Case Study: ENGIE Works With ERM To Strengthen Its Nature Analysis Using The LEAP Approach
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Executive Summary
This report demonstrates how businesses can undertake a nature analysis as a step towards developing and enhancing their nature strategies. The report spotlights ENGIE, a French multinational utilities firm, which has sought to strengthen its commitment to nature by making it an integral part of its sustainability strategy. The firm worked alongside ERM to assess its nature-related impacts, dependencies, risk and opportunities, using the LEAP (Locate, Evaluate, Assess, Prepare) approach, as recommended by the Task Force on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) and the EU’s Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD).ENGIE has publicly articulated its nature-related and biodiversity ambition and commitments
ENGIE sought to back its nature-related commitments through action by enlisting ERM as a partner
ENGIE’s implementation of the LEAP approach for regulatory preparedness has important lessons for other firms
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Priyanka Bawa
Principal Analyst
Priyanka is a Principal Analyst at Verdantix, where she leads research to enable sustainability leaders and services firms to analyse shifting market dynamics and evaluate inn...
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Kim Knickle
Research Director
Kim Knickle is a Research Director at Verdantix, bringing more than two decades of analyst experience to the evolving world of sustainability. Her current research spans ESG a...
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