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Knowing where risk is concentrated is what frees budget to act on it. Global Nature risk provides exactly that, showing which sites carry the highest exposure, what's driving it, and where targeted investment will pay back.

NatureMetrics has launched its new Global Nature Risk tool. This risk screening solution is designed to help businesses understand, prioritise and act on nature-related risk across entire portfolios by providing businesses with a dynamic and quarterly updated view of nature-related risk across their sites.

Knowing where risk is concentrated is what frees budget to act on it. Global Nature risk provides exactly that, showing which sites carry the highest exposure, what's driving it, and where targeted investment will pay back.

6th May 2026

NatureMetrics has launched the Freshwater ECI, a 0–100 ecological condition score for UK rivers derived from a single litre of water using eDNA. Built on a decade of consistently collected, proprietary eDNA data and calibrated against UK Water Framework Directive status bands, the index offers a scalable, biologically grounded alternative to traditional freshwater monitoring methods.

6th May 2026

NatureMetrics has launched the Freshwater ECI, a 0–100 ecological condition score for UK rivers derived from a single litre of water using eDNA. Built on a decade of consistently collected, proprietary eDNA data and calibrated against UK Water Framework Directive status bands, the index offers a scalable, biologically grounded alternative to traditional freshwater monitoring methods.

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Why the climate-water-nature nexus needs more than biomass data — and what a complete picture of forest condition could change for corporate disclosure, carbon finance, and nature recovery.

eDNA water sampling meets guest education — how a science-based monitoring programme is building a longitudinal picture of biodiversity along Alaska's Inside Passage.

Why the climate-water-nature nexus needs more than biomass data — and what a complete picture of forest condition could change for corporate disclosure, carbon finance, and nature recovery.

The first globally applicable Accounting for Nature®-accredited soil microbial assessment method provides businesses with a single ecosystem health metric, informing quick and effective decision-making to boost restoration efforts. Through a partnership with Forestry England, the tool has been developed and refined using one of the nation’s largest eDNA datasets.

From COP30 in Belém, Pippa Howard, Chief Nature Strategist at NatureMetrics, examines how the gap between measuring nature and managing it strategically is where billions in capital, competitive advantage, and operational resilience will be won or lost by 2030.

We’re expanding to Brazil, the world’s most biodiverse nation, through a partnership with Firjan SENAI, one of the country’s leading private research and innovation institutions. To mark this milestone, we’re joining forces with OceanPact and Instituto Mar Urbano on an expedition from Rio de Janeiro to COP30 in Belém, collecting eDNA samples along Brazil’s coastline to demonstrate the power of our new local capability and reveal the state of ocean biodiversity in this vital region.

We’re expanding to Brazil, the world’s most biodiverse nation, through a partnership with Firjan SENAI, one of the country’s leading private research and innovation institutions. To mark this milestone, we’re joining forces with OceanPact and Instituto Mar Urbano on an expedition from Rio de Janeiro to COP30 in Belém, collecting eDNA samples along Brazil’s coastline to demonstrate the power of our new local capability and reveal the state of ocean biodiversity in this vital region.

Fashion’s sustainability journey can no longer stop at “doing less harm”, a truly nature-positive future means regenerating ecosystems, empowering communities, and transforming business models. This article introduces the ART³ framework and TNFD’s LEAP approach, showing how brands can move beyond offsets and certifications to embed regeneration and resilience into their supply chains. Read on to discover why going nature-positive is fast becoming a strategic advantage, and the next chapter for fashion.

Biodiversity has long been fashion’s blind spot, but that’s beginning to change. This article explores how leading brands like Kering, LVMH, and H&M are starting to take meaningful action, while also exposing the critical gaps holding the industry back. Read on to discover how frameworks like SBTN and TNFD can help fashion move from fragmented efforts to truly nature-positive strategies.

Part 1 of 3 part series

This article series brings biodiversity to the forefront of the fashion sustainability conversation, exploring the industry's current blind spots and the interconnected impacts of its supply chain on nature.

New Portfolio Assessment feature enables enterprises to standardise biodiversity monitoring and identify high-risk sites at scale.

Biodiversity loss is no longer just an environmental concern. It’s a major operational and financial risk for agrifood companies. This article explores key challenges and how leading brands are tackling them.

Nature is now a material risk for the food sector, and companies without sound biodiversity strategies risk reputational, legal, and financial penalties. Learn how the LEAP approach can help sustainability leaders in agri-food businesses design best-in-class corporate biodiversity strategies.

Building on two previous ocean conferences in 2017 and 2022, UNOC comes at a critical time. This article explores the key outcomes from the conference with expert analysis from Dr Kat Bruce, Benjamin Barca, and Laura Plant, including: the High Seas Treaty, Marine Protected Areas, Blue Finance, Deep Sea Mining and Sustainable Fishing.

• New tool enables rapid assessment of habitats over time to track conservation efforts, identify new project sites and detect areas for on-the-ground monitoring.
• Habitat Insights offers three simple and actionable habitat metrics: Land Cover, Habitat Connectivity and Vegetation Health.
• Compare habitat insights alongside species data in one easy-to-use platform to simplify reporting for CSRD, TNFD and GRI.

Pippa Howard, Chief Nature Strategist, reflects on Davos and the upcoming COP30, including why biodiversity loss is being deprioritised despite being ranked as the second most severe risk by decision-makers reported by the World Economic Forum's 2025 Global Risk report.

