Aioi R&D Lab-Oxford and Natcap look to transform biodiversity risk management

Aioi R&D Lab-Oxford and Natcap (Natural Capital Research) have partnered to transform biodiversity risk management with cutting-edge nature intelligence.

Through this collaboration, Aioi R&D Lab-Oxford will support Natcap in developing an innovative solution that enables companies to assess the location, type, and scale of biodiversity risks.

This collaboration is further reinforced by a strategic capital and business alliance between Aioi Nissay Dowa Insurance Co., Ltd. (a member of the MS&AD Insurance Group), the Japanese parent company of AND-E (Aioi Nissay Dowa Europe), and Natcap.

The investment is accelerating the development of Natcap’s nature intelligence platform, expanding sales cooperation, and enabling Natcap to enter the Japanese and East Asian markets.

Aioi R&D Lab-Oxford, established in 2022 by Aioi Nissay Dowa Insurance and Oxford University’s Mind Foundry, aims to bring humans and AI together to address global challenges.

The collaboration with Natcap, a UK-based company that assists businesses in measuring, reporting, and addressing nature risks, is one of the Lab’s most important projects.

This partnership has supported the continued development of Natcap’s unique nature intelligence-driven solutions and contributed to the creation of the first-ever Nature Risk Solution.

The collaborative effort utilises cutting-edge geospatial data to conduct automated site-level risk assessments.

By harnessing Natcap’s proprietary nature intelligence capabilities, the solution enables organisations to take nature-positive actions, reallocate capital towards conservation, and comply with evolving regulatory frameworks, including the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) and the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD).

Ken Onuma, CTO, Aioi R&D Lab-Oxford, said: “Businesses are increasingly being held accountable for their environmental impact, with new regulations requiring them to measure, report, and act on their environmental risks. However, biodiversity data is often scarce and rarely aligned with financial risk assessment.

“Through our partnership with Natcap, we are supporting the refinement and broader adoption of a pioneering solution that enables businesses to integrate nature into their strategies while giving regulators and customers greater confidence in their sustainability commitments.”

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