Biodiversity Benefit Accounting: Guidance for Quantifying and Evaluating the Biodiversity Benefits of Water Stewardship Projects

Biodiversity Benefit Accounting: Guidance for Quantifying and Evaluating the Biodiversity Benefits of Water Stewardship Projects

Published: February 2026

Authors: Pacific Institute: Gregg Brill, Deborah Carlin; LimnoTech: Rachel Lo, Laura Weintraub, Michelle Platz, Wendy Larson, Alex Curwin, Tim Dekker; The Nature Conservancy: Peter Lichtenthal, Naabia Ofosu-Amaah, Kari Vigerstol; Second Nature Ecology + Design: James Barnes, Robin Grossinger, Megan Wheeler

Pages: 92


Biodiversity Benefit Accounting: Guidance for Quantifying and Evaluating the Biodiversity Benefits of Water Stewardship Projects

Overview

While biodiversity targets are rising, companies still lack practical tools to measure the ecosystem benefits of their water stewardship efforts. That’s why the Pacific Institute, the CEO Water Mandate, LimnoTech, The Nature Conservancy, and SecondNature are happy to share this new Biodiversity Benefit Accounting Guidance for Quantifying and Evaluating the Biodiversity Benefits of Water Stewardship Projects. The guidance helps companies move beyond water risk mitigation and integrate biodiversity into corporate water stewardship projects with clarity and credibility. It provides guidance to identify biodiversity objectives; design biodiversity-aligned projects; select meaningful indicators and metrics; and communicate biodiversity benefits transparently.

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