Ecosystem Intelligence Suite

Every major financial decision is governed by a standardised, auditable
number. Nature has never had that infrastructure. Until now.

0-100

Standardised condition index score

Site - Portfolio

Aggregated from field to board

3 ECI’s

Soil · Freshwater · Vegetation

110+

Countries of eDNA lab experience

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One Suite. Every Ecosystem.
Site to Portfolio Intelligence.

NatureMetrics Ecosystem Intelligence Suite is a growing collection of Ecosystem Condition Indices that work together to give you a complete view of nature performance across your entire portfolio.

Soil ECI

The only globally applicable soil ecosystem condition index, with methodology independently accredited by Accounting for Nature® to 95% accuracy. Measures bacteria, fungi and soil invertebrates against a reference site.

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Freshwater ECI

A single, 0-100 defensible biological condition score for rivers - scored against NatureMetrics' extensive UK freshwater eDNA database, trained against Water Framework Directive classifications.

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Vegetation ECI

Ecosystem condition scoring for terrestrial vegetation and mangrove ecosystems — powered by remote sensing data. No field sampling required. Global applicability from launch.

Why the suite exists

The nature intelligence gap

Organisations need to measure, report and act on ecosystem health. But the tools most teams
currently rely on were never built for that purpose.

The challenge with existing approaches

Satellite data can't see below the surface. Remote sensing captures extent and land use — not whether an ecosystem is biologically alive or declining.

Chemistry tests miss the biology. A river can pass every water quality test and still have lost 80% of its invertebrate diversity.

Conventional surveys don't scale. Specialist teams, seasonal windows and inconsistent methods make portfolio-level measurement impossible.

Data can't reach the board. Scattered site reports, inconsistent methods and nostandard scale means nature data can't be aggregated into the single numberexecutives need.

How the Ecosystem Intelligence Suite closes it

eDNA technology captures the full biological picture — from a soil core or abankside water sample — that no satellite or chemistry test alone can reach

A single 0–100 score per ecosystem - a standard format, comparable across sites, comparable year-on-year, aggregatable to portfolio level.

Operational field teams deploy the sampling kits — no specialist ecologists, noseasonal restrictions

The same biological evidence that informs site management feeds into the number a CFO presents to the board or discloses to regulators

Designed from the ground up for TNFD, CSRD, SBTN, BNG and natural capitalaccounting — not retrofitted to them

How every ECI works

From field sample to Portfolio Intelligence

Every index in the Ecosystem Intelligence Suite follows the same five-step
architecture — collection, analysis, scoring, aggregation and reporting.

1 Sample

Collect biological data using NatureMetrics eDNA kits —simply collect soil cores or bankside water.

2 eDNA Analysis

DNA is extracted inthe NatureMetrics labs andmatched against curatedreference databases

3 Score Condition

Biological data scored 0–100 against theappropriate benchmark forthat ecosystem

4 Aggregate to
Portfolio

Site scores roll up to asingle portfolio ECI — onenumber for every asset and portfolio

5 Report

Aggregated scores and metrics feed natural capital accounts and regulatory disclosures

What you get
with the Ecosystem Condition Suite

Site-level
diagnostics

Know exactly which biological community is driving your score — and why. Whether it's fungi lagging in soil, macroinvertebrate diversity declining in a river, or vegetation structure deteriorating on a restoration site. Targeted interventions based on real biology.

Portfolio
intelligence

See nature performance and risk across all assets in one view. Track whether you're Net Positive or Net Loss. Identify which sites need resources and which are performing. Report to your board with one scientifically-backed number — comparable across every ecosystem type in your portfolio.

Financial
integration

Feed ECI data into Natural Capital Accounts, rehabilitation provisions, ESG disclosures and risk assessments. Soil Quality Hectares and Quality-Km as condition-adjusted units for net loss/gain accounting. Connect ecosystem health to the financial metrics your organisation already runs on.

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Defensible, best-in-class science.
‍Auditable. Enterprise-grade.

Every index in the suite is designed to hold up to the same scrutiny a financial metric would face. Standardised, repeatable methodology. Every score traceable from portfolio metric back to raw eDNA data.

Built for the rigour that investors, regulators and auditors
demand.

