Global Biodiversity Tracking: A Framework Still Too Incomplete to Turn Ambition into Action

A June 10, 2025 article in Nature Ecology & Evolution reveals a glaring weakness in the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework: current indicators only cover 47% of the global targets, leaving 12% entirely untracked. For companies bound by TNFD, CSRD, CSDDD, this is a critical gap.

Why This Shortfall Matters:

Incomplete data hinders decision-making. Companies need clear, comparable biodiversity data to:

• Understand impacts and dependencies

• Anticipate financial & reputational risks

• Build credible reporting for stakeholders

Limited data granularity prevents meaningful local/sectoral management

Researchers Recommend:

• Strengthen national-level biodiversity monitoring

• Develop harmonized datasets compatible with TNFD

• Integrate data from businesses, NGOs, territories, researchers

DT Master Carbon’s Perspective:

This is a wake-up call: meeting Kunming-Montreal goals demands business-driven data. Companies must go beyond compliance, aligning strategy to global targets:

• Leverage biodiversity signals from agri-industrial-forestry practices

• Combine local proxies and ecosystem-level data with global frameworks

Transforming Gaps into Opportunities:

• Standardize corporate biodiversity data

• Foster public–private data partnerships

• Engage regulators and investors strategically

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