Natural economy consultancy

Working together to protect and regenerate the environment and manage precious natural resources in sustainable ways.

Why we need a natural economy

Our complex, beautiful natural world is essential to our wellbeing and survival. We rely on clean water, fresh air, healthy soils, and thriving biodiversity for food, drinking water, energy, and climate regulation. Our whole economy – from farming to fishing, renewable energy to tourism – all rely on these assets. Viewed in this way, there’s a real need to encourage better investment that will protect and improve them all for our future.

Latest Report

Implementation Guidelines for Single-use Plastics in Nigeria

How we work

Our expert team has a detailed understanding of the interconnected threads between sustainable land use, food security, farming, and integrated water management. By drawing from our in-depth understanding of the policy landscape in these areas, we can help you develop strategies that futureproof your assets.  

Our strong network of relationships and understanding of the varied stakeholders involved in the natural economy mean we can help you to navigate nature finance, governance and partnership working.  Supporting you with everything from a biodiversity assessment all the way to supplying a framework for nature-based solutions, our work is tailored to turn your goals into outcomes.

Our low carbon consultancy services

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Developing and shaping policies to manage natural resources and support resilience and adaptation to climate change. This includes providing robust evidence to challenge the status quo and drive urgent policy change.

Natural economy strategy

Creating food systems, and land use carbon baseline assessments and strategies that support the journey to net zero and regenerative aspirations.

Natural economy implementation

Designing nature recovery plans to enhance biodiversity and support ecological balance. Developing climate resilience and adaptation plans to support preparation efforts.

Case studies

WWF – halving the environmental impact of grocery shopping

WWF want to halve the environmental impact of UK shopping baskets by 2030, and we are helping them to achieve this. WWF commissioned Eunomia to support its WWF Basket initiative to halve environmental impact of grocery shopping. We devised data collection templates to monitor and evaluate info from retailers.

WWF Cymru – building a sustainable Welsh food system

Building a Sustainable Welsh Food System: Economic, Social, & Cultural Impact Assessment of Agroecological Pathway Scenarios To help WWF test the ambition of Welsh Government policy and sustainable land management planning, Eunomia modelled the biophysical possibility and likely environmental, socio-economic, and cultural impacts of four pathways for a transition to net zero agroecology in Wales by 2050.

Shropshire Wildlife Trust – solutions for nature-based investment

Eunomia explored how private sector investment can support nature recovery through mechanisms that blend public and private finance. Our research found considerable appetite among businesses and farmers to collaborate in building a more resilient natural environment.

Nature South West phase 1 scoping project

Eunomia worked closely with Natural England, National Landscapes, and their partners to scope the potential for a regional partnership that will help drive nature recovery and climate resilience at scale in the South West of England.

Workshop on UK land use for net zero, nature, and people

In collaboration with other members of the new Land Use for Net Zero (LUNZ) Hub, Eunomia delivered a two-day workshop with key players in land use policy making, research, and governance. The workshop sought to identify approaches that can be used consistently by the four UK nations to develop comparable pathways to Net Zero.

Our experts

Yvonne Rees

Principal Consultant

Clare Twigger-Ross

Principal Consultant

Owen White

Managing Consultant

Robert Daniel

Principal Economist

Star Molteno

Senior Consultant

Daniel Stunell

Managing Consultant

Our Clients

Testimonials

Great team of experts. Helped us select priorities in a complicated unknown field.

Avery Denison

Working with Eunomia was incredibly easy. All members of the Eunomia team were happy to help with any questions we had and helped to ensure all relevant data was being captured to ensure a full carbon footprint was established for ourselves.

Inver House

Overall excellent experience - on an ambitious scope of work and a legislatively mandated short timeline. The process and report exceeded expectations.

Washington Department of Ecology

A really great experience. Staff were very understanding of our unique environment managing waste on the Isles of Scilly. They listened, were professional but friendly and provided great advice to us. The final report was excellent and has helped us enormously as we grapple with the complexities of our commercial waste service on the islands.

Council of the Isles of Scilly

Great experts, solution driven, very good knowledge of policy, technology and market related issues of circular economy - especially in the US market

Uber Eats

Knowledgeable and friendly staff - very trustworthy, ask good questions to ensure they understand what client wants

Environment Agency

Great team, very easy to work with and completed the work to a high standard, despite time pressure and changes to deadlines etc.

Joint Nature Conservation Committee

A perfect combination of professionalism and enthusiasm: Clarity and timeliness throughout the process. Everyone I worked with was professional, knowledgeable and brought infectious enthusiasm about their work, which inspired us.

National Children's Bureau

It was a seamless process. The team grasped the context quickly and were receptive to feedback and delivered on time. The team were very pleasant to work with.

Flora & Fauna

Very thorough and supportive, guiding us through the waste contract renewal, and the waste partnership itself. Much appreciated support.

Destination Bristol

A great team and a great experience. Professional and open relationships and communication.

University of the Western Cape

The Eunomia project team was a pleasure to work with, and helped create functional documents under a tight timeframe and some strict guiding language.

CDPHE