GIST Impact’s data ecosystem provides comprehensive nature and biodiversity intelligence, including sensitive location analysis, natural capital impact valuation, biodiversity footprint metrics, Nature Value at Risk, and climate risk assessments across 16 physical risk categories and multiple institutional-grade scenarios and time horizons. Its methodology is fully aligned with leading sustainability regulations and frameworks.

In 2023, European wealth manager Cape Capital engaged GIST Impact to support its Cape Nature Positive Economy (NPE) Fund, which sought to combine financial performance with environmental regeneration. GIST Impact delivered a science-based natural capital accounting framework that quantifies environmental impacts in monetary terms. This enabled Cape Capital to assess portfolio companies at a granular asset level and translate environmental data into investment decisions.

The NPE Fund subsequently achieved a 23.34% reduction in Natural Capital Intensity and a 21.88% reduction in Biodiversity Intensity between 2019 and 2022, outperforming global equity benchmarks.

GIST Impact’s data enabled Cape Capital to measure natural capital impacts in monetary terms and biodiversity pressures using Potentially Disappeared Fraction of Species metrics, generating insights ranging from sector-level trends to company-specific analysis and benchmarking against global equity portfolios.

The judges highlighted GIST Impact’s innovative use of AI-powered nature data and its integration into investment analysis, demonstrating how emerging nature-related risks and opportunities can be assessed and leveraged at scale.