Three leading sustainability organizations — Biodiversity Intelligence, the Foundation for Equity in Environmental Markets (FEMP), and Cercarbono — announced an international alliance to accelerate the development of high-integrity biodiversity markets.
The central axis will be the implementation of the Biodiversity Intelligence Methodology (BIM), applied to the Cercarbono Biodiversity Certification Program, and technical support for conservation projects in global markets.
BIM: a scientific tool to measure and certify biodiversity
Two key indicators allow evaluating ecological health and issuing reliable biodiversity credits
The BIM is a rigorous framework that allows measuring, monitoring, and managing biodiversity impacts. Its innovation lies in two indicators:
- Biodiversity Performance State (BPS): compares the ecological integrity of intervened areas with reference ecosystems
- Nature Integrity Index (NIS): offers a unique and transversal measure of biodiversity health in all functional groups
These indicators allow issuing biodiversity credits that reflect real improvements, channeling investment towards restoration and conservation projects.
Investment with purpose: environmental, social, and economic profitability
The BIM framework strengthens the trust of companies and financial institutions in nature-based projects.
Thanks to this methodology, projects can:
- Measure ecological results accurately
- Monitor impacts over time
- Optimize management strategies to improve resilience
This creates conditions for companies and investors to fulfill their sustainability commitments, generating measurable profitability in environmental, social, and economic terms.
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Safeguards and territorial legitimacy
FEMP ensures that projects comply with social, environmental, and governance standards.
As part of the alliance, FEMP will act as an observer and safeguards coordinator, ensuring that projects align with:
- International sustainability frameworks
- Territorial approaches based on local contexts and community priorities
This ensures that biodiversity credits are legitimate, sustainable, and socially acceptable.
Leadership voices: science, equity, and natural economy
The directors of the organizations highlight the transformative potential of the alliance
- “Biodiversity is the operating system of life. Its protection should be a shared responsibility”, stated Patricio Lombardi (FEMP)
- “We combine scientific innovation, safeguards, and certification to attract capital and benefit ecosystems and communities”, pointed out Alex Saer (Cercarbono)
- “This methodology empowers certifiers and developers, paving the way for economies that favor nature”, emphasized Nahuel Schenone (Biodiversity Intelligence)
Towards a regenerative economy based on biodiversity
High-integrity credits are established as pillars of the new environmental markets.
This alliance marks a pioneering milestone in the expansion of biodiversity credits on a global scale, creating new opportunities for positive investment and positioning the natural economy as a viable, resilient model aligned with the ecological challenges of the 21st century.