His Royal Highness Prince William visited NatureMetrics' UK HQ and labs following our success at the 2024 Earthshot Prize, where we reached the finals of the "Protect & Restore Nature" category. The Prince, quoted by the BBC, remarked: “So much of what the environmental world needs right now is data. This is fantastic that you guys have got this ability to be able to tell us what’s really there.”

• The rise of nature reporting and regulation brings increased demand for high quality biodiversity data and insights.

• New investors include Just Climate, EDF Pulse Ventures¹ and Monaco ReOcean Fund with participation from existing investors 2150, BNP Paribas, Ananda Impact Ventures and SWEN Blue Ocean.

• Investment will enhance NatureMetrics' nature intelligence platform, AI capabilities and environmental DNA (eDNA) solution, set to underpin a new era of nature reporting.

CHEGD fungi are a reliable indicator of threatened grassland habitats and could be critical to their proper designation and protection. However, traditional visual surveys of fruiting bodies have hindered conservation. NatureMetrics eDNA changes that.

Protecting biodiversity isn’t just about ecosystems; it’s about empowering the communities who live closest to and rely on them.

New guide from NatureMetrics reveals the importance of integrating site-based nature data into CSRD ESRS E4 disclosure for long-term sustainable operations.

Nature Tech Alliance launches nature tech white paper at COP16, revealing eye-opening insights from 18 corporates navigating the biodiversity reporting challenge.

Our team will be on the ground in Cali, Colombia between October 21 and November 1 for COP16, engaging customers and partners, offering our guidance on how to navigate the nature tech revolution.

CSRD disclosure: Why monitoring the ‘state of nature’ is profoundly important in the race to reduce nature-related risks.

Analysis of 245 responses to our Nature Maturity Assessment suggests companies lack the knowledge, technology, and executive sponsorship required to meet incoming nature-related obligations. This is an important insight for corporate leaders descending on New York Climate Week. How do organisations match their ambitions with their readiness to disclose?

We are thrilled to announce that NatureMetrics has been selected as a finalist for the prestigious Earthshot Prize, recognizing the importance of our solution in advancing biodiversity measurement at scale.

Leading global nature intelligence company, NatureMetrics, has aligned with global nature certification standard organisation, Accounting for Nature, to bring scientific robustness and reliability to state of nature measurement and corporate reporting activities.

As key members of the Products Team at NatureMetrics, we are excited to introduce you to Restoration Tracker, a product that we believe will transform how we measure and monitor ecosystem restoration.

Tuesday 30^th July: Global nature intelligence company, NatureMetrics, today announces the launch of Restoration Tracker; an innovative product designed to transform the measurement and tracking of soil restoration progress.

This groundbreaking tool addresses a critical gap in biodiversity and ecological monitoring by providing a standardized, scientifically robust method for assessing and quantifying the extent of soil restoration success across terrestrial ecosystems.

Restoration Tracker is the first product of its kind on the market, providing a unique solution to a long-standing industry challenge – a simple metric to track the restoration and remediation of soils.

In today's rapidly evolving regulatory landscape, the need for organizations to understand their alignment with nature-related regulations has never been more critical. The results from our recent Nature Maturity Assessment reveal significant insights into the readiness of various industries to comply with these emerging standards. This blog will delve into the key findings of our assessment, the importance of understanding where companies stand, and the next steps to ensure compliance and leadership in nature-positive initiatives.

NatureMetrics Sponsors Northwest Passage Journey Led by the Ocean Science Expedition to Unveil Arctic Biodiversity Through eDNA

Groundbreaking Autosampler Technology Enables Cost-Effective, Safe and Scalable Biodiversity Monitoring.

Naturemetrics' Chris French discusses how eDNA and artificial intelligence combined can revolutionize biodiversity monitoring and drive positive environmental change.

• The global nature intelligence company has partnered with one of the largest independent testing labs in Indonesia, situated in Bogor, West Java.
• The expansion will enable NatureMetrics to reach new projects in one of the world’s top ‘megadiverse’ countries.
• Partnership enhances NatureMetrics global capabilities as international demand for biodiversity monitoring services increase.

NatureMetrics supports Scotland towards its 2030 Nature Positive goals with the adoption of eDNA and AI into national monitoring programs.

NatureMetrics has been selected as a 2024 World Economic Forum (WEF) Technology Pioneer. The WEF Technology Pioneer community is a unique group that brings together 100 early-stage start-ups from around the world working on cutting-edge technologies and innovations.

How measuring biodiversity and ecosystems is possible, and can help companies and financial ‍institutions in the mission to halt and reverse nature loss.

ERM, Salesforce, NatureMetrics and Planet Launch NatureTech Alliance to Address Biodiversity Loss

• ERM, Salesforce, NatureMetrics and Planet combine forces to form a new initiative to help companies tackle urgent biodiversity challenges
• Alliance will focus on biodiversity measurement, management and disclosure, supporting businesses to get ahead of their nature impact reporting commitments
• Collaboration aims to transform how businesses approach their impact and dependencies on nature

New nature tech solutions are enabling the mining industry to pursue a "nature positive" future by monitoring and managing biodiversity. Increasing regulatory requirements around biodiversity disclosure make technologies like remote sensing and eDNA crucial for mining companies to comply.

• NatureMetrics will deploy its world-leading environmental DNA (eDNA) sampling technology in four critical locations across Unilever’s supply chain.
• Soil and insect biodiversity will be measured.
• Work has already begun to establish baseline data across thousands of hectares in Argentina, Canada, the UK and Europe.
• The partnership supports Unilever's regenerative agriculture programme designed to make farming climate resilient.

