The Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD), which provides recommendations and guidance for market participants and other stakeholders about how nature beyond climate should be assessed, managed and reported, has published its TNFD 2025 Status Report showing that many organizations want to protect nature.
TNFD, which published its recommendations in 2023, reported that 620 organizations from over 50 countries or areas and $20 trillion in assets under management (AUM) have publicly committed to getting started with nature-related reporting aligned to the TNFD recommendations.
More than 500 first- and second-generation TNFD reports have now been published, and 63% of companies and financial institutions surveyed for the report believe their nature-related issues are as significant, or more significant, than climate-related issues to the future prospects of their business.
Nearly 80% of the companies that have already reported have integrated the presentation of their climate and nature reporting. And nearly 80% of investors indicated in June in a Responsible Investor survey that they would like to see specific nature-related standards building on the TNFD.
The organization said the report shows a shift in mindset among companies and capital providers who increasingly appreciate that the resilience of the planet’s ecosystems and biodiversity underpins the resilience of their business.
The report also highlights the challenges remaining to mainstream an integrated approach to nature into corporate decision making and disclosure practice.
TNFD conducted a survey over the summer designed to gather feedback and insights on the application and implementation of nature-related assessment and reporting from the market by both report preparers and report users. The Taskforce received 850 survey responses from report preparers, report users and market intermediaries. 49% of the survey respondents were corporates, followed by financial institutions and service providers.
The organization worked with a number of partners to triangulate the data and insights, including Bloomberg, CDP, Net Purpose, Neural Alpha, the MSCI Sustainability Institute and Oliver Wyman.
“TNFD’s first 2025 Status Report is a welcome moment of hope, showing that assessment and disclosures of nature-related issues is progressing at a surprising pace,” said Razan Al Mubarak, Co-Chair, TNFD. “Despite current politics creating a challenging landscape, the findings of the TNFD 2025 Status Report indicate that business and finance are not disregarding nature. To the contrary, the work of understanding nature-related issues is progressing, and market participants are realising and acting upon the fact that the resilience of their business relies upon the resilience of nature.”
