Supporting nature positive
leadership and investment

Leading companies in sectors from energy, agriculture and finance are measuring their nature footprint and taking action to reduce and balance these impacts.

They may be driven by environmental market opportunities, stakeholder pressure, risk and opportunity identification or reporting requirements like the Taskforce for Nature-Related Financial Disclosure (TNFD). They recognise that science-backed nature positive strategies and investments can deliver tangible outcomes for business, landholders and the environment.

With Australia’s mandatory climate reporting expected to expand to include nature, and the Australian Government’s focus on reforming environmental laws, companies with large landholdings or significant environmental footprints are encouraged to take a proactive approach to managing nature risks and impacts.

New markets are also emerging for companies looking to invest in nature projects to generate biodiversity credits or certificates, and carbon credits, to meet their own targets or to sell to other compliance or voluntary buyers.

The Australian Government’s new Nature Repair Market and the international Accounting for Nature framework are options for companies or landowners to explore.

Our nature advisory services
  • Biodiversity and natural capital accounting
    Understand your impacts on nature with ecological assessments across your landholdings
  • Nature project development and delivery
    Supporting all stages of biodiversity project lifecycle from initial desktop assessment, baseline site assessments, project registration and ongoing monitoring and reporting
  • Land-use studies
    Spatial assessment of your property portfolios to identify highest and best land-use opportunities to generate returns and positive nature outcomes, such as agriculture, carbon projects, or biodiversity projects including Nature Repair Market or Accounting for Nature opportunities
  • Nature investment strategy
    Identify and evaluate opportunities for investment in new or existing conservation projects, from compliance offset schemes to voluntary markets
  • Environmental risk and value assessment
    Identify and quantify your nature impacts to report under global frameworks like TNFD, Science Based Targets Network (SBTN) and Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)
  • Nature roadmaps
    Holistic advice from strategy and goal-setting to on-ground implementation of nature projects, focused on achieving best results for nature and your business

Why work with us?

Niche partners with companies that value nature as an asset and want to make meaningful change on the ground.

We don’t just produce slide decks or strategy documents – we get out in nature, get our hands dirty and create measurable impacts.

We are technical experts, with 15+ years of experience delivering environmental and biodiversity assessments, and deep knowledge of state and federal policy and schemes.

Our clients trust us to be transparent and flexible, driven by outcomes and science-backed always.

Key People

  • Matthew Richardson BSc (Hons), GradDip

    Founding Partner

  • Simon Tweed BEnvSc (Hons), Accredited BAM Assessor

    Manager – Natural Capital Strategy

  • Betha Westall BEnvSc, BGS

    Associate – Natural Capital