Audit Ready

Defensible for Environmental Accounts
and financial disclosure

Comparable year-on-year

Track progress against nature-positive targets
over time

Portfolio-ready

Site scores aggregate to a single portfolio-
level index

Stakeholder Trust

Credible to investors, regulators, communities
and NGO’s

Freshwater Ecosystem
Condition Index

Soil Ecosystem
Condition Index

Vegetation Ecosystem Condition Index

Available Now - Great Britain

Freshwater Ecosystem Condition Index

The first eDNA-powered biological health metric for river ecosystems designed for corporate-scale deployment. A single score — WFD-aligned, deployable without specialist ecologists — that holds up to the same scrutiny as a financial metric.

44/100

Average score across portfolio

GOOD - Water framework directive status

12.4

Net gain quality-
Km of river

/

+6 pts

Year-on-year

TNFD

CSRD

SBTN

AMP8 / WINEP

Net Gain

Scored against NatureMetrics' eDNA database

One of the UK's largest freshwater archives, trained against WFD classifications

WFD - aligned scoring

0–100 scores map directly to High, Good, Moderate, Poor, Bad categories

Quality-Km of river metric

Condition-adjusted linear metric for natural capital accounting

No specialist ecologist required

Operational field teams deploy the bankside eDNA kits

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Available Now - Great Britain

Soil Ecosystem Condition Index

The world's first globally applicable soil ecosystem condition index. A single, defensible number that quantifies soil ecosystem health — from individual sites to entire portfolios — with methodology independently accredited by Accountingfor Nature® to 95% accuracy.

68/100

Combined portfolio ecosystem condition index score

↑20% Since 2020

Net Gain

741

Quality
Hectares

/

1089

Total Portfolio Hectares

TNFD

CSRD

SBTN

GRI

IFRS S2

Scored against a reference site

A pristine or near-pristine example of the same ecosystem type, representing the natural or target state

Globally applicable

Via reference site methodology, works in any terrestrial ecosystem globally.

Portfolio Ready

Converted to Soil Quality Hectares, a condition-adjusted metrics for net loss/gain accounting, which is aggregated across all sites for one unified view

Actionable Insights

The breakdown shows which communities (bacteria, fungi, invertebrates) are lagging so your land managers know exactly what to do.

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The gold standard in ecosystem condition and resilience measurement

NatureMetrics Soil Ecosystem Condition Index is currentlythe only globally applicable metric for assessing soil microbial
condition.Thesoil microbemethodology has been independently accredited by Accounting for Nature(AfN-METHOD-M-01) with an accuracylevel of 95%, enabling its use in Certified Environmental Accounts under the Accounting for Nature®Framework to support credible claims on soil microbial condition.Accreditation was

awardedfollowinganindependent review by Accounting for Nature's Independent Science Committee, confirming that the Method meets therequired high standards of scientific rigour. Accounting for Nature is a globally recognised standard that supportscredible, transparent, and science-based environmental condition accounting,providing a robustfoundation for clear anddefensible claims.

Unlock the Accounting for Nature accredited Soil Methodology

Webinar

From Site to Portfolio
‍The Soil Ecosystem Condition Index

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Vegetation Ecosystem Condition Index

The third index in the suite — a remote-sensing-powered condition score for terrestrial vegetation and mangrove ecosystems. No field sampling required. Global applicability from launch.

0-100

Same index architecture as
Soil ECI and Freshwater ECI

Global

Satellite-powered — no field sampling from day one

Complete the picture. When Vegetation ECI launches, you’ll have a single portfolio view of ecosystem condition across soil health, river health and vegetation structure - all in the same 0-100 framwork

Remote-sensing powered

No field visits, no specialist ecologists, no sampling kits. The entire methodology runs on satellite data.

No reference site identification needed

Internal datasets benchmark site health automatically — removing a major barrier to adoption and enabling global scalability from day one.

Two scored components

Vegetation Function (productivity) and Vegetation Structure (connectivity and intactness) combine into a single 0–100 condition index.

Immediate historical baselines

Apply the scoring model to existing satellite archives — no new field season required to establish your trend line.

Across the full mitigation hierarchy

Whether you're assessing pre-development baselines, managing active operations,
driving restoration or validating offsets — the Ecosystem Intelligence Suite delivers
the biological evidence you need at every stage.

01 Avoid

Identify high-value ecosystems beforeproject design lock-in. Baseline assessment reveals biological condition of sites and corridors — so avoidance decisions are grounded in biology, not desktop models.

Pre-development baselining
High-value area identification
EIA support

02 Minimise

Track the biological impact of active operations in real time. Quantify your operational footprint and understand whether mitigation measures are actually reducing degradation on the ground.

