Iceberg Data Lab - CBF – Corporate Biodiversity Footprint
Data category
- Environmental data
- Research data
The data offers solutions for:
- Environmental impact analysis and insight
- Investment decisions and portfolio insight
- Nature-based information
- Nature-based information: Biodiversity
- Nature-based information: Land use
- Nature-based information: Water
- Reporting: Impact
- Reporting: TNFD
- Art 29
Who are the data users?
- Financial institutions
- Investors
What asset class does the data cover?
- Fixed income
- Listed equity
- Private equity
- Real assets
- Real estate
Brief description of the data offering
The Corporate Biodiversity Footprint is a set of data modelling the biodiversity impact of issuers. It allows financial institutions (banks, asset managers, asset owners, etc.) to calculate the biodiversity footprint of their portfolios and to integrate this data into their decision-making processes. IDL models the biodiversity impact of corporates (or sovereigns and real assets) based on the impact of their product flows throughout the value chain (including Scope 3 upstream and downstream).
The CBF is expressed using Mean Species Abundance (MSA), a biodiversity metric measuring the impact of economic activities on species abundance, comparing it to the natural state of that ecosystem. The CBF is measured as -km2.MSA, where -100km2.MSA is equivalent to the destruction of 100km2 of native habitat.
The MSA is endorsed by the international scientific community and used in academic studies measuring the state of biodiversity. It allows a science-based model of the pressures’ impact.
Investment impacts on nature are complex to measure. The CBF offers both granular data on key environmental pressures at a commodity and upstream/downstream level and a high-level, easy-to-understand metric, meeting strategic and reporting needs:
- Compare companies and portfolios on a single biodiversity impact metric.
- Drill down by pressure, sector, and value chain stage to inform engagement.
- Use as a core KPI for biodiversity strategies and reporting.
Where and how do you source your data?
Company-reported data and sustainability reports, when available and reliable. If company data is not available or incomplete, IDL models the data using sector-, commodity-, and geography-specific parameters.
Open-source databases provided by governments, central banks, and scientific organizations.
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) databases and financial/environmental datasets for product-level impacts.
Physical flows and input-output models (such as our proprietary Wunderpus model) to estimate emissions through the entire value chain, covering scopes 1, 2, and 3 for high granularity and sector comparability.
Independent scientific studies and internationally recognized frameworks (e.g., IPCC, IEA, SBTi, TNFD, PBAF) for methodologies and benchmark data.
What is the cost for your data offering?
Pricing depends on coverage requirements, and can be provided upon request at [email protected]