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# RM7: Biodiversity and Nature-Related Strategy

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**Does the entity have a strategy that addresses biodiversity and nature-related issues?**

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## Assessment Instructions

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<summary><strong>Intent</strong>: What is the purpose of this indicator?</summary>

The intent of this indicator is to assess whether an entity has a strategy to address biodiversity and nature-related issues. Given the release of the Taskforce for Nature-related Financial Disclosure (TNFD) recommendations in September 2023, biodiversity and nature-related considerations are growing in importance in the real estate industry.

This is an exploratory indicator to gain intelligence on whether and how participants consider biodiversity and nature-related issues in their strategy.

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<summary><strong>Input</strong>: How do I complete this indicator?</summary>

Select yes or no.&#x20;

If selecting yes, describe the entity’s strategy for addressing biodiversity and/or nature-related issues and how it considers nature-related dependencies, impacts, risks, and opportunities in the open text box. If biodiversity and nature-related issues are addressed as part of a wider sustainability/environmental, or other strategy, please specify where and how.

### Terminology

**Nature**

> The natural world, including ecosystems, species, land, water, and atmosphere, with an emphasis on living organisms (including people) and their interactions among themselves and with their environment.

**Nature-related issues**

> Include nature-related impacts, dependencies, risks and opportunities.

**Biodiversity**

> The variability among living organisms from all sources including terrestrial, marine and other aquatic ecosystems and the ecological complexes of which they are part; this includes diversity within species, between species and of ecosystems.

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<summary><strong>Validation</strong>: What evidence is required?</summary>

No evidence required.

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## Scoring

This indicator is not scored.

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<summary><em>References</em></summary>

[The Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD)](https://tnfd.global/) Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) [TNFD Additional sector guidance – Engineering, construction and real estate](https://tnfd.global/publication/additional-sector-guidance-engineering-construction-and-real-estate/#publication-content)

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## Get Support: Solution Providers

**GRESB Solution Providers** are independent, third-party organizations within the GRESB Partner network that offer specialized products, tools, and services to support sustainability performance outside the GRESB Assessment process.

The organizations below deliver commercially available solutions designed to help drive improvement for this indicator. Engagement is managed directly between the reporting entity and the Solution Provider.

GRESB will continue to update this section as the GRESB Solution Provider network grows. Please check back regularly to find GRESB Solution Providers who can support your sustainability performance.

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