Biodiversity
Impacts & Dependencies

The Biodiversity Impact Analytics powered by the Global Biodiversity Score™ (BIA-GBS™), co-developed by Carbon4 Finance and CDC Biodiversité, is a tool that quantifies both the biodiversity impact and ecosystem service dependencies of companies, sovereigns, and investment portfolios. It enables investors to identify biodiversity hotspots, understand nature-related risks and opportunities, and integrate biodiversity data into decision-making and engagement. BIA-GBS supports the financial sector in aligning with global biodiversity goals and reducing pressure on nature, including from climate change.

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Key features

CDC Biodiversité Partnership : Climate and Biodiversity expertise combined

CDC Biodiversité is a private subsidiary of the Caisse des Depôts Group, the largest French public financial institution. Besides having a history as a biodiversity offset operator, CDC Biodiversité is involved in a leading biodiversity institution, focusing on biodiversity economics, biodiversity financing mechanisms and natural capital. CDC Biodiversité expertise and Carbon4 Finance climate data naturally complement each other.

Biodiversity impact metrics on portfolio and company level Biodiversity footprint (Scope 1, 2 and 3) calculations using different, meaningful and comprehensible units.

The Global Biodiversity Score (GBS™), an industry-leading tool The Global Biodiversity Score (GBS™) is a tool to measure the biodiversity impact of companies, linking economic activities and major pressures on biodiversity, to offer a clear and integrated vision of the biodiversity impact of companies and investments throughout their value chain.

Biodiversity impact metrics on portfolio and company level

Biodiversity footprint (Scope 1, 2 and 3) calculations using different, meaningful and comprehensible units.

Risk Management Through Double Materiality

BIA-GBS™ supports effective risk management by identifying biodiversity hotspots within portfolios—across geographies, sectors, companies, or specific pressures—and by assessing both the impacts on biodiversity and dependencies upon ecosystem services. This integrated approach addresses the concept of double materiality, helping investors understand and manage biodiversity-related risks and opportunities.

Compliant with highest ESG reporting standards

BIA-GBS™ is compliant with leading regulatory standards such as article 29 of the French energy and climate law. It is designed to align with upcoming requirements of the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosure (TNFD).

Technical support and biodiversity data training

Training by the GBS™ team, to improve your understanding of the BIA-GBS™ methodology. A dedicated team of more than 20 analysts will provide you technical support and biodiversity data training to help you understand results and take actions.

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Comprehensive biodiversity footprint indicators on different levels

Using our granular biodiversity data will allow you to calculate your biodiversity footprint on different aggregation levels, enabling precise biodiversity impact reporting and informing your investment strategy.

Covering 4 out of 5 IPBES drivers of biodiversity loss

We consider 13 major terrestrial & aquatic biodiversity pressures, including land use change, wetland conversion, hydrological disturbances, ecotoxicity, climate change, encroachment. Those 13 pressures cover 4 out of 5 drivers of biodiversity loss identified by the IPBES (Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services).

Impact for each scope (1, 2 and 3)

In line with reporting on climate change and GHG emissions, we distinguish the biodiversity impact on Scope 1 (direct), Scope 2 (indirect, energy consumption) and Scope 3 (indirect, others upstream and downstream)

Absolute biodiversity impact

Measure your impact in MSA.km2 for each biome (aquatic and terrestrial). MSA.km² is an indicator that measures ecosystem integrity over a given surface, expressed in square kilometers (km²). It is used to evaluate static (historic) and dynamic (year-on-year) impacts. Static and dynamic impacts are aggregated in MSAppb* for easier comparison amongst portfolios and constituents.

Intensity biodiversity impact

We provide impact intensities expressed in MSAppb* per EURm of revenue, or MSAppb* per EURm invested in the portfolio or individual constituent.

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Global coverage7000+ entities & 2,000,000+ instruments analyzed

Asset classesListed corporates (equities & bonds),Sovereign bonds, Green bonds, Loans

163+ SectorsA granular sectoral approach to provide a better understanding of the major challenges each sector faces in complying with a biodiversity-friendly economy, as well as the sources of their impacts on biodiversity.

Bespoke analysis upon request

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CLEAR AND EFFECTIVE VISUALS

powerful analytics platform

Giving you an at-a-glance overview of your portfolio performance to navigate risk and identify opportunities, while meeting reporting standards.

References

Carbon4 Finance enables us to offer the first life insurance portfolios aligned with the Paris Agreement.

Joseph Choueifaty
CEO

The stakes are high: it is a question of bringing simplicity, clarity and transparency to the financial sector, which is today opaque and complex. With Carbon4 Finance, we wanted to meet this challenge.

Léo Garnier
General manager

We are excited that Carbon4 Finance and CDC Biodiversité have built this important database. It provides us a lay of the land of biodiversity impact across countries and sectors, as well as at the company-specific level. We are delighted to facilitate their entry into the United States.

Sudhir Roc-Sennett
Head of ESG and Thought Leadership