Climate risk and biodiversity services

DNV helps organizations identify and manage physical and transition climate risks alongside biodiversity dependencies, enabling resilient and sustainable strategies.

Challenges in climate and biodiversity compliance

Climate change and biodiversity loss are now top concerns for global businesses, regulators, and investors. From extreme weather events and supply chain disruptions to evolving disclosure requirements, organizations are increasingly expected to assess both physical and transition risks, along with their dependencies and impacts on nature. Stakeholders are calling for transparent, science-based responses that link environmental issues to financial and operational priorities. Businesses that act now can turn risk into resilience and lead the way toward a nature-positive, low-carbon future.  

How our risk management services support you  

DNV offers a comprehensive service to help companies assess, report, and respond to physical and transition climate risks, while evaluating biodiversity impacts, dependencies, and opportunities. 

Our service includes: 

  • Physical risk assessments (acute and chronic climate hazards). 
  • Transition risk analysis based on regulatory, technological, and market shifts. 
  • Biodiversity risk and dependency assessments aligned with TNFD. 
  • Double materiality analysis. 
  • Scenario modelling and stress testing. 
  • Integration into enterprise risk management and sustainability reporting frameworks (e.g. TCFD, TNFD, CSRD). 

We equip organizations with actionable insights to inform long-term decision-making, regulatory compliance, and stakeholder reporting. 

What sets our hard-to-abate approach apart

Expert-led, industry-specific assessments

Tailored, expert-driven assessments customized to your sector’s unique climate and nature-related challenges.

Alignment with global reporting standards

Ensure your strategy meets the world’s leading disclosure frameworks, TCFD, TNFD, CSRD, and ISSB - for transparent and credible sustainability reporting.

Actionable strategies & integrated risk management

Move beyond assessment with practical mitigation and adaptation plans embedded directly into enterprise and supply chain risk frameworks.

Future-Proof Decision Support

Equip boards and sustainability teams with forward-looking analytics, reporting, and decision tools to build resilience and long-term value.

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Trusted experts in hard-to-abate 

DNV combines deep technical knowledge in climate science, sustainability, and biodiversity with decades of risk management experience across sectors. We have worked globally with companies and institutions to identify ESG-related risks and opportunities and turn them into credible, strategic actions.

Our approach emphasizes science-based assessments, transparent methodologies, and tailored support to help customers lead with integrity and impact in a rapidly changing environment.  

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Benefits of our climate and biodiversity services 

  • Understand and prioritize physical and transition climate risks. 
  • Comply with evolving climate and nature-related reporting requirements. 
  • Protect value chains and strengthen business continuity. 
  • Identify biodiversity-related risks and nature-positive opportunities. 
  • Support climate adaptation and decarbonization goals. 

Together, these capabilities enable businesses to build long-term climate resilience and regulatory readiness.

I am dedicated to working with our experts to help businesses accelerate responsible and credible decarbonization. This includes facilitating digital, green, safe, and circular transformations by leveraging DNV’s expertise in supply chain management, assurance, traceability, transparency, circularity, human rights, product certification, sustainability & ESG, sustainable finance, verification, assessment, advisory, strategy, business resilience, and risk management

  • Christopher Lilholm
  • Global Head of Sustainability & ESG Services
  • DNV

Insights and customer success stories

Explore how organizations collaborate with DNV to manage climate and biodiversity risks, and access expert insights that support your sustainability journey.

Partner with DNV to strengthen your climate and biodiversity strategy

Work with our global experts to identify, assess, and manage climate and biodiversity risks - turning insights into credible, sustainable action.