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.
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Unlock opportunities
Australia’s economy depends on nature(Opens in a new tab/window). Businesses (Opens in a new tab/window)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:
Guides businesses through market tools to assess, commit, transform and disclose their nature-related actions and information.
Provides a credible and prescriptive approach to make target setting accessible and actionable.
Provides organisations with a risk management and disclosure framework to act on evolving nature-related dependencies, impacts, risks and opportunities.
Access tools, resources and insights that support business to take nature-related action.
Explore how organisations are contributing to and driving the nature agenda for businesses.
News articles, reports, and guidance that provide perspectives on nature-related action.
The Resource Centre offers a collection of tools and learning materials to expand your knowledge.