Putting a price on nature -the technology behind Valuation reports

The technology behind our Shark Valuation Reports explained:

A new technology platform is calculating the estimated financial value of species and ecosystems, ranging from apex predators to pollinators. The Biodiversity Valuator is designed to support governments, corporations, and investors in assessing the monetary value of natural assets.

The tool is developed by Estonia-based Endangered Wildlife OÜ. As part of a growing trend in environmental finance, this European fintech initiative introduces a data-driven approach to valuing biodiversity.

“We’ve created a tool that puts biodiversity on the balance sheet,” says CEO Shana Vida Gavron. “It’s a way to see the invisible cost of extinction.”Not only about carbon

While carbon credits and emissions targets dominate today’s environmental headlines, biodiversity loss has remained a vague and often invisible issue. However, this is changing as environmental, social, and governance (ESG) and nature-related financial disclosures become global regulatory expectations.

Gavron says: “Biodiversity loss is harder to measure than carbon, but just as critical. Our platform gives decision-makers a way to quantify their impact – and their opportunity to act.”

Shark disappearance comes at a cost

As a demonstration, Endangered Wildlife OÜ assessed the value of the great white shark population in South Africa’s Western Cape, where sightings have plummeted in recent years.