On 7th March, NatureMetrics and Mining Technology Magazine host a webinar exploring how mining’s nature-related commitments are changing – and the new technologies that can help meet these.

Following on from January’s World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos, we examine some of the trends that will define nature progress as we look ahead to COP16 later this year.

A recent NatureMetrics-hosted webinar examined how eDNA optimised biodiversity monitoring and mitigation can drive efficiency and affordability for Offshore Wind Farm development.

• As COP28 focuses attention on the vital role of nature, global nature intelligence company, NatureMetrics, expands Nature Strategy team to meet growing corporate demand to implement nature and biodiversity goals

• Team bolstered by Hannah Skeates, new Director of Nature Strategy for Finance and Environmental Markets; Hannah previously held global sustainable investing leadership roles at Wells Fargo, S&P Global and BlackRock
• Amy Sellers joins as Principal Consultant, previously Climate and Nature Risk Manager within Deloitte's Risk Advisory team
• Alison Jones joins as Principal Consultant, previously Operations Director at Little Blue Research, Capitals Coalition and Arcadis
• Isadora Ferreira joins as Principal Consultant, previously Nature Risk Manager at Deloitte’s Risk Advisory team

NatureMetrics releases a guide on eDNA-powered nature intelligence in coastal ecosystems at COP28. The guide highlights the role of coastal ecosystems in climate change mitigation and conservation, and the potential of eDNA technology to monitor biodiversity.

• New CEO will drive company expansion in response to huge demand for nature reporting driven by frameworks such as TNFD and CSRD.
• Dimple brings deep experience across digital and global commercial development to guide NatureMetrics through next important growth phase, with particular focus on Canada and the United States.
• NatureMetrics’ new Nature Intelligence Platform experiences high demand as corporates look to new solutions for scalable biodiversity monitoring.

NatureMetrics is the first company in the world to launch a Nature Intelligence subscription service powered by environmental DNA (eDNA) technology, converting the intricacies of nature into meaningful insights for corporate sustainability teams to take action.

When NatureMetrics was founded 2014, our mission was simple: to empower the best decisions for nature. While that goal hasn’t changed in 2023, the need to address accelerating nature loss has made it even more urgent.

New York Climate Week 2023 marked a milestone as nature and biodiversity took a prominent role alongside climate conversations. The well-attended Nature Positive Hub demonstrated the growing focus on collaborating to address the intertwined climate and nature crises. While momentum is clearly building, we now need to transition from talk into concrete systemic change implemented across entire value chains.

As nature-related risks become top of the agenda for businesses responding to new nature reporting requirements, Pippa Howard, Chief Nature Strategist, explains the details of NatureMetrics’ new NATURE Maturity Assessment service.

Download our new guide to start your TNFD journey and see how nature intelligence is transforming businesses’ response to new nature reporting requirements.

The race to Net Zero is well and truly underway and, with that, a growing pressure to evolve how our marine industries are supporting this transition.

Download our new whitepaper to learn how eDNA-based nature intelligence is empowering extractives companies to get ahead of tightening biodiversity regulations.

Nature-friendly policies are no longer a nice-to-have for business. They are a commercial imperative. Brands with purpose are already growing faster than their peers, and that growth will accelerate. This article explains how effective and scaleable biodiversity monitoring solutions will become tomorrow's profit centres: a nature yield.

MSC Cruises and MSC Foundation announce innovative partnership with NatureMetrics to collect comprehensive biodiversity data for marine species using eDNA.

NatureMetrics is proud to embark on a new project in partnership with Rainforest Connection (RFCx) and Health In Harmony, which will bridge ecoacoustics and environmental DNA (eDNA) to monitor biodiversity in Manombo Special Reserve, Madagascar.

NatureMetrics set to become the first company in the world to provide environmental DNA (eDNA) air sampling as a commercial service.

This collaboration brings about significant advancements in the field by offering autonomous collection of environmental DNA from marine environments.

If your business isn’t already affected by biodiversity regulation, it will be very soon. Becoming nature positive will no longer be a nice-to-have reputational asset, but simply a licence to do business. And new regulations can be enormously disruptive to businesses, so smart organisations will prepare now, if they have not already started.

As if being founder of NatureMetrics isn’t adventure enough, in 2022 our founder Dr Kat Bruce elected to spend a month at sea in a tiny boat with five men, rowing and resting in 2 hour shifts, 24 hours a day… and collecting eDNA samples.

Biodiversity is a critical component of sustainable agriculture. So we joined Nestle Purina PetCare's consortium of partners on a multi-year research project to explore the role of seaweed in regenerative agriculture.

Natural England and the Joint Nature Conservation Committee commission NatureMetrics to review and protocol DNA-based marine benthic sampling.

SPACES, a spatial intelligence collaboration coordinated by UN environment programme, profiles eDNA and eBioAtlas when advocating for greater use of spatial intelligence for integrated nature and climate action.

The shift in narrative from wishful thinking to policy directives and UN-supported goals and targets, means that large and transnational companies need to understand their impacts on nature.

NatureMetrics, the global nature intelligence technology company, has today announced the launch of a new Nature Strategy service, to support businesses in navigating the rapidly expanding nature monitoring and disclosure landscape.

NatureMetrics is teaming up with GBIF—the Global Biodiversity Information Facility—to enable any NatureMetrics client to make their nature data transparent and available via the world’s most comprehensive, openly available biodiversity data-sharing infrastructure.

NatureMetrics, the global nature intelligence technology company, today announces the launch of the world’s most powerful nature performance monitoring subscription service, putting meaningful and robust nature insights into the hands of business decision makers across the globe.

