50 Investible Opportunities for a New Nature Economy Supplementary Appendix 2026

4 Driver Description Example criteria for “Positive Assessment” Land ecosystem use change Assesses how an opportunity increases or reduces pressures on terrestrial and soil ecosystems through land conversion, land - use intensity, and landscape management (e.g. deforestation, habitat loss, or restoration and sustainable land stewardship)• Avoids new land conversion or physical degradation • Improves soil health and vegetation structure through practices • Restores or rehabilitates degraded land • Maintains or enhances habitat connectivity by design • Does not convert high biodiversity value or legally protected areas Ocean ecosystem use change Assesses how an opportunity affects marine and coastal ecosystems via changes in use or disturbance of ocean space and habitats (e.g. fishing pressure, offshore infrastructure, coastal development, or marine habitat protection and restoration)• Avoids or reduces destructive marine or coastal practices • Supports restoration or conservation of coastal habitats • Minimizes physical disturbance of sensitive marine areas (e.g. through siting and design) • Practices which encourage sustainable aquaculture and marine habitat protection Freshwater use Assesses the volume and efficiency of freshwater use , including abstraction, consumption and recycling across operations and value chains, and the extent to which an opportunity reduces or intensifies pressure on surface and groundwater availability• Reduces absolute freshwater withdrawals for the same or higher level of output • Improves water - use efficiency through technologies, practices or process redesign • Increases reuse and recycling of water within operations or across facilities • Shifts water demand away from highly stressed basins or peak - stress periods • Does not significantly increase dependency on scarce surface or groundwater resources Resource use Assesses how an opportunity changes the demand for natural resources (e.g. energy, biomass, minerals, materials), including intensity of use, circularity, substitution of scarce inputs, and overall dependency on nature - provided stocks and flows• Lowers total material or energy intensity per unit of product or service • Substitutes scarce or high - impact resources with more sustainable alternatives • Extends product life, reuse or repair, reducing demand for new resource extraction • Increases recycled or renewable content in inputs, aligned with credible standards • Avoids driving new extraction in ecologically sensitive or socially contentious areas Pollution Assesses the extent to which an opportunity prevents, reduces or exacerbates pollution across air, water and soil (e.g. chemicals, nutrients, plastics, tailings, waste), and thereby alters pressures on ecosystems and species• Reduces total volume or toxicity of pollutants released to air, water or soil • Eliminates or phases down hazardous substances where safer alternatives exist • Captures, treats or neutralises emissions and waste streams before release • Enables circular flows that prevent leakage of waste into ecosystems • Does not generate new, unmanaged pollution pathways or persistent contaminants Scoring options: Negative (not in scope) Positive Neutral Further validation needed Further validation required Background: Nature impact scoring criteria overview NATURE POSITIVE OPPORTUNITY ASSESSMENTS