GX Concierge Launches Comprehensive TNFD Support Service to Drive Corporate Value Through Nature-Related Disclosure

GX Concierge Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; CEO/COO: Atsushi Goshima; CSO/CTO: Shuhei Toyoshima; hereinafter 'GX Concierge') has launched the 'Comprehensive TNFD Support Service,' offering end-to-end support from disclosure to transition planning and supplier engagement in response to the recommendations of the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD). This service goes beyond mandatory disclosure, guiding companies toward nature-positive transition and enhanced corporate value. ■ Background In recent years, alongside climate change, risks related to natural capital and biodiversity have rapidly become apparent, compelling businesses to treat their impacts as strategic management issues. Against this backdrop, demands for corporate information disclosure are increasing, driven by frameworks such as the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework and the TNFD recommendations. However, the essence lies not in disclosure itself, but in understanding dependencies on and impacts to natural capital through the disclosure process, and integrating identified risks and opportunities into business strategy. This leads to ensuring business sustainability, strengthening value chains, and ultimately creating new value that contributes to a nature-positive future. Leveraging our accumulated expertise in sustainability management support, we now offer comprehensive TNFD support to help companies achieve nature-positive outcomes. ■ Challenges Companies face significant hurdles in responding to TNFD. Nature-related risks vary greatly depending on the water resources and ecosystems of the countries and regions where operations are located, making it difficult to assess them using a common metric like greenhouse gas emissions in climate change. Therefore, location-specific evaluation is essential, yet companies are required to assess their entire global value chain, making risk identification challenging. Furthermore, after identifying nature-related risks and opportunities, companies must evaluate their potential financial impacts, determine priority actions, and translate them into a roadmap. While the TNFD proposes the LEAP approach, practical methodologies are still evolving. Assessing financial impacts through scenario analysis and developing response strategies that consider the interplay between climate change and natural capital (synergies and trade-offs) require high levels of expertise. ■ Service Overview The efforts required for TNFD response differ significantly between companies making their first disclosure and those already disclosing and moving toward enhancement or transition planning. Depending on a company's TNFD readiness, we offer tailored support through the following four services: 1. Initial Disclosure Following the LEAP approach, identify dependencies and impacts, assess risks and opportunities across multiple scenarios, and create disclosure information based on TNFD recommendations. 2. Disclosure Enhancement For companies seeking to improve existing disclosures, we conduct on-site interviews to deepen risk analysis at individual sites and evaluate the financial impacts of risks and opportunities, thereby enhancing the quality of disclosure. 3. Transition Plan Development Based on identified risks and opportunities, align with corporate strategy and climate response efforts, define priority actions toward achieving nature-positive outcomes, and develop roadmaps and set targets. 4. Supplier Engagement Assess nature-related risks of key suppliers, evaluate their potential financial impact on your company, and develop risk mitigation strategies. ■ Service Features This service aims not merely to provide formal compliance with TNFD disclosure requests, but to strengthen resilience against value chain risks and contribute to nature-positive business management and growth. We have extensive experience supporting sustainability disclosures including TNFD, SSBJ, TCFD, and CDP. Leveraging our accumulated knowledge and our ability to support both climate change and natural capital, we deliver consistent services that consider the interrelationship between the two. Tools such as ENCORE and Aqueduct are widely used to comprehensively and efficiently identify nature-related risks, but interpreting their outputs requires specialized knowledge. Our experienced consultants assess the limitations and uncertainties of these tools while conducting evaluations grounded in the actual conditions of each site. We provide continuous support beyond disclosure, helping companies determine priority actions and develop roadmaps toward nature-positive outcomes based on risks, opportunities, and their financial implications. We support the foundation for enhancing corporate value, using disclosure as a starting point. ■ Future Outlook GX Concierge aims to contribute to sustainable corporate growth and the overall advancement of societal sustainability through this service. We plan to continuously expand our support offerings to enhance management practices, create value, and meet regulatory requirements in the sustainability domain. About GX Concierge Co., Ltd. GX Concierge is a customer-accompanying service provider for GX/SX, supporting the advancement of sustainability management. We provide end-to-end support, from formulating corporate GX strategies to developing and implementing GHG reduction solutions and digital solutions that drive GX/SX initiatives. Established in March 2024 through a joint investment by Sumitomo Corporation and ABeam Consulting Co., Ltd., we leverage the expertise and networks of both companies to deliver effective support to domestic and international enterprises in their decarbonization and sustainability efforts. GX Concierge aims to be a business partner that jointly realizes business transformation and enhanced corporate value by solving customer challenges identified through consulting in the sustainability domain. Website: https://gx-c.com/ Trademark Information Company names, product names, and other proper nouns mentioned in this document are the trademarks, registered trademarks, or trade names of their respective companies.