Result description
The Biodiversity-focused ESG Toolkit provides a structured methodological approach and supporting resources to help organisations integrate biodiversity considerations into their Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) reporting processes. It translates complex ecological, socio-economic and value-chain insights from BIOTRAILS into clear, actionable reporting guidance aligned with emerging corporate sustainability disclosure requirements. The toolkit enables organisations to better understand, assess and communicate biodiversity-related risks, impacts and dependencies across their operations and value chains.
Its design:
-aligns with CSRD / ESRS E4, TNFD, and EU Taxonomy biodiversity requirements,
-provides value-chain-specific and place-based logic, allowing a more granular understanding of biodiversity impacts,
-integrates BIOTRAILS data streams (climate projections, behavioural insights, system dynamics models) to contextualise biodiversity risks,
-supports organisations in meeting upcoming mandatory sustainability disclosure obligations with credible, science-grounded methods.
Addressing target audiences and expressing needs
- Business partners – SMEs, Entrepreneurs, Large Corporations
- Expanding to more markets /finding new customers
- Sustainability and ESG teams in companies
- Financial institutions integrating biodiversity into risk assessments
- Auditors and reporting consultants supporting CSRD-aligned disclosures
- Certification and standardisation bodies
- Supply chain and procurement managers
- Other Actors who can help us fulfil our market potential
R&D, Technology and Innovation aspects
The result is a mature prototype (TRL 6) entering early market validation (CRL 3; IRL 2). Next steps aim to validate use with a small number of companies, refine usability and guidance, and offer the tool as a light service or product. Limited public or private funding and support from networks or partners is sought; no large-scale investment is planned.
The result supports a scalable business model, primarily through its digital nature and modular design. The toolkit can be reused across multiple companies with limited additional effort. Core functionalities and datasets can serve multiple users simultaneously, while only light, optional support is needed per client.
Scalability is further enabled by the ability to adapt the tool to new sectors and value chains by updating or adding datasets and indicators, rather than redeveloping the technology. The tool can also be adjusted to reflect new or evolving ESG requirements (e.g. CSRD, ESRS, TNFD) through incremental updates to guidance and indicators.
From an efficiency perspective, Draxis can scale by offering the toolkit as a standardised product complemented by optional paid services (e.g. assisted use, reporting support).
The BIOTRAILS ESG Biodiversity Toolkit is a digital, standardised tool that can be delivered to multiple users simultaneously with consistent functionality, methodology, and output quality. Once developed and hosted, the same version of the tool can be accessed by different companies, sectors, or regions without the need for custom development.
Replicability is supported by the use of a common methodological framework, harmonised indicators, and pre-populated datasets, which ensure that users receive the same type of results and guidance each time. The tool can be replicated across markets and value chains by reusing the core structure and adding or adapting datasets, rather than redesigning the system.
The result and the associated business model can be considered sustainable in the long term, in line with the sustainable business model definition.
The toolkit delivers a sustainable value proposition by helping companies understand, manage, and report their biodiversity impacts, supporting more responsible decision-making and alignment with ESG and regulatory requirements. It delivers value through a low-resource, digital solution that reduces the need for repeated bespoke analyses, thereby improving efficiency for users.
Economic value is captured through light, service-based offerings (e.g. assisted use, reporting support) while keeping operational costs low. At the same time, the model contributes to maintaining and regenerating natural capital by encouraging biodiversity-aware practices, social value by improving transparency and accountability, and economic resilience by supporting long-term regulatory compliance.
