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Map of Biodiversity Risk Hotspots (e.g. high conservation value forests, high biodiversity value ecosystems etc.)

Data source provider

WWF Risk Filter Suite

Use cases

Exposure quantification, Financial stability monitoring

Data group

Biodiversity and forestry indicators

Metric Type

Physical vulnerability

Methodology/ Standard / Classification/ Taxonomy / Reference

1. Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD)
2. Taskforce on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD)
3. Science Based Targets for Nature (SBTN)
4. Alliance for Water Stewardship (AWS)
5. Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP)
6. Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)
7. European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS).

Unit (e.g. CO2)

Not applicable

Dimension (e.g. Sector, Customer)

By Geographical area

Time horizon 

Backward-looking

Frequency

Not available

Time series

Not available

Accessibility

Public

Observation on data availability/gaps

The WWF BRF is a free-of-charge, web-based, spatially explicit corporate- and portfolio-level screening and prioritisation tool for biodiversity-related risks. It allows companies to understand and assess the biodiversity-related risks of their operational locations and their suppliers and to prepare an appropriate response plan. By the same logic, financial institutions can assess biodiversity-related risks for all companies in a given portfolio. The current version of the WWF BRF tool consists of three key modules: the Inform Module, which provides an overview of the industry-specific dependencies on ecosystem services and impacts on biodiversity; the Explore Module, which is a collection of spatially explicit maps of the importance and local integrity of biodiversity; and the Assess Module, which contains a tailored physical and reputational risk assessment for which users need to input location-specific company and/or supply chain data.

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