CORPORATIONS

  • Agricultural products and services

  • Forestry

  • Food

  • Leather products

  • Retail

  • Textile mill products

  • Water supply

  • Agricultural products and services

  • Forestry

  • Food

  • Leather products

  • Retail

  • Textile mill products

  • Water supply

CORPORATE SUPPLY CHAINS AND THE NAC OPPORTUNITY

Corporate supply chains are increasingly exposed to climate-related disruptions – ranging from extreme weather events to shifting ecological baselines – that reduce input availability, disrupt manufacturing, delay distribution, drive up costs, and erode profitability. Yet despite these risks, companies remain constrained in how they invest in sustainability.

Too often, environmental initiatives are treated as cost centers or philanthropic commitments, burdened by complex reporting requirements and offering, at best, uncertain returns. This incentivizes companies to meet only the minimum regulatory thresholds needed to manage reputational risk – rather than truly tackling their nature dependencies and pursuing transformative investment in supply chain resilience.

Corporations can employ the NAC model as a strategic tool to:

  • Transform sustainability and supply chain resilience costs into an investment

  • Transition from reliance on offset markets to direct investment in nature and climate 

  • Harness capital markets to share in the financing of critical natural infrastructure and a transition to regenerative practices that make supply chains more resilient

  • Lead in creating a natural capital asset class for the public good

A NEW INVESTMENT MODEL

NACs are a next-generation approach to nature finance: resilient, investable, and aligned with the transition to nature-positive. Crucially, NACs are not just a funding tool – they’re an investment structure. They enable companies to shift from offsetting externalities to owning the value of nature-based solutions directly. NACs offer a flexible, durable model that integrates well with existing credit markets (biodiversity, carbon, water) but isn’t dependent on them.

By valuing a full spectrum of ecosystem services, NACs provide stability in the face of credit market volatility and policy uncertainty. They ensure ecological gains – such as carbon storage and biodiversity – retain value even if not monetized today.