NatureMetrics makes biodiversity surveys possible at scale by providing the tools for simple DNA collection from project sites, which can then be sent back to the company for analysis, generating data on unprecedented scales. As water sector companies balance increased demand with the move towards net zero 2030, it is essential to find innovative solutions that provide increased sampling resolution and reduced sampling cost.

NatureMetrics, the nature intelligence technology company, based in Surrey Research Park, Guildford, has hosted a tour with the leader of the Liberal Democrats, Edward Davey, to demonstrate how UK technology can be implemented to help bolster UK environmental targets.

In order to be able to invest in nature, you need to be able to measure it. This paper outlines how we see eDNA, and other novel technologies, being used to measure biodiversity and enable the successful scale-up of Nature-based Solutions, to ultimately drive genuine biodiversity net-gain across the world

NatureMetrics, the nature intelligence technology company, today announces the appointment of Jared Schrieber, as new Chair of the Board of Directors. Jared will focus on steering the technology company’s growth strategy as it further develops its innovative product range and international reach

As the global nature intelligence technology company, today we launch our ‘PollutionTracker’. A monthly subscription service for the water industry, combining unique DNA sampling with state-of-the-art data science, to deliver mapping of bacterial pollution across whole river catchments.

We are profoundly concerned by the suggestions that nature regulations might be relaxed....Now is the time for the economy to embrace solutions, to make good regulation work for the UK, and not to throw in the towel and accept lower standards. We stand ready to help businesses and the public sector, across the UK and the world, meet and exceed.

Our vision for post-2020 science-based targets for nature

Nature is now embedded at the heart of the climate agenda, with natural ecosystems considered a crucial aspect of both climate mitigation and adaptation, and at COP15 on Biodiversity (due to take place later this year) new global targets will be agreed, which are likely to include requirements for businesses to disclose and reduce.

This video, originally posted on dw.com, shows how NatureMetrics is using environmental DNA to track animals in Liberian forests to help better understand their intricate biodiversity and ensure further protection of these environments.

We’re delighted with the opportunity to put our molecular knowledge to the test during the semifinals for the XPRIZE Rainforest, where we will be gathering high quality data at unprecedented speeds using our DNA and drone technologies.

DNA-based biodiversity monitoring company NatureMetrics today announced that it has raised $15m in new funding. The investment is led by urban sustainability-focused VC fund 2150 with participation from Ananda Impact Ventures, SWEN Capital Partners’ Blue Ocean and BNP Paribas Solar Impulse Venture Fund, and follow-on from Systemiq Capital.

What happens when you invite the NatureMetrics team to meet with the world's conservationist community in Marseille, France for the annual IUCN World Conservation Congress? A field trip, of course, along the beautiful Calanques coastline- a series of rocky cliffs and bays found along the jagged coast between the city of Marseille and the town

NatureMetrics had the pleasure of attending the HS2 Accelerator Team's Innovation Showcase Event to receive our BSI Innovation Kitemark.

Better biodiversity data is essential to understand the impact of forestry management. Hear from NatureMetrics' Stefanie Kaiser on how this can be put into action.

NatureMetrics has acquired the environmental DNA business of Canada-based Precision Biomonitoring. The deal was signed on 31 March 2022 and will see nine leading experts in the field of DNA-based bio-monitoring joining the NatureMetrics family.

The TNFD is a global, market-led initiative with the mission to develop and deliver a framework for organisations to report and act on evolving nature-related risks.

Natural Power, EDF Renewables and NatureMetrics have kicked off a ground-breaking research project to validate offshore fish environmental DNA (eDNA) survey methods - the first of its kind to trial the use of eDNA to improve survey methods for offshore wind farm environmental impact assessments.

“We knew that eDNA can deliver big data and this just goes to show what can be done with such a quick, safe and simple sampling approach. We can’t wait to see the results from other sites.”

At NatureMetrics we’re celebrating our fifth consecutive year of perfect scores in GCN proficiency testing, making us a partner of choice for anyone wanting to work with a high-quality experienced team.

Recognising the urgent need to scale up ecological monitoring as we respond to the biodiversity and climate crises, the DNAqua-Net international network have published a guidance document for the implementation of DNA-based biomonitoring tools.

Like so many others, I've been reflecting on what's happened over the last couple of weeks at COP26, and how it relates to the world I'm more usually embedded within. For those of us in the biodiversity and conservation world, there's a lot to get our heads around - and fast!

NatureMetrics is proud to be featured in the History of Parliament Trust 300 Years of Leadership and Innovation commemorative album that was launched at Westminster Abbey on Wednesday, 22 September 2021.

Our Soil and Sediment Expert

Some nature and biodiversity regulations are mandatory for companies operating in certain regions of the world while others are voluntary frameworks and standards that are ever changing.

We understand the challenges posed by this evolving regulatory framework and are here to guide businesses through the complexities.

The Taskforce for Nature-related Financial Disclosure (TNFD) has emerged as a crucial framework providing best-practice guidance for improved strategy, governance, risk management and disclosure.

The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) is a beacon for businesses navigating the complex landscape of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) reporting. Learn how to respond to this standard.

Imagine stepping into a dense forest, a vibrant coral reef, or even an expansive desert and being able to unveil the creatures that have lived and passed through there—a story told not by visible signs, but by collecting tiny traces of soil and water. This is environmental DNA (eDNA), a powerful tool revolutionizing the way we understand and conserve our planet's biodiversity.

