ABOUT US
We help our clients to achieve an ecologically sustainable basis for development, delivering practical solutions for managing biodiversity risk and achieving positive conservation outcomes.
Founded in 2006, The Biodiversity Consultancy rapidly became a key player in the world of business and biodiversity through our practical and rigorous approach. We are based in Cambridge, UK with a presence in Australia, Brazil, Guinea, India and USA.
Almost ten years since our launch, clients retain us because we are ecologists who understand the business context. We deliver solutions to complex biodiversity challenges such as how to achieve an overall No Net Loss or Net Gain for biodiversity, International Finance Corporation Performance Standard 6 (IFC PS6), Critical Habitat, Protected Areas, biodiversity offsets, biodiversity metrics and indicators, and risk-based ecological impact assessment. Our focus on biodiversity and ecosystem services means we provide stronger analytical skills, networks and policy knowledge than generally available in larger consultancies.
Working with industry and civil society
Based in Cambridge, UK (a world centre for biodiversity science and conservation) our consultancy links and works across the academic, NGO, private and public sectors. From this unique perspective, we offer a resource for problem solving and a platform for cross-sector engagement. We facilitate NGO stakeholder engagement for industry, and chaired the Rio Tinto Madagascar NGO Panel for several years. We work with IUCN on industry biodiversity management and co-lead the IUCN biodiversity offsets resolution taskforce.
Both the IFC and European Bank of Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) turned to TBC to help develop their environmental safeguards (IFC PS6 2012, EBRD PR6). TBC conducted the first field pilots of IFC PS6 2012 and delivered the first projects against these new lending requirements. We have developed dedicated expertise in quantitative, clear metrics for biodiversity, and this core capacity lays a foundation for several emerging business needs including measurement of gain and loss of biodiversity in impact assessment (metrics and currencies), offset design and monitoring / evaluation protocols.
Our People
TBC’s team is notable for hands-on biodiversity expertise developed through a broad range of backgrounds, including international conservation NGOs, research, policy development and corporate social responsibility. Most of our consultants have gained at least 10 years in these fields before joining TBC. Combining a clear biodiversity and ecosystem services focus with an in-depth understanding of private sector and government needs, we are ideally positioned to deliver innovative, pragmatic solutions to emerging biodiversity management challenges.
