Your biodiversity footprint
Measurement and assessment across your value chain

Like climate, biodiversity has become a central pillar of organizational sustainability efforts.

Measuring your biodiversity footprint allows you to identify and prioritize the major impacts of your value chain. It is a crucial step in creating a roadmap that addresses your most pressing environmental challenges.

Why measure your biodiversity footprint?

Reducing pressures on biodiversity starts with identifying the activities that have the greatest impact.

Is it land-use change, pollution, climate change, or overexploitation of water resources? Conducting a biodiversity footprint assessment enables your organization to objectively quantify impacts and prioritize pressures across each link of your value chain: upstream (purchasing, sourcing), direct operations (production sites and facilities), and downstream (end-of-life of products and services).

This approach goes beyond climate-focused analysis, helping you avoid unintended negative effects on biodiversity resulting from your climate strategy.

Le Global Biodiversity Score (GBS)

An internationally recognized tool developed by CDC Biodiversité

  • Equivalent to carbon accounting, but for biodiversity
  • Connects economic activities with biodiversity impacts
  • Quantifies the pressure companies exert on biodiversity across their entire value chain
  • One of the reference tools for biodiversity footprint assessment

What does the GBS measure?

  • Links between your activities and pressures on terrestrial and aquatic biodiversity: land-use change, pollution, climate change, overexploitation of water resources
  • Coverage of scopes 1, 2, and 3 (like a carbon footprint), across upstream and, when data allows, downstream value chain
  • Impact quantified in MSA.m²: 1 MSA.m² equals the equivalent of 1 m² of natural ecosystem converted into artificial, lifeless space due to your activities

How does a biodiversity footprint assessment work?

Define the assessment scope

Define the assessment scope

Data collection and processing

Consumption, surfaces, purchases, emissions, etc.

Quantitative analysis and conversion

Translate data into biodiversity impacts using the GBS

Interpretation, recommendations, and reporting

Clear summary of your impacts and strategic guidance for reduction

Why work with Blooming?

  • Certified GBS consultant – Blooming is trained in GBS methodology and authorized by CDC Biodiversité to perform assessments for organizations.
  • Combined climate & biodiversity approach – consolidated data and reporting to highlight synergies and common priorities.
  • Regulatory and financial alignment – supports Article 29 compliance, CSRD, and ESG criteria for investors.
  • Beyond the diagnostic – our expertise enables you to build actionable plans and continue initiatives efficiently.

What our clients say

« Very satisfied with both the discussions and the studies conducted with Blooming, especially regarding the assessment of our biodiversity footprint. The topic is complex […] but Blooming effectively processed available data to produce a robust assessment and presented the results in the most pedagogical way possible. »
Frédéric Brun
Environment & Biodiversity Manager, Orano
« A tailor-made service on a new topic for our team. Blooming shared their expertise and guided us with great pedagogy. Quality and timelines were respected, with a deliverable that was clear and easily shared internally. »
Mathilde Rostagno
QHSE & CSR Director, Groupe COFEL

FAQ

The GBS is for all organizations (primarily companies and financial institutions, but also public authorities) seeking to identify, measure, and prioritize biodiversity impacts in their value chain. Only certified evaluators, such as Blooming, are authorized to conduct the assessment.

The GBS is now one of the benchmark tools, internationally recognized and scientifically validated. It is not mandatory, but it provides a robust way to meet regulatory and financial expectations.

Yes, other methods can be used depending on your objectives (e.g., life cycle assessments, sector indicators, internal frameworks, scoring tools). The GBS is not the only solution for identifying your challenges. Blooming can guide you toward the tool best suited to your needs. New, similar solutions are also emerging, such as Darwin.

Absolutely: Blooming offers an integrated methodology to combine the two measures effectively, by pooling efforts.

Yes — it takes into account upstream scopes 1, 2 and 3 (downstream depending on data availability), to measure your direct and indirect impacts.

It is a scientific unit: 1 MSA.m² corresponds to the equivalent of 1 m² of undisturbed natural ecosystem transformed into lifeless artificial space.

Ready to understand your biodiversity footprint and take concrete action?

Contact a GBS expert at Blooming for a personalized assessment and strategic roadmap.
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