Operational impact tracking
Footprint quantification
Mitigation validation

03 Restore

Validate that rehabilitation and restoration programmes are delivering genuine biological recovery — not just visual greening. Annual ECI tracking proves trajectory towards the reference condition.

Recovery trajectory validation
Intervention optimisation
BNG evidence

04 Offset

Prove offset sites are delivering the promised biological gains. SQH and Quality-Km deltas provide the biological evidence for regulatory approval, compensation claims and nature market access.

Offset gain validation
No Net Loss / Net Positive
Nature market access

How every ECI works

Built for your sector and use case

The Ecosystem Intelligence Suite works across every sector where naturere
presents either an operational dependency, a regulatory obligation or a
material financial risk.

The Challenge

Will we get closure approval?

‍Can we prove our rehabilitation is working?
‍
What's our NNL/NPI position?

How Soil ECI solves it:

Track rehabilitation from disturbance to closure target

Example: Year 0: 30% ECI → Year 5: 68% ECI → Target Year 10: 80% ECI. You can model the trajectory and enter closure approvals with confidence.

Prove NNL/NPI with a defensible ledger

Example: -65 Soil Quality Hectares (SQH) at pit + 80 SQH at offset = +15 SQH Net Positive. One number your board, regulator, and community can all understand.

Optimise offsets based on actual performance

Stop hoping your compensation sites work. Measure them.

The Challenge

Is our regenerative agriculture program actually working?

Can we prove it without greenwashing risk?

How Soil ECI solves it:

Verify regeneration with measurable outcomes

Example: Conventional baseline 40% ECI → Regenerative (5 years) 68% ECI. Prove soil health is improving, not just practices adopted.

De-risk supply chains by mapping ecosystem degradation

Identify sourcing regions with <30% ECl before yields collapse.

Give farmers actionable insights

The biological breakdown tells them exactly what to adjust.

Access green finance with auditable MRV

Use ECI as KPI for sustainability-linked loans: "Achieve 50% average ECI by 2028"

The Challenge

Will our route avoid the most sensitive areas?

Can we prove our mitigation and offsets are delivering?

How Soil ECI solves it:

Evidence-based avoidance

Assess ecosystem condition along potential corridors before design lock-in. Identify high-value areas requiring route adjustment. Demonstrate to statutory consultees that sensitive sites were genuinely avoided.

Real-time impact minimisation

Quarterly monitoring during construction vs annual surveys. Rapid detection of unexpected impacts → intervention before regulatory breach. Prove to communities and regulators that impacts are contained as promised.

Offset validation over time

Monitor offset site performance over multi-decade agreements. Early warning of offset failure → intervention before non-compliance. Demonstrate portfolio-level net gain: "Despite 10km of new road, our ecosystem condition improved."

The Challenge

Did our restoration work?

Can we prove impact to donors and unlock outcome-based funding?

How Soil ECI solves it:

Prove impact with quantified outcomes

Example: Baseline 35% ECI → Year 5: 65% ECI = 30 percentage points improvement. Show donors ecosystem function improved, not just trees planted.

Adaptive management based on what works

ECI breakdown shows why some sites recover faster. Replicate success

Unlock PES and biodiversity credits.

Quality Hectares provide the MRV framework for payment.

The Challenge

How do we differentiate beyond price and win higher-value work?

How Soil ECI solves it:

Offer accredited metrics with end-to-end technical support

We handle the survey design, lab analysis, and complex data processing so you can focus on delivering high-level strategic advice.

Transform your service offering

Transition from one-off transactional surveys to securing long-term, multi-year monitoring contracts. Build enduring client partnerships based on longitudinal data.

Win on technical credibility

"We use the only AfN-accredited soil ecosystem metric" wins proposals and establishes immediate scientific authority.

Dimple Patel
‍Chief Executive Officer
NatureMetrics

“At NatureMetrics, we've always believed that protecting nature requires the same rigour that businesses apply to their finances. The Ecosystem Intelligence Suite is exactly that the infrastructure nature has always needed. For the first time, organisations can measure, compare and aggregate ecosystem condition across diverse sites, geographies and ecosystem types, enabling decision-making from on-ground management through to Board-level financial risk assessment.”

Works with your
‍existing frameworks

Our Ecosystem Condition Indices integrate seamlessly with
leading disclosure frameworks and regulatory requirements

TNFD