New IEMA primer on roles and reporting using the Taskforce for Nature-related Financial Disclosure (TNFD) framework

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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  • Provide a short introduction to the framework and signpost resources
  • Show where/how different sustainability and environmental roles are likely to encounter and engage with the TNFD as part of their work
  • Answer some frequently asked questions.

Business Actions on TNFD both sets the scene for using TNFD, point to key resources – policy and practical – and takes the reader through business roles and IEMA membership levels and  considers how different sustainability professionals will engage with the framework.

Written by Dr Stephanie Hime, Director at Sustainability Consultancy | Little Blue Research, and Marina Bradford, Director at Bemari, this new paper sets out to give professionals a ‘foot up’ by helping them to understand the context of the TNFD, what the TNFD is about and how it helps business, allowing them to be confident in using this new framework and start to effectively manage their nature-related risks.

Prior to publishing this paper IEMA were delighted to work with TNFD to create a webinar, based on this paper, for IEMA members. You can view it on our Watch Again site.

IEMA members can download their copy of Developing Skills for Adaptation here

Non-IEMA members can purchase the document from our online shop (under 'Biodiversity & Natural Capital')


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Lesley Wilson AIEMA

Policy and Engagement Lead

Lesley is Policy and Engagement Lead at IEMA with a focus on biodiversity and natural capital. Lesley also supports IEMA’s role as Secretariat to the UK Business and Biodiversity Forum, working with businesses to raise the profile of, mainstream, and share good practice in, biodiversity. Lesley joined IEMA in December 2021 after 11 years delivering projects, programmes and solutions for business in the field of environmental sustainability for the British Standards Institution (BSI), including ground breaking standards in biodiversity net gain and natural capital. Lesley has a qualification in business management (MBA) and climate change management, and mentors environmental students at the University of Westminster.