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Accredited biodiversity certification, CSRD/ESRS E4 reporting, EU regulation and real estate — analyses by IRICE.
Voir le blog en françaisESRS E4, ACT Biodiversity, SBTN: three frameworks, three roles, one shared data foundation
ESRS E4 mandates reporting, SBTN frames targets, ACT Biodiversity assesses strategy. Three biodiversity frameworks often confused,...
ACT Biodiversity: why independent certification of field data becomes essential
ACT Biodiversity provides a solid framework for assessing biodiversity strategy. But it does not measure the actual state of natur...
Corporate biodiversity: what the first ACT Biodiversity roadtest reveals
In January 2026, EVEA published — for ADEME and the French Biodiversity Office — the report of the first ACT Biodiversity roadtest...
ACT Biodiversity: the ADEME-OFB methodology for assessing corporate biodiversity strategy
In June 2026, ADEME and the French Biodiversity Office (OFB) published version 1 of ACT Biodiversity, a methodology for assessing...
SFDR: the end of ambiguity
A return to transparency, not labelling. The SFDR review proposed by the European Commission in autumn 2025 is an expected clarifi...
Biodiversity LCA and ecological evidence in real estate
Biodiversity LCA measures pressures linked to materials. It is not enough to demonstrate ecological performance or to secure an en...
Environmental certification: evidence, responsibility and public procurement after 2026
A legitimate debate, often mis-framed. Some real estate stakeholders argue that environmental certifications are costly and redund...
EU Directive 2024/825: why some environmental-label architectures will no longer be legally admissible from March 2026
From March 2026, EU Directive 2024/825 becomes fully applicable. It does not target greener wording, but the legal requalification...
Accredited certification vs private label: understanding the structural difference
The market now brings together many environmental approaches: certifications, labels, charters, voluntary commitments. Yet a funda...
Greenwashing: what the science shows. Where do the different biodiversity assessment logics sit?
The 2025 scientific literature on greenwashing in real estate sheds useful light on environmental assessment approaches. It does n...
ESG, Taxonomy, SRI: what the 2025 data really shows, and why evidence becomes central
The 2025 data published by ASPIM and OID shows that ESG maturity is progressing in real estate, but that genuinely measurable sust...
France's National Museum of Natural History cites Effinature: institutional recognition of ecological rigour
Recent work by France's National Museum of Natural History offers decisive insight into urban biodiversity assessment methods. Amo...
IPBES 2026: towards global nature accounting — IRICE and Effinature already ahead
The forthcoming UN IPBES report establishes biodiversity within a logic of measurable performance and ecological accounting. This...
Green warehouses: Effinature brings logistics into the era of evidence
Low-carbon logistics is no longer enough. With Effinature, IRICE brings scientific measurement of ecological performance to wareho...
BREEAM v7 vs Effinature certification: can they be compared?
BREEAM version 7 now includes more explicit nature and ecology criteria. But comparing it to Effinature is a category error: BREEA...
BPS vs Global Biodiversity Score (GBS): can they be compared?
GBS and BPS share a common goal: measuring the relationship between economic activity and biodiversity. But they do not speak the...
Biodiversity credits: between promises and uncertainty, one necessity stands out — measure first
The WEF's late-2023 report is unambiguous: biodiversity credits could become a structuring lever of environmental finance. But the...
Biodiversity and real estate: why some ESG projects become non-consolidable
As biodiversity takes hold in the non-financial criteria of many real estate groups, a discreet but consequential flaw appears in...
Assessing biodiversity in real estate: diagnostic, score, label… how to measure without error?
Assessing biodiversity in a real estate project has become strategic for project owners, local authorities and investors. Between...
Why biodiversity remains the weak point of impact funds (even Article 9)
In sustainable investment, the promise is no longer enough. Between ESG declarations and impact ambitions, credibility depends on...
ESG and SDG certification: why relying on an accredited third party becomes essential
The rise of ESG obligations and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) brings a growing demand for rigour in non-financial discl...