Delve into the intricacies of CSRD. Explore its significance for nature and biodiversity. Shed light on the mandatory reporting standards that businesses must adhere.

The pressure to report on nature-related impacts is ever-growing. You can leverage the lessons learned globally when using the mitigation hierarchy, a comprehensive framework that guides businesses in managing and reporting on their environmental impact.

As companies increasingly recognize the importance ofaligning corporate strategies with global biodiversity conservation, SBTNstands out as a powerful framework recommended by the Task Force onNature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD).

A breakthrough collaboration of five leading organisations is set to transform rainforest biodiversity monitoring, allowing for remote measurement and monitoring without entering the field.

NatureMetrics will be joining Robert Downey Jr’s FootPrint Coalition team on their Fridays with Footprint webchat. Fridays with Footprint is a weekly conversation to get to know the world of FootPrint Coalition.

One of the best-developed applications of eDNA is surveying fish communities. Fish are particularly well suited to eDNA monitoring because they are fully aquatic and consistently release DNA into the water, making them detectable year-round

DNA-based technologies are now beginning to be applied to palynology and early results are very promising. These approaches could revolutionise the field to facilitate pollination research on an unprecedented scale and provide a deep understanding of plant-pollinator networks.

Natural England is funding a number of projects examining different applications of DNA technology for the survey and monitoring of terrestrial, freshwater and marine biodiversity.

DNA metabarcoding enables the identification of invertebrate communities at unprecedented scales, effectively overcoming the bottleneck of morphological identification. This unlocks the data potential of highly diverse and responsive groups such as arthropods, which can act as super-indicators of ecological status, facilitating adaptive management.

The NatureMetrics GCN team has once again scored a perfect ten out of ten in the FAPAS 2019 GCN eDNA proficiency test, one of only two companies that were able to achieve this.

If you’ve worked with NatureMetrics before, it’s likely that you will have benefitted from the dedication of lead scientist Dr CT, who is one of the original four employees.

There’s a whole world of biodiversity out there, and there are global efforts to measure species distributions so that we can make informed management decisions.

The NatureMetrics GCN team has for the third year running scored a perfect ten out of ten in the FAPAS GCN eDNA proficiency test. This year, NatureMetrics was one of five companies that were able to achieve a 100% score.

The 1000 rivers project is a combined effort to sample 1000 of the rivers that feed into the North Atlantic Ocean. Capturing knowledge on such a large geographical scale involves many partners, including NatureMetrics.

Joe is involved in all aspects of operations at NatureMetrics, whether it be overseeing our orders, communicating with clients, designing and managing our website or liaising with marketing operations.

One of our most exciting projects of 2020 was a pilot project on the coast of Mozambique, which gave us the chance to work with a wide range of stakeholders to trial the use of eDNA in Inhambane Bay.

In the first episode of the NatureMetrics webinar series we discussed how environmental DNA can increase the power and pace of biodiversity surveys. Watch now!

NatureMetrics have been featured in Transform Magazine. Read the full article to

Did you spot our NatureMetrics filter kit in the May edition of BBC Wildlife

The British Indian Ocean Territory Marine Protected Area is famous for its size, yet at this scale the monitoring responsibilities present major logistical and financial challenges. At NatureMetrics, we are helping CCT to establish new DNA-based biodiversity monitoring tools to increase the power of the data obtained and increase the pace at which.

The year 2020 had been dubbed the super year for nature - critical global agreements on Sustainable Development Goals, biodiversity and the UN climate COP all hotly anticipated. But 2020 was instead famous only for COVID-19. From adversity, the green shoots of change are emerging in ways we could never have imagined at the turn of the decade.

At NatureMetrics we’re celebrating our fourth year of perfect scores in GCN proficiency testing making us a partner of choice for anyone wanting to work with a high-quality experienced team.

The Scottish Government and NatureMetrics are using innovative nature monitoring to report on progress towards global biodiversity goals. In this new project, the Scottish Government are progressing nature reporting by developing new landscape level nature monitoring using DNA.

Five years ago, NatureMetrics was a small team of people with a passion for DNA and its potential to change the way we manage biodiversity. We started off using eDNA to detect the protected Great Crested Newt for our clients. Today, we are over 40 people working with clients all over the world and have monitored tens of thousands of species across.

Strengthening our understanding of UK biodiversity is a priority for effective management, yet we have an urgent need for better data. NatureMetrics scientists have developed scalable DNA based monitoring technologies that complement our existing biodiversity dataflows, giving rise to a new data layer for biodiversity generated using DNA species.

A new film has successfully crowdfunded £30,000 to showcase rarely shot footage of Britain’s Hidden Fishes. NatureMetrics supported the crowdfund by donating four eDNA Discovery Labs with 100 % of the sales given to the project.

We are proud to introduce BIOSTREAM - Biodiversity Sampling Technology for Remote Environmental Assessment and Monitoring - brought to you by NatureMetrics, Dendra Systems, and SYSTEMIQ.

eDNA is an innovative tool that can help combat the lack of time, resources and data that conservationists are challenged with.

When it comes to biodiversity surveys and routine Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) monitoring, mines often invest a significant amount of money in order to reduce risk. eDNA is a cutting-edge tool that can help mitigate risk during these critical biodiversity surveys, routine environmental monitoring and over asset life cycle from scoping to.

Biden's $16 billion proposal to plug old oil and gas wells and clean up abandoned mines would jump-start and significantly expand abandoned mine and well site rehabilitation efforts. eDNA is a powerful and innovative tool that can help inform the restoration process.

