Nature matters
Taking action on nature is essential for businesses to manage risks, unlock opportunities and create long-term value.
Whether just starting, or looking to strengthen business action, the guide connects businesses with resources and frameworks to:
- build expertise and confidence for nature-related action
- create their own roadmap for meaningful change.
Nature-related action refers to steps that businesses can take to assess, respond to, and disclose their nature-related impacts.
Stage 1
Awareness
Gain insight on why nature matters, its current state, and how businesses create long-term value.
- Explore nature concepts
- Learn about dependencies on nature
- Understand the role for business
- Explore nature-related business risks
- Learn how action can unlock opportunities
- Get internal buy-in
- Assess interactions with nature
- Commit to a nature strategy and set targets
- Transform business models
- Disclose nature-related activities
Stage 4
Lead
Business leadership is essential. Lead initiatives, share learnings and continuously contribute to nature-related action.
- Champion leadership on nature
- Support continual improvement in nature-related action
Unlock opportunities
Australia’s economy depends on nature. Businesses that protect, restore and sustainably manage nature can unlock opportunities, including:
- Enhancing business resilience by understanding impacts and dependencies on nature to strengthen and innovate value chains.
- Meeting net zero and decarbonisation commitments with nature-based solutions.
- Building a positive reputation with investors, employees, customers and industry peers.
- Unlocking innovation and market opportunities such as environmental markets and the circular economy.
- Accessing finance opportunities as financial institutions and investors introduce financing solutions that reward action on nature and climate.
- Preparing for nature-related reporting and disclosures as international standard setters introduce mandatory reporting and the Australian Government signals a ‘climate first, not only’ approach.
Alignment with global frameworks
The Nature Matters Guide aligns with leading global initiatives and tools, including:
ACT-D: High-level Business Actions on Nature framework(Opens in a new tab/window)
Science Based Targets Network's Corporate Manual(Opens in a new tab/window)
Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures framework(Opens in a new tab/window)
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