NatureMetrics

Does the core business genuinely avoid or reduce emissions, or build climate resilience? Share of revenue that is actually 'green'. Fossil-dependent models score low.

NatureMetrics' core eDNA and AI platform provides the high-integrity, site-level biodiversity data that underpins corporate nature strategies aligned to TNFD, CSRD, and Science-based Targets for Nature — making it a genuine enabler of biodiversity action — but the company does not itself restore ecosystems or cut emissions, and impact is wholly mediated by client behaviour.

Credible, science-based targets (SBTi), a real net-zero plan with progress to date, and CDP disclosure — not just a dated press release.

No evidence was found of NatureMetrics holding SBTi-validated emissions targets, a CDP disclosure score, or a published net-zero roadmap with quantified milestones for its own operations; the company markets science-based targets as a service to clients but has not demonstrably committed to them itself.

Operational footprint, labour and social practices, and governance quality across the company's own operations and supply chain.

NatureMetrics is a knowledge-intensive, lab- and software-based business with a small physical footprint (UK and Canadian labs, partner lab in Indonesia), no evidence of labour violations or governance scandals, and a founding mission deeply aligned with biodiversity conservation, but no publicly available standalone ESG or sustainability report was found to verify operational practices independently.

Quality of disclosure, independent third-party verification, and how much hard data backs the company's claims.

NatureMetrics publicly claims its platform data is 'fully accessible and auditable' and touts clients' TNFD/CSRD readiness, and its methodology is grounded in peer-reviewed eDNA science, but the company has not published its own GHG inventory, third-party-verified sustainability report, or CDP disclosure, leaving a significant gap between the transparency it enables for clients and the transparency it practices itself.

Controversies, litigation, pollution, fossil-fuel lobbying, conflict-zone involvement and governance scandals. Higher means cleaner.

No material controversies, litigation, pollution incidents, fossil-fuel lobbying, or governance scandals were identified in any public source; the company was a finalist for the Earthshot Prize and holds backing from reputable impact investors including Just Climate and Ananda Impact Ventures, consistent with a clean integrity record.