In this industry briefing note by NatureMetrics and The Biodiversity Consultancy, we see how eDNA technologies are valuable for understanding and mitigating biodiversity impacts at every stage of a project lifecycle.

We are working with Anglo American to bring innovative biodiversity solutions to the extractives sector. Anglo American have implemented DNA based monitoring at their mine sites and recently wrote about their experience working with this new technology for the first time.

NatureMetrics is delighted to announce a £6.5m investment and a relocation to Surrey Research Park to expand our growing business delivering biodiversity data to businesses, NGOs and governments using DNA. This growth will expand our product range, as we make use of the facilities in Surrey Research Park to refine and develop our technology

FFI and NatureMetrics have signed an agreement that will see the application of environmental DNA (eDNA) technology for wildlife monitoring in Africa. The technology brings benefits both for nature and for the local communities empowered to conduct ongoing monitoring across multiple FFI Africa projects.

This World Ocean’s Day, new DNA technologies have arrived on the remote islands of the Chagos Archipelago, and a team of researchers are collecting DNA samples to monitor the marine biodiversity of this diverse region.

NatureMetrics has been listed in Sifted's Sustain 100: the European sustainability startups to watch in 2021. Sifted cherrypicked the 100 most innovative startups across climate tech, cleantech, GreenTech and beyond.

eDNA technology has been highlighted in the recent IUCN guidelines as a cost-effective way of gathering data while minimising the need for people on the ground. These guidelines were published to help companies evaluate their biodiversity performance and promote internal decision-making and external disclosure.

The UK Govt has recently announced action to help stop the decline of biodiversity by 2030. NatureMetrics applauds this “Net Zero for Nature”. However, we are mindful that the effectiveness with which these reforms are implemented and monitored will determine the extent to which they produce real progress.

NatureMetrics and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) today announce the launch of eBioAtlas: a joint programme to map global freshwater biodiversity using eDNA.

NatureMetrics team members Dr Kat Bruce and Dr Lynsey Harper are among the authors of a newly-published research paper titled ‘A validation scale to determine the readiness of environmental DNA assays for routine species monitoring’.

Our Soil and Sediment Expert

NatureMetrics is proud to be featured in the History of Parliament Trust 300 Years of Leadership and Innovation commemorative album that was launched at Westminster Abbey on Wednesday, 22 September 2021.

Like so many others, I've been reflecting on what's happened over the last couple of weeks at COP26, and how it relates to the world I'm more usually embedded within. For those of us in the biodiversity and conservation world, there's a lot to get our heads around - and fast!

Recognising the urgent need to scale up ecological monitoring as we respond to the biodiversity and climate crises, the DNAqua-Net international network have published a guidance document for the implementation of DNA-based biomonitoring tools.

At NatureMetrics we’re celebrating our fifth consecutive year of perfect scores in GCN proficiency testing, making us a partner of choice for anyone wanting to work with a high-quality experienced team.

“We knew that eDNA can deliver big data and this just goes to show what can be done with such a quick, safe and simple sampling approach. We can’t wait to see the results from other sites.”

Natural Power, EDF Renewables and NatureMetrics have kicked off a ground-breaking research project to validate offshore fish environmental DNA (eDNA) survey methods - the first of its kind to trial the use of eDNA to improve survey methods for offshore wind farm environmental impact assessments.

The TNFD is a global, market-led initiative with the mission to develop and deliver a framework for organisations to report and act on evolving nature-related risks.

NatureMetrics has acquired the environmental DNA business of Canada-based Precision Biomonitoring. The deal was signed on 31 March 2022 and will see nine leading experts in the field of DNA-based bio-monitoring joining the NatureMetrics family.

Better biodiversity data is essential to understand the impact of forestry management. Hear from NatureMetrics' Stefanie Kaiser on how this can be put into action.

NatureMetrics had the pleasure of attending the HS2 Accelerator Team's Innovation Showcase Event to receive our BSI Innovation Kitemark.

What happens when you invite the NatureMetrics team to meet with the world's conservationist community in Marseille, France for the annual IUCN World Conservation Congress? A field trip, of course, along the beautiful Calanques coastline- a series of rocky cliffs and bays found along the jagged coast between the city of Marseille and the town

DNA-based biodiversity monitoring company NatureMetrics today announced that it has raised $15m in new funding. The investment is led by urban sustainability-focused VC fund 2150 with participation from Ananda Impact Ventures, SWEN Capital Partners’ Blue Ocean and BNP Paribas Solar Impulse Venture Fund, and follow-on from Systemiq Capital.

We’re delighted with the opportunity to put our molecular knowledge to the test during the semifinals for the XPRIZE Rainforest, where we will be gathering high quality data at unprecedented speeds using our DNA and drone technologies.

This video, originally posted on dw.com, shows how NatureMetrics is using environmental DNA to track animals in Liberian forests to help better understand their intricate biodiversity and ensure further protection of these environments.

Nature is now embedded at the heart of the climate agenda, with natural ecosystems considered a crucial aspect of both climate mitigation and adaptation, and at COP15 on Biodiversity (due to take place later this year) new global targets will be agreed, which are likely to include requirements for businesses to disclose and reduce.

Our vision for post-2020 science-based targets for nature

We are profoundly concerned by the suggestions that nature regulations might be relaxed....Now is the time for the economy to embrace solutions, to make good regulation work for the UK, and not to throw in the towel and accept lower standards. We stand ready to help businesses and the public sector, across the UK and the world, meet and exceed.

