Biodiversity Services

Manage Biodiversity Risk. Meet Disclosure Requirements. Move Forward with Confidence.

Biodiversity is becoming a material business issue. Regulatory requirements are expanding, investor and stakeholder expectations are rising, and frameworks like TNFD, SBTN, GRI, and ESRS E4 are moving from voluntary to expected. Trinity works with clients to build biodiversity programs that integrate with existing EHS and sustainability efforts. Our team of ecologists, wetland scientists, biologists, GIS specialists, and regulatory experts supports everything from initial materiality assessments and field inventories to management planning, no-net-loss strategy, and disclosure-ready reporting. We bring the science, the regulatory knowledge, and the operational context to help you make sound decisions and stay ahead of what's coming.

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Our Biodiversity Services

Biodiversity programs require both rigorous science and practical execution. We work across the full program lifecycle — from baseline to reporting — so clients have what they need at each stage.

We conduct field and desktop assessments that establish ecological baselines, characterize habitats and species conditions, and generate the data needed for permitting, management planning, and sustainability reporting. Services include wildlife and aquatic surveys, eDNA sampling, drone-based imaging, GIS/spatial analytics, and biological modeling.

We develop site- and corporate-level Biodiversity Management Plans, KPI frameworks, and monitoring programs that track performance over time. The focus is on practical impact avoidance, mitigation, and offset measures — with reporting tools built in for both internal use and external disclosure.

We help clients translate ecological data into credible, structured disclosures aligned with TNFD (LEAP approach), SBTN, GRI Biodiversity Standard, ESRS E4, CDP, UN SDGs, and ICMM nature-related requirements. We know what each framework requires and how to build an efficient reporting process across them.

We manage the full permitting workflow — wetland delineation, NEPA/SEPA support, ESA Section 7 consultations, Clean Water Act Sections 401 and 404, restoration design, and project-specific compliance monitoring. Our team is experienced in both federal and state jurisdictions across the U.S. and Canada.

We build and deploy custom spatial tools, ArcGIS-based biodiversity dashboards, and real-time monitoring platforms tailored to client needs. We also apply emerging technologies — eDNA sampling, drone aerial imaging, AI-assisted species recognition, and multispectral analysis — where they add meaningful efficiency or accuracy.

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Biodiversity Services FAQs

A biodiversity assessment evaluates the ecological conditions at or near your facilities — habitats, species, ecosystem services — to characterize your organization's dependencies on and impacts to nature. They are increasingly required for regulatory permits and ESG disclosures, and they provide the baseline data needed to build an effective management program. If you operate in or near sensitive ecosystems, it's worth understanding your exposure.

We support disclosure under TNFD (using the LEAP approach), SBTN, the GRI Biodiversity Standard, ESRS E4, CDP, UN SDGs, and industry-specific requirements such as ICMM. Frameworks are evolving quickly — our team tracks the latest guidance so your disclosures reflect current expectations, not last year's standards.

LEAP stands for Locate, Evaluate, Assess, and Prepare. It's the analytical process TNFD uses to help organizations identify and manage nature-related risks and opportunities. We guide clients through each phase: locating operations relative to sensitive ecosystems, evaluating dependencies and impacts, assessing material risks, and preparing disclosures and responses. We've applied this across multiple sectors including chemicals and manufacturing.

A Biodiversity Management Plan documents site conditions, assesses current and potential operational impacts, and defines specific actions to avoid, minimize, rehabilitate, and offset those impacts. It gives operations teams clear, practical guidance — and gives stakeholders and regulators a documented commitment. BMPs are relevant wherever operations intersect with sensitive habitats or where investors and regulators expect evidence of active management.

We use recognized methodologies to scope the analysis, identify priority habitats and species, establish baselines, assess impacts, and design mitigation hierarchies from avoidance through offset. We help set measurable goals and KPIs, select offset mechanisms, and track performance. We have substantial experience with mining, energy, and industrial clients where these performance standards are increasingly expected.

We use ArcGIS-based spatial analytics and custom GeoHub dashboards for data visualization; eDNA sampling for non-invasive species detection; drone imaging and multispectral analysis for habitat mapping; AI-assisted image recognition for wildlife monitoring; and real-time remote sensors for water and ecosystem data. We also build custom digital tools for biodiversity metrics tracking that can integrate with broader EHS and ESG platforms.

Yes. At the site level, we handle field assessments, permitting, and management planning. At the corporate level, we support materiality assessments, enterprise benchmarking, KPI development, and portfolio-wide disclosure. Because we integrate biodiversity with existing EHS and sustainability programs, clients build cohesive programs rather than managing it as a separate workstream.

We primarily serve industries where biodiversity risk and regulatory exposure are most significant: mining and metals, oil and gas, renewable energy, utilities, food and agriculture, chemical manufacturing, and pharmaceuticals. Our team has project experience across North America and internationally, in terrestrial, aquatic, wetland, and nearshore marine environments.

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