality, substitutes, controls and financial consequences

Decision guide · 10 min TNFD Assess Phase: Turning Nature Dependencies and Impacts into Business Risks and Opportunities

Risk taxonomy, causal pathways, financial effects, prioritisation, materiality and integration with enterprise risk management

Decision guide · 11 min TNFD Evaluate Phase: Environmental Assets, Ecosystem Services, Dependencies and Impacts

How to build causal pathways, assess the state of nature and combine primary, secondary and qualitative evidence

Decision guide · 11 min TNFD Nature-Related Risks: Physical, Transition and Systemic Risk Explained

A practitioner guide to tracing acute and chronic physical risk, transition pathways and systemic risk from nature dependencies and impacts to business …

Decision guide · 13 min

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