Scaling biodiversity finance with research
Bloom Labs is a research-driven biodiversity finance newsletter & consultancy
Focus Areas
Bloom Labs produces cutting-edge open-source research and resources on scaling biodiversity finance.
- Biodiversity markets
Voluntary and compliance markets based on biodiversity credits. Everything about credit schemes, their quantification methods & market developments.
- Biodiversity accounting
Integration of biodiversity and ecosystems into corporate accounting & strategy. Focused on nature-related disclosure frameworks (e.g. TNFD, SBTN, CSRD).
- Biodiversity MRV
Biodiversity quantification in order to monitor, report and verify (MRV) it. Especially focused on how biodiversity data collected relates to biodiversity credit mechanisms.
Why Biodiversity
Biodiversity is not only a magical interwoven circle of life. Our society is built on it. If we dig deep enough, every product or service finds its origins there. We're slowly realizing that. Large-scale political and financial commitments have been made to preserve and restore these natural ecosystems.
- UN-level agreement to conserve 30% of terrestrial and marine habitat by 2030.
- 30 by 30
- Pledged biodiversity-related financial assistance from developed countries to developing ones.
- $30 billion by 2030
- Assets under management of financial institutions that have made commitments about biodiversity loss.
- $24 trillion
We’re at a crucial point of starting to systematically value intact nature (above $0, that is). There are many promising solutions: nature-focused corporate regulations, fair market mechanisms (e.g. biodiversity or carbon credits), nature monitoring tech. How we will achieve that will dictate our future. Finding a balance between capitalistic, regulatory and societal solutions will be key.
A lot of unique unbiased market research and synthesis needs to be done to move the space forward. That’s where Bloom Labs come in.
Services
- Advisory Services
- Long & short-term strategic advice on how to approach biodiversity markets. Examples include help with setting up biodiversity credit sales, purchase or investment strategy, vendor selection and more.
- Biodiversity Market Overview
- Synthesis of everything you need to know about the current state of biodiversity markets. Accessible in short presentations & workshops.
- Custom Research
- Tailored biodiversity research approached in the same accessible way as the newsletter. Focused on biodiversity credit schemes & calculation, nature-related corporate disclosure frameworks and biodiversity MRV.
- Company Deep Dives
- Highly selective sponsored newsletter deep dives on a specific company where its investment thesis is explored. Accessible, entertaining and as unbiased as possible. Reach out to learn the specifics of the audience.
Customized for every player in the ecosystem.
A field like biodiversity requires nuance. Our services are designed with that in mind. Each client's unique needs are taken into account to provide a custom solution.
- Nature-Based Solutions Providers
- Biodiversity market feasibility analysis
- Biodiversity credit scheme selection
- Biodiversity credit project development
- Biodiversity credit sales strategy
- Corporates
- Customized market intelligence report
- Overlap between biodiversity markets & corporate nature disclosures
- Biodiversity credit procurement & purchasing strategy
- Venture Capitalists
- Customized market intelligence report
- Biodiversity startup landscape overview
- Biodiversity startup scouting
- Asset Managers
- Customized market intelligence report
- Biodiversity market feasibility analysis
- Biodiversity credit scheme selection
- Biodiversity credit project development
- NGOs
- Customized market intelligence report
- Biodiversity market strategy
- Biodiversity credit project development
- Biodiversity credit sales strategy
- Governments
- Customized market intelligence report
- Compliance & voluntary market analysis
- Biodiversity markets & nature regulations overlap
- Biodiversity market strategy
- Financial Institutions
- Customized market intelligence report
- Market positioning advice
- Biodiversity credit or data integration into financial products
- Consultants
- Biodiversity credit scheme selection
- Biodiversity credit project development
- Biodiversity credit sales strategy
- Ad hoc client support
Resources
Voluntary Biodiversity Market, Visualized
A detailed flowchart of the voluntary biodiversity market.
Marine Credit Schemes
A detailed list of marine (biodiversity, carbon, plastic & nutrient) credit schemes.
Biodiversity Credit Indicators & Metrics
An attempt to list & categorize every single public biodiversity credit indicator & metric.
Biodiversity Credit Schemes
A detailed list of (maybe?) every biodiversity credit scheme globally.
About
What started as a way to share my learnings part-time while exploring to build a biodiversity company, became the thing I became most known for. So I decided to double down.
Simas Gradeckas
Author & Founder
- - Core team member in the Measurements Working Group of the International Panel for Biodiversity Credits (IAPB)
- - Part of IUCN’s Commission on Ecosystem Management (CEM) Impact Mitigation and Ecological Compensation (IMEC) thematic group
- - Contributor to nature-related industry papers and biodiversity market alignment
Let's scale biodiversity finance together.
One way or another, biodiversity will be valued. Let us help you get ahead of the curve.