CSRD

How Does Natcap Enable Companies to Comply with the CSRD?

By combining world-leading science, location-specific supply chain intelligence, and strategic advisory services, Natcap delivers audit-ready data that enables organisations to meet the European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) under the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD).

What is the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive and Who is Impacted?

The Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) is an EU regulation requiring large and listed companies to disclose how environmental and social issues impact their business, and how their operations affect people and the planet.

Affecting tens of thousands of businesses globally, the directive introduces strict disclosure rules under the European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS). To comply, organisations must report across short, medium, and long-term horizons, covering both direct operations and deep, upstream supply chains.

Beyond meeting compliance obligations, CSRD forces leadership teams to assess hidden value chain vulnerabilities, protect profit margins, and give investors clear evidence of long-term business resilience.

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Driven by Double Materiality

Organisations must evaluate financial risks stemming from environmental dependencies alongside their outward operational impacts on nature.

Demands Value Chain Coverage Reporting cannot stop at direct operations. Companies must evaluate raw material extraction and agricultural sourcing several tiers upstream.

Requires Audit-Ready Data Lineage Every disclosed figure must be traceable to primary coordinates or peer-reviewed spatial datasets to withstand limited and reasonable audit assurance.

Spans Three Core Environmental Standards Disclosures require specific metrics across ESRS E2 (Pollution), ESRS E3 (Water and Marine Resources), ESRS E4 (Biodiversity and Ecosystems), and ESRS E5 (Resource Use & Circular Economy).

Transforms Compliance into Commercial Strategy

Structured environmental data reveals supply chain hotspots, helping procurement and finance teams mitigate risk and secure critical inputs.

Natcap Enables Alignment Across the LEAP Journey

The LEAP approach is a key component of the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) recommendations, offering a practical framework for organisations to identify, assess, manage, and ultimately disclose their dependencies and impacts on nature, as well as the associated risks and opportunities. This framework is not a mandatory requirement for adopting TNFD recommendations but serves as a suggested guide to help organizations determine what information is material to disclose. Natcap guides sustainability, procurement, and risk teams through every stage of the LEAP process using location-specific intelligence and peer-reviewed science.

Natcap is recognised as a LEAP assessment data provider by the Japanese Ministry of Environment.

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Corporate Environmental Risk & Opportunity

Quantify environmental risk to strengthen business resilience.

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Supply Chain Risk & Resilience

Pinpoint where environmental risks threaten your supply chain.

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Portfolio Risk Management

Identify material environmental risk across lending and investment portfolios.

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Transaction Diligence

Strengthen credit, underwriting and investment decisions with financially relevant insights.

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Environmental Risk Reporting & Disclosure

Prepare audit-ready disclosures with confidence.

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Advisory Services

Future-proof your business with a robust environmental strategy.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How does CSRD define double materiality for environmental topics?

CSRD double materiality requires companies to report on both financial materiality (how climate, water, pollution, and biodiversity issues create financial risks or opportunities) and impact materiality (how the company’s direct and indirect activities affect natural ecosystems and society). A topic is material if it meets either threshold.

Which ESRS standards cover nature and biodiversity?

Nature and environmental topics sit within three dedicated topical standards: ESRS E2 (Pollution of air, water, and soil), ESRS E3 (Water and marine resources), and ESRS E4 (Biodiversity and ecosystems). Resource use and circular economy are covered separately under ESRS E5.

What data is required to report on ESRS E4 Biodiversity and Ecosystems?

ESRS E4 requires companies to disclose raw material traceability, land-use change, site-level proximity to Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) and protected zones, species extinction risks, and metrics on ecosystem degradation. Disclosures must cover both direct operations and upstream supply chain activities.

How does Natcap ensure CSRD environmental data is audit-ready? Natcap provides full data lineage for every metric, linking operational inputs back to peer-reviewed scientific methodologies and verified spatial datasets. This gives internal risk teams and external auditors complete transparency over calculations, assumptions, and ecological concern scores.

Why Natcap

Environmental intelligence built for better business decisions.

Actionable Insights

Sustainability and procurement teams can confidently identify environmental risks that matter most and prioritise action where it will have the greatest business impact.

World-Leading Science

Since its inception at the University of Oxford, Natcap has always invested in best-in-class science. Our team of multidisciplinary scientists provide tailored, expert insights for cascading risks following climate- and nature-related events.

Granular Supply Chain Intelligence

Data is at the core of our business. We move beyond qualitative averages to deliver absolute values anchored in how or where your business operates, enabling more confident business decisions.