TNFD and nature-related plans, reports, and disclosures

The Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD)’s “Asking Better Questions on Nature” guide for board directors, created in collaboration with Chapter Zero, Competent Boards, the Commonwealth Climate and Law Initiative and the Green Finance Institute, was the subject of a vibrant discussion on 27 June. The London Climate Action Week event was opened by Richard Andrews (Head of ESG, KPMG in the UK) and Rhian-Mari Thomas (CEO, Green Finance Institute). Attendees were given valuable insights into the resource and TNFD’s work by Tony Goldner (CEO, TNFD). After which followed a panel discussion moderated by Vicky Moffatt (CEO, Chapter Zero) with speakers: Dame Amelia Fawcett (Co-Chair, International Advisory Panel on Biodiversity Credits), David Alfrey (Partner, Addleshaw Goddard LLP) and Helle Bank Jørgensen (Global Managing Director, Board Development at Board Intelligence, Founder, Competent Boards). Natalie Shippen (Executive director, Commonwealth Climate and Law initiative) rounded out the event with thoughtful closing remarks.

In partnership with Accounting for Sustainability (A4S), Chapter Zero recently held the third session of its series of roundtables for Audit Committee chairs and members to explore the emerging requirements for audit committees in effectively driving action on climate and nature from the boardroom.

Karen Ellis, Chief Economist at WWF-UK and speaker at Chapter Zero events, says that boards are looking for pathways to help them integrate nature into their transition plans.

In September 2023, the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) published its final Recommendations for businesses and financial institutions to disclose material interactions with nature. This briefing, produced by the Climate Governance Initiative, explains what these recommendations mean for you as a board director and key questions to ask in the boardroom.

As stewards of their organisations, board directors will benefit from understanding the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) framework ahead of its official launch in September 2023, and its implications for the organisations they represent. This Climate Governance Initiative briefing provides guidance to board directors on how to prepare for the incoming framework.

The final TNFD recommendations were launched at New York Climate Week 2023. Toby Roxburgh, ICAEW’s Sustainability Manager, Nature and Biodiversity, explains what this means and why it matters.

The Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) was established in 2021 in response to the growing need to factor nature into financial and business decisions. The TNFD is a global, market-led initiative with the mission to develop and deliver a risk management and disclosure framework for organisations to report and act on evolving nature-related risks and opportunities.

In this 2024 report, the TNFD and GRI have developed a guidance document and correspondence table to help GRI’s 14,000 reporters globally align with the TNFD Recommendations, and assist TNFD adopters in their sustainability reporting according to GRI Standards.

WWF looks at how companies can consider climate and nature together in current transition planning.

This briefing presentation deck offers boards a compelling business case to act on nature now by aligning to the TNFD. It leverages the latest data and a wealth of case studies that show how mapping your nature risks and dependencies can not only help boards strengthen governance and get ahead on compliance, but also build a competitive nature-positive strategy.

Recording taken on 29 June during London Climate Action Week 2025. Following the launch of TNFD’s publication “Asking Better Questions on Nature” guide for board directors, the event was hosted by Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD), Chapter Zero, Green Finance Institute (GFI), Competent Boards, Commonwealth Climate and Law Initiative (CCLI).