Accounting for Natural Capital

Since 2017, eftec have worked with JNCC and other partners to develop a system of ecosystem accounting in the UK Caribbean Overseas Territories. This includes producing individual territory accounts as well as regional accounting efforts to consolidate learnings and approaches.

The Environment Agency recently launched their natural capital register and account tool, and accompanying natural capital scorecard. This tool presents the value, quantity and quality of natural resources in a place, changing the way we see the environment and the value it provides

Natural Capital Accounts for Cholderton & Snoddington Manor Estates

Our natural capital accounting estimating the social and economic benefits of the Levante Marine Reserve

Establishing a baseline of natural capital assets and GHG emissions for a 60,000 acre estate

In this Coalition project, led by eftec, different authors outline four potential methods that move towards developing financial accounts that support environmental sustainability.

The Greater Manchester Natural Capital Investment Plan is a first such plan to encourage the involvement of private and public sector funds. It presents financing models, priority projects in pipeline and recommendations to put the plan into practice.

Nature contributes over £22 billion to the UK economy through tourism and outdoor leisure activities every year, representing 1% of UK GDP.

We worked with SNH to test natural capital accounting approach for the land they own or substantially manage as National Nature Reserves.

“Public money for public goods” is a phrase popularised by the Rt Hon Michael Gove MP, SoS for Defra. But what is public and what is private good? How do we measure the impacts of different economic activities on public goods?

The overall aim of the project was to develop a corporate natural capital account for Coillte Forestry, a part of Coillte