The reporting recommendations from the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD), published last year, is one of the new frameworks aimed at helping business integrate nature into business decision-making.

Partly funded by the UK’s Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, the TNFD is a framework for reporting impacts and dependencies, and risks and opportunities, in relation to nature.

There is a large amount of interest in the recommendations provided by the TNFD to better manage nature-related risks. However, the framework and surrounding information can sometimes seem dense and foreboding.

This is why the Biodiversity and Natural Capital Network at IEMA have produced a new paper:  Business actions on TNFD: A primer on roles and reporting using the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures Framework.

As the name suggests the paper is a primer on roles and reporting using the disclosure recommendations and guidance of the TNFD framework and aims to:

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Lesley Wilson AIEMA

Policy and Engagement Lead

Lesley is Policy and Engagement Lead at IEMA with a focus on the rapidly developing area of biodiversity and natural capital. On behalf of IEMA, Lesley also supports and is a member of the Steering Group of the UK Business and Biodiversity Forum. Lesley has worked in environmental sustainability for 15 years and previously delivered programmes and solutions in sustainability for business at the British Standards Institution, including ground breaking standards in biodiversity net gain and natural capital. Lesley has a qualifications in business management (MBA) and climate change management, and mentors environmental students at the University of Westminster.