As the global nature intelligence technology company, today we launch our ‘PollutionTracker’. A monthly subscription service for the water industry, combining unique DNA sampling with state-of-the-art data science, to deliver mapping of bacterial pollution across whole river catchments.

NatureMetrics, the nature intelligence technology company, today announces the appointment of Jared Schrieber, as new Chair of the Board of Directors. Jared will focus on steering the technology company’s growth strategy as it further develops its innovative product range and international reach

In order to be able to invest in nature, you need to be able to measure it. This paper outlines how we see eDNA, and other novel technologies, being used to measure biodiversity and enable the successful scale-up of Nature-based Solutions, to ultimately drive genuine biodiversity net-gain across the world

NatureMetrics, the nature intelligence technology company, based in Surrey Research Park, Guildford, has hosted a tour with the leader of the Liberal Democrats, Edward Davey, to demonstrate how UK technology can be implemented to help bolster UK environmental targets.

NatureMetrics makes biodiversity surveys possible at scale by providing the tools for simple DNA collection from project sites, which can then be sent back to the company for analysis, generating data on unprecedented scales. As water sector companies balance increased demand with the move towards net zero 2030, it is essential to find innovative solutions that provide increased sampling resolution and reduced sampling cost.

NatureMetrics, the global nature intelligence technology company, today announces the launch of the world’s most powerful nature performance monitoring subscription service, putting meaningful and robust nature insights into the hands of business decision makers across the globe.

NatureMetrics is teaming up with GBIF—the Global Biodiversity Information Facility—to enable any NatureMetrics client to make their nature data transparent and available via the world’s most comprehensive, openly available biodiversity data-sharing infrastructure.

NatureMetrics, the global nature intelligence technology company, has today announced the launch of a new Nature Strategy service, to support businesses in navigating the rapidly expanding nature monitoring and disclosure landscape.

The shift in narrative from wishful thinking to policy directives and UN-supported goals and targets, means that large and transnational companies need to understand their impacts on nature.

SPACES, a spatial intelligence collaboration coordinated by UN environment programme, profiles eDNA and eBioAtlas when advocating for greater use of spatial intelligence for integrated nature and climate action.

Natural England and the Joint Nature Conservation Committee commission NatureMetrics to review and protocol DNA-based marine benthic sampling.

Biodiversity is a critical component of sustainable agriculture. So we joined Nestle Purina PetCare's consortium of partners on a multi-year research project to explore the role of seaweed in regenerative agriculture.

As if being founder of NatureMetrics isn’t adventure enough, in 2022 our founder Dr Kat Bruce elected to spend a month at sea in a tiny boat with five men, rowing and resting in 2 hour shifts, 24 hours a day… and collecting eDNA samples.

If your business isn’t already affected by biodiversity regulation, it will be very soon. Becoming nature positive will no longer be a nice-to-have reputational asset, but simply a licence to do business. And new regulations can be enormously disruptive to businesses, so smart organisations will prepare now, if they have not already started.

This collaboration brings about significant advancements in the field by offering autonomous collection of environmental DNA from marine environments.

NatureMetrics set to become the first company in the world to provide environmental DNA (eDNA) air sampling as a commercial service.

NatureMetrics is proud to embark on a new project in partnership with Rainforest Connection (RFCx) and Health In Harmony, which will bridge ecoacoustics and environmental DNA (eDNA) to monitor biodiversity in Manombo Special Reserve, Madagascar.

MSC Cruises and MSC Foundation announce innovative partnership with NatureMetrics to collect comprehensive biodiversity data for marine species using eDNA.

Nature-friendly policies are no longer a nice-to-have for business. They are a commercial imperative. Brands with purpose are already growing faster than their peers, and that growth will accelerate. This article explains how effective and scaleable biodiversity monitoring solutions will become tomorrow's profit centres: a nature yield.

Download our new whitepaper to learn how eDNA-based nature intelligence is empowering extractives companies to get ahead of tightening biodiversity regulations.

The race to Net Zero is well and truly underway and, with that, a growing pressure to evolve how our marine industries are supporting this transition.

Download our new guide to start your TNFD journey and see how nature intelligence is transforming businesses’ response to new nature reporting requirements.

As nature-related risks become top of the agenda for businesses responding to new nature reporting requirements, Pippa Howard, Chief Nature Strategist, explains the details of NatureMetrics’ new NATURE Maturity Assessment service.

New York Climate Week 2023 marked a milestone as nature and biodiversity took a prominent role alongside climate conversations. The well-attended Nature Positive Hub demonstrated the growing focus on collaborating to address the intertwined climate and nature crises. While momentum is clearly building, we now need to transition from talk into concrete systemic change implemented across entire value chains.

When NatureMetrics was founded 2014, our mission was simple: to empower the best decisions for nature. While that goal hasn’t changed in 2023, the need to address accelerating nature loss has made it even more urgent.

NatureMetrics is the first company in the world to launch a Nature Intelligence subscription service powered by environmental DNA (eDNA) technology, converting the intricacies of nature into meaningful insights for corporate sustainability teams to take action.

• New CEO will drive company expansion in response to huge demand for nature reporting driven by frameworks such as TNFD and CSRD.
• Dimple brings deep experience across digital and global commercial development to guide NatureMetrics through next important growth phase, with particular focus on Canada and the United States.
• NatureMetrics’ new Nature Intelligence Platform experiences high demand as corporates look to new solutions for scalable biodiversity monitoring.

