Enabling delivery of high-integrity outcomes for a future that is
Nature Positive
The IUCN RHINO (Rapid High-Integrity Nature-positive Outcomes) approach helps organisations guide their interventions to deliver Nature Positive outcomes now.
It provides a way for companies to start their Nature Positive journey, with no-regrets actions that are robust, aligned with compliance and reporting requirements, and based on science.
What is Nature Positive?
A global goal for a brighter future that is Nature Positive
The Global Goal for Nature is to Halt and Reverse Nature Loss by 2030 on a 2020 baseline, and achieve full recovery by 2050.
The delivery of the Global Goal for Nature is a ‘whole of society’ effort, with crucial contributions coming from the private sector, civil society, Indigenous peoples and Local communities, and governments.
What does this mean for
my business?
Nature Positive is an opportunity for companies, including the finance sector, to contribute to global efforts to stem the loss of biodiversity, and thus play a role in this “whole of society” effort. From the company perspective, it also provides a means to address the growing operational, physical, transitional and systemic risks that companies
are exposed to by the loss of biodiversity.
IUCN RHINO helps bridge the
assessment-to-action gap
RHINO helps organisations translate nature-related assessment and ambition into science-based, locally relevant and implementable action—identifying what matters for biodiversity, where an organisation can contribute, and where collaboration is needed to achieve impact at landscape scale.
Leadership
Leadership in an emerging regulatory and compliance world
Social responsibility
Clear message to shareholders, clients and employees that the company takes its social responsibilities seriously
Reduced risk
Reduced exposure to fundamental business risks
Improved license
Improved licence to operate and engage
Action pathways aligned with existing frameworks
RHINO is aligned with, and helps organisations implement, TNFD and NPI recommendations and relevant GRI requirements
Introducing IUCN RHINO Tracks
The IUCN RHINO (Rapid High-Integrity Nature-positive Outcomes) approach provides three impact tracks to help organisations understand their interface with nature and guide their interventions to deliver Nature Positive outcomes now. It is not a complete solution to delivery of these outcomes but provides a means for companies to embark on no-regrets actions that are robust and scientifically supported.
Get started on the right track
Fast, focused action, grounded in science
Track A
Direct Impact Track
Suitable for companies that:
have direct impacts on biodiversity
have management agency for landholdings
work with stakeholders in landscapes around them
Track B
Value Chain Impact Track
Suitable for companies that:
have connections to land holdings through the purchase and processing of commodities
combine a direct footprint through their productive or extractive activities
Track C
Investor Impact Track
Suitable for companies that:
generate impacts via their investments
have portfolios that contain combinations of companies with direct impacts and value chain impacts
IUCN: The International Union for Conservation of Nature
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) is a membership Union uniquely composed of both government and civil society organisations. By harnessing the experience, resources and reach of its more than 1,400 Member organisations and the input of some 17,000 experts, IUCN is the global authority on the status of the natural world and the measures needed to safeguard it.
Take your first step to Nature Positive outcomes
IUCN RHINO guides what to do, where to act, and how to measure progress towards Nature Positive outcomes.
