NATURE BUILT OUR ECONOMY, WE MAKE IT COUNT.

KNOW WHAT MATTERS.

KNOW WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT.

Understand the condition and value of nature.

Build the evidence behind better policy and investment.

Identify risk, dependencies and opportunities.

Direct investment where it can make the greatest difference.

OUR ADVISORY SOLUTIONS

CONNECTING NATURE & THE ECONOMY.

OUR ADVISORY SOLUTIONS

DATA4NATURE

Nature runs every economy. Economies don't account for it. We built the tools to change that.

OUR CREDENTIALS

DATA4NATURE

EVIDENCE IN ACTION

OUR FOUNDERS

INSIGHTS ON NATURE & THE ECONOMY

Nature is one of the world's most valuable assets. We help organisations account for it.

EVIDENCE IN ACTION

OUR FOUNDERS

Do you or your organisation have a question, a challenge or a project in mind?

OUR ADVISORY SOLUTIONS

Nature is reshaping how governments, businesses and investors make decisions. For more than a decade, we have built the expertise to help you act with confidence.

OUR DIGITAL PLATFORM

DATA4NATURE is IDEEA Group’s digital platform for nature intelligence. It brings together spatial data, economic analysis and SEEA-aligned reporting to help organisations understand, measure and act on their relationship with nature.

OUR DIGITAL PLATFORM

DATA4NATURE is IDEEA Group’s digital platform for nature intelligence. It brings together spatial data, economic analysis and SEEA-aligned reporting to help organisations understand, measure and act on their relationship with nature.

OUR INSIGHTS

Our Insights brings together the thinking, evidence and experience behind our work. From thought leadership and original research to case studies that explore how better information about nature can shape policy, strategy and investment.

WHO WE ARE

We are a small, specialist team bringing together expertise in economics, environmental systems and nature. Here you will find our story, our people and the values that guide our work.

NATURE BUILT OUR ECONOMY, WE MAKE IT COUNT.

KNOW WHAT MATTERS.

KNOW WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT.

We combine economics, environmental data and spatial analysis to make complex information simple.

We show what matters, why it matters and where it matters most.

MEASURE

INFORM

MANAGE

CREATE VALUE

OUR ADVISORY SOLUTIONS

GOVERNMENT & PUBLIC SECTOR

We help governments bring nature into economic decision-making through policy advice, natural capital accounting and evidence-based analysis.

BUSINESS & INVESTORS

We help businesses and investors identify, measure and respond to nature and climate risks to protect and create long-term value.

CONNECTING NATURE & THE ECONOMY.

Our team of economists, environmental scientists, data specialists and natural capital experts connects environmental change with economic outcomes.

OUR ADVISORY SOLUTIONS

Making nature count

We help organisations bring nature into economic analysis, policy and business strategy, turning complex evidence into practical insight and action.

Government & Public Sector

We help governments bring nature into economic decision-making through policy advice, natural capital accounting and evidence-based analysis.

For Business & Investment

We help businesses and investors identify, measure and respond to nature and climate risks to protect and create long-term value.

DATA4NATURE

The digital foundation for nature intelligence

Our digital platform, DATA4NATURE (D4N), shows how nature connects to your assets, revealing dependencies, risk, value and opportunity.

No GIS skills or licences required.

Built on the UN System of Environmental-Economic Accounting (SEEA), D4N delivers transparent, audit-ready evidence you can act on.

Nature runs every economy. Economies don't account for it. We built the tools to change that.

OUR CREDENTIALS

Helped shape the global standards for nature

Our work is grounded in the UN System of Environmental-Economic Accounting (SEEA), the nature global standard we helped shape and continue to advance.

Trusted by decision- makers and leaders

Governments, businesses and investors around the world rely on our practical expertise to understand nature and manage risk.

More than 20 years of global experience

For more than 20 years, we have turned natural capital and environmental economics into evidence that governments and businesses can use.

DATA4NATURE

The digital foundation for nature intelligence

Our digital platform, DATA4NATURE (D4N), integrates spatial, environmental and socio-economic data to generate decision-ready nature intelligence.

Every analysis is grounded in the United Nations' System of Environmental-Economic Accounting (SEEA), producing transparent, audit-ready outputs decision-makers can trust.

EVIDENCE IN ACTION

Explore how we've helped governments, businesses and investors apply natural capital to inform policy, investment and long-term strategy.

OUR FOUNDERS

Expertise behind the global standard

IDEEA Group was founded by Carl Obst and Mark Eigenraam, authors and key contributors to the UN’s System of Environmental-Economic Accounting (SEEA) — the global standard for measuring the relationship between nature and the economy.

That expertise is embedded in everything we do, from natural capital accounts and valuation to economic analysis, policy and business strategy.

INSIGHTS ON NATURE & THE ECONOMY

H5N1 Exposed a Blind Spot in How We Account for Nature

Natural capital is fine. The moment you add ‘accounting’, everyone loses their mind.

Building leadership buy-in for nature action

A review of the metrics for measuring ecosystem condition in Australia

Nature is one of the world's most valuable assets. We help organisations account for it.

EVIDENCE IN ACTION

Explore how we've helped governments, businesses and investors apply natural capital to inform policy, investment and long-term strategy.

OUR FOUNDERS

Expertise behind the global standard

IDEEA Group was founded by Carl Obst and Mark Eigenraam, authors and key contributors to the UN’s System of Environmental-Economic Accounting (SEEA) — the global standard for measuring the relationship between nature and the economy.

That expertise is embedded in everything we do, from natural capital accounts and valuation to economic analysis, policy and business strategy.

Do you or your organisation have a question, a challenge or a project in mind?

Talk to our team about how we can help you understand nature, manage risk and make better-informed decisions.

Do you or your organisation have a question, a challenge or a project in mind?

Talk to our team about how we can help you understand nature, manage risk and make better-informed decisions.

Do you or your organisation have a question, a challenge or a project in mind?

Talk to our team about how we can help you understand nature, manage risk and make better-informed decisions.

Government & Public Sector 