A3-01 Development of methods for assessing the impacts of the utilization of biomass resources on natural capital

Principal Investigator

KADOYA Taku(National Institute for Environmental Studies)

Research overview

Goals

1. (1)Spatial impact assessment on natural capital by agriculture commodities
2. (2)The development of supply chain assessment tools for TNFD evaluation
3. (3)Company-level assessment for TNFD from procurement information

Research Contents

• Estimation of positive and negative biodiversity impacts for over 5,000 endangered species
• Crop-specific impacts assessed based on global crop area and yield
• Expansion of the supply chain database to specific agricultural and livestock products
• Development of tools to assess the impacts of producing, trading, and consuming crops on biodiversity,
• Collecting procurement information from companies involved in the SIP circular economy based on interviews
• Assess and visualize the impact on natural capital in response to the TNFD using (1), (2), and procurement information