GIST Impact - Nature and Biodiversity Suite
Data category
- Environmental data
- Governance data
- Research data
- Nature data; Biodiversity data
The data offers solutions for:
- Environmental impact analysis and insight
- Geospatial/location data
- Investment decisions and portfolio insight
- Nature-based information
- Nature-based information: Biodiversity
- Nature-based information: Land use
- Nature-based information: Oceans
- Nature-based information: Water
- Physical risk
- Reporting: CSRD
- Reporting: EU Regulations
- Reporting: ISSB standards
- Reporting: Impact
- Reporting: Other Regulations
- Reporting: SFDR
- Reporting: TNFD
- PBAF; SBTN
Who are the data users?
- Corporates
- Financial institutions
- Investors
- Consulting firms; ESG data management platforms
Brief description of the data offering
The GIST Impact Nature and Biodiversity Suite offers a comprehensive assessment of nature-related dependencies, impacts, risks and opportunities. Assessment is done at asset, company and portfolio levels, as well as across the upstream and downstream value chains, where required.
The suite comprises:
Sensitive Locations Analysis
1. Analysis of proximity to areas of biodiversity significance, including:
- 305,000+ WDPA Protected Areas
- 16,000+ Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs)
- 166,000+ IUCN Red List species
Data offered in partnership with the Integrated Biodiversity Assessment Tool (IBAT)
2. Analysis of proximity to changes in terrestrial ecosystem integrity via:
- Biodiversity Intactness Index (BII) - offered in partnership with London's Natural History Museum.
- Mean Species Abundance (MSA) - using the GLOBIO methodology.
3. Analysis of proximity fo water-stressed areas via four geospatial physical risk layers:
- Water Stress
- Water Demand
- Water Variability
- Drought
Geospatial data is sourced from institutional-grade databases and enhanced with proprietary algorithms where appropriate.
Dependencies
ENCORE-aligned assessment of dependency on 25 ecosystem services based on a granular classification of revenue sources.
Impacts
1. Anthropocentric assessment: impact of business activities on natural capital in monetary terms. Comprises six drivers of activity; measured down to 50km granularity worldwide. Leverages proprietary impact methodologies aligned with key standard-setters (Capitals Coalition, Value Balancing Alliance, IFVI).
2. Species-centric assessment: impact of business activities on global species populations in terms of a Potentially Disappeared Fraction (PDF). Comprises eight drivers of activity; measured at country level across terrestrial, freshwater and marine ecosystems. Leverages LC-IMPACT methodology.
Risks and Opportunities
1. Two types of deforestation risk assessment:
- Qualitative assessment of business deforestation-related policies, commitments and actions - offered in partnership with Forest IQ and Global Canopy.
- Geospatial assessment of forest, urban and agricultural land cover change using authoritative satellite data.
2. Assessment of opportunities for nature-positive action via Species Threat Abatement and Restoration (STAR) scores offered in partnership with the Integrated Biodiversity Assessment Tool (IBAT).
3. Broader assessment of physical, transition and supply chain risks and opportunities across:
- A total of 18 geospatial physical risk layers
- A total of 12 transition risk layers
- A total of 5 supply chain risk layers
Standards and Regulations
GIST Impact offers a dedicated tool for analysis and reporting in line with TNFD and PBAF requirements.
Where and how do you source your data?
As a baseline, data is sourced from corporate disclosures. Where disclosures are missing, ML-powered estimation models provide accurate gap-fill across all relevant metrics. At present, GIST Impact collects data on 18,000+ corporates worldwide. Data is available from 2016 until present.
Asset-level data is compiled from external and internal sources and validated for accuracy by GIST Impact (location; asset type).
Derived analytics leverage a compilation of internally curated methodologies and partner-led datasets. Sources for the latter include IBAT, Forest IQ and London's Natural History Museum.
Further information is outlined data offering description, above.
What is the cost for your data offering?
Please enquire for pricing.
Contacts
Mahima Sukhdev ([email protected])
