Biodiversity Offsetting and Nature Credit Markets

 

In the nature credit markets, it is important to consider not only natural capital but also the social dimensions related to the use of natural resources. For measures to be viewed as acceptable from the perspective of stakeholders as well, it is necessary to bring together various actors at the local level. This allows for a joint assessment of the overall ecological and social impacts.We offer assistance as an independent third party to support constructive dialogue and collaborative problem-solving with stakeholders when your company is considering nature-based solutions or biodiversity offsetting. Rather than counting habitat hectares, we specialize in bringing stakeholders together, identifying shared interests, and building a common knowledge base – also at the strategic regional level.Through the BOOST research consortium, we have a solid understanding of just nature credit markets and biodiversity offsetting.

New Habitat Types and Criteria for the Built Environment

Nature in the built environment – parks, yards, restored meadows, and many other green areas – can now be classified in a consistent manner, and its ecological condition can also be assessed using comparable metrics. A recent report from the BOOST and ARVO projects presents a habitat classification…
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Scaling up the work in anticipating and resolving conflicts in the green transition

The TAH Foundation and the RELEX Foundation have joined forces to fund Akordi, a Helsinki based organization specialised in environmental collaboration and conflict resolution. The main objective of this year-long project launched in June 2025 is to roll out and scale tested and validated procedures…
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EKOTEKO project

EKOTEKO - Ecological compensations from theory to practice was a joint research project by University of Helsinki, the Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE) and Akordi. The project aim was to find a practical way to implement ecological compensations by combining science, dialogue and experimentation.…
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No Net Loss City

Ecological compensations refer to measures that compensate the lost biodiversity in one location with at least equivalent biodiversity gains in another. The No Net Loss City project introduces the first model for ecological compensations for land use planning in municipalities. The model is tested and…
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Building a Collaborative Platform for Reindeer Husbandry and Wind Power

How can we build fair common ground between reindeer herding and wind power projects? Since 2019, actors in the field have been learning from each other, building collaboration, and defining good practices hosted by Akordi, the Reindeer Herders’ Association, and Renewables Finland. Background The…
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Biodiversity offsetting as an operational tool for a just sustainability transition towards no net loss of ecosystems and biodiversity

There is unequivocal scientific consensus about the ongoing environmental crisis and a strong global political ambition to halt biodiversity loss. Still, we are systematically failing with national-level implementation: globally none of the Aichi biodiversity targets designed to stop biodiversity loss…
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