NatureMetrics releases a guide on eDNA-powered nature intelligence in coastal ecosystems at COP28. The guide highlights the role of coastal ecosystems in climate change mitigation and conservation, and the potential of eDNA technology to monitor biodiversity.

• As COP28 focuses attention on the vital role of nature, global nature intelligence company, NatureMetrics, expands Nature Strategy team to meet growing corporate demand to implement nature and biodiversity goals

• Team bolstered by Hannah Skeates, new Director of Nature Strategy for Finance and Environmental Markets; Hannah previously held global sustainable investing leadership roles at Wells Fargo, S&P Global and BlackRock
• Amy Sellers joins as Principal Consultant, previously Climate and Nature Risk Manager within Deloitte's Risk Advisory team
• Alison Jones joins as Principal Consultant, previously Operations Director at Little Blue Research, Capitals Coalition and Arcadis
• Isadora Ferreira joins as Principal Consultant, previously Nature Risk Manager at Deloitte’s Risk Advisory team

A recent NatureMetrics-hosted webinar examined how eDNA optimised biodiversity monitoring and mitigation can drive efficiency and affordability for Offshore Wind Farm development.

Following on from January’s World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos, we examine some of the trends that will define nature progress as we look ahead to COP16 later this year.

On 7th March, NatureMetrics and Mining Technology Magazine host a webinar exploring how mining’s nature-related commitments are changing – and the new technologies that can help meet these.

• NatureMetrics will deploy its world-leading environmental DNA (eDNA) sampling technology in four critical locations across Unilever’s supply chain.
• Soil and insect biodiversity will be measured.
• Work has already begun to establish baseline data across thousands of hectares in Argentina, Canada, the UK and Europe.
• The partnership supports Unilever's regenerative agriculture programme designed to make farming climate resilient.

New nature tech solutions are enabling the mining industry to pursue a "nature positive" future by monitoring and managing biodiversity. Increasing regulatory requirements around biodiversity disclosure make technologies like remote sensing and eDNA crucial for mining companies to comply.

ERM, Salesforce, NatureMetrics and Planet Launch NatureTech Alliance to Address Biodiversity Loss

• ERM, Salesforce, NatureMetrics and Planet combine forces to form a new initiative to help companies tackle urgent biodiversity challenges
• Alliance will focus on biodiversity measurement, management and disclosure, supporting businesses to get ahead of their nature impact reporting commitments
• Collaboration aims to transform how businesses approach their impact and dependencies on nature

How measuring biodiversity and ecosystems is possible, and can help companies and financial ‍institutions in the mission to halt and reverse nature loss.

• The commercial case for eDNA and bioacoustics in consultancy delivery — faster, cheaper, and more data than conventional methods

• How to integrate nature intelligence into EIA scoping, TNFD assessments, CSRD disclosures, and Biodiversity Net Gain programmes

• Handling objections: pre-written responses to the most common client and internal pushback

• Building multi-year monitoring pipelines that generate sustained revenue

• How NatureMetrics partnership models work — MSAs, white-labelled outputs, co-branded reports, and preferential pricing

What You Will Take Away

• A downloadable eDNA and bioacoustics in Client Proposals toolkit — tender language templates, objection responses, supporting literature, and a brief MSA guide

• The full three-part resource pack for those who have attended all sessions

• A clear next step for setting up a partnership with NatureMetrics

• How eDNA and bioacoustics work — the journey from water, soil, or air sample to species insight  

• What you actually get back: species lists, richness scores, IUCN red list overlaps, trend data, and platform dashboards  

• When eDNA and bioacoustics outperform conventional surveys — and when to use both  

• The five sample types and which habitat contexts each is best suited to  

• A real-world worked examples: 70% more species detected, 67% reduction in staff costs versus conventional methods.  

What You Will Take Away

• A downloadable Practical eDNA Sampling Guide

• Confidence to include eDNA and bioacoustics in project proposals and tender responses

• The nature-related regulatory landscape in plain English and decoded - TNFD LEAP, CSRD ESRS E4, BNG, and EIA reform
• Where qualitative narratives are no longer sufficient and what auditable evidence now looks like
• The emerging role of environmental DNA and bioacoustics in delivering credible, defensible biodiversity data

What You Will Take Away

• A downloadable Nature Regulations Reference Guide - a framework-by-framework cheat sheet mapping what each regulation requires and what data standard is expected
• Clarity on what 'good' now looks like for consultancy-led nature assessments
• Confidence to advise clients navigating the nature agenda

Join Kevin Fennelly and Dr. George Muscatt, from Nature Intelligence leaders NatureMetrics, on March 31st 1-2 PM UK time for a practical session on how leading brands are translating nature-positive ambition into measurable, auditable results across their value chains.

They will break down the evolving landscape of biodiversity reporting from the farm gate to the global portfolio and share proven, data-driven approaches for measuring and verifying regenerative outcomes.

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Join Laura Plant, Dr George Muscatt, and Chrissy Elmer from Accounting for Nature for the launch of the latest indices in the NatureMetrics' Ecosystem Intelligence Suite - Soil Ecosystem Condition Index (Soil ECI). Discover how to transform soil biodiversity data into site-level insights that guide restoration priorities and portfolio-level intelligence that strengthens evidence-based reporting impact for soil microbial ecosystems to boards and investors.

How 2025 Nature Intelligence Innovation Positions You for 2026 Market Shifts.

Join Caitlin Brown, Pippa Howard, and Laura Plant for a clear walkthrough of how NatureMetrics' five major 2025 launches integrate into one operating system - plus expert analysis of 2026 market trends, opportunities, and challenges in nature intelligence.

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