Biodiversity and real estate: 4 keys to structuring your projects - IRICE

Biodiversity as a project lever

Understand, structure, act. IRICE is publishing a series of short articles designed to help decision-makers integrate biodiversity into real estate projects in a clear, measurable and operational way. Aimed at local authorities, project owners, developers and investors, these articles address recurring sticking points, existing tools, and concrete levers for making biodiversity a project asset, not a formal constraint. ➤ All content is written by the IRICE team based on real cases, field feedback and shared experience.

In the first quarter of 2024, IRICE published a series of in-depth articles on a central but often ill-equipped topic: how to integrate biodiversity into real estate projects in a structured, credible and useful way.This cycle of publications aimed to clarify points that are often unclear in operations: the role of benchmarks, territorial expectations, the place of independence, ecological traceability. Here is a summary of the 4 articles published - to be read or reread according to your issues.

Don't reduce biodiversity to a score

👉 Article: Why biodiversity cannot be summed up in an environmental report

📅 Published January 29, 2024 A global score dilutes responsibilities. Biodiversity needs its own, clear, evolving framework if it is to be treated as something other than an offset variable.

Without an independent third party, certification loses its value

👉 Article: Environmental certification: what good is a label without an independent body?

📅 Published February 12, 2024 A label without external verification secures nothing. It fuels mistrust, weakens CSR, and blurs relations with public partners. Independence is not a luxury: it's a condition of reliability.

Elected representatives expect concrete action, not rhetoric

👉 Article: Biodiversity and real estate projects: what elected representatives expect without saying so

📅 Published February 26, 2024 What local authorities expect: proof of commitment adapted to the territory, traceability, and a tool to respond to controversies. Effinature can play this interface role.

A good reference system is enlightening, not restrictive

👉 Article: Biodiversity benchmark: what operational value in a real estate project?

📅 Published March 11, 2024 A reference system is not a labeling tool. It is a framework for dialogue, a support for arbitration and a traceability matrix. It structures without weighing down.

🔚 Conclusion

These 4 articles lay the foundations for IRICE's positioning:

✅ independent,

✅ grounded in project reality,

✅ solution-oriented.

Biodiversity isn't just an add-on or a box to tick. It is a lever - provided it is framed, measured and integrated.