Position papers and institutional responses
IRICE publishes analyses for communities, authorities, and financial stakeholders.
These reports shed light on public frameworks, environmental regulations, and ESG requirements, using an evidence-based methodology.
These reports shed light on public frameworks, environmental regulations, and ESG requirements, using an evidence-based methodology.
IRICE's role in the public debate
IRICE participates in the public debate as an independent actor in the evaluation and structuring of biodiversity frameworks.
Its positions are based on public scientific standards, verifiable data from the field and formalized analysis processes.
Its positions are based on public scientific standards, verifiable data from the field and formalized analysis processes.
The objective of these contributions is to clarify the uses, statuses and real scope of biodiversity initiatives mobilized by public, financial and real estate actors, in order to strengthen the coherence of public policies and the readability of commitments.
Natural capital as critical infrastructure
Position Report – IRICE (2026)
Analytical framework for public, financial and real estate decision-making
IRICE's position on the DGCL guide "Acting for Biodiversity"
Published in July 2025This guide lists numerous approaches — certifications, labels, sectoral tools — without clearly distinguishing their status or scope.
IRICE provides an analysis to identify what falls under:
IRICE provides an analysis to identify what falls under:
- of a declarative label ,
- through a voluntary approach ,
- of a genuinely enforceable accredited certification
Nature-related risks and sustainable finance
IRICE's contribution to the Banque de France consortium
IRICE welcomes the creation of a national scientific group on the risks related to nature.
The institute offers an interpretation based on:
IRICE welcomes the creation of a national scientific group on the risks related to nature.
The institute offers an interpretation based on:
- measurable criteria,
- verifiable field data,
- tools compatible with ESG requirements and sustainable finance standards.
IRICE typology of biodiversity approaches
IRICE proposes a methodological framework for clearly distinguishing the different approaches used in real estate and development. This typology is based on international principles of conformity assessment and clarifies the actual scope of each tool. It identifies three categories:
- declarative labels , used for communication and awareness-raising, based on assessment grids or optional criteria;
- structured voluntary approaches , based on internal or sectoral frameworks aimed at organizing action and continuous improvement;
- accredited certifications , based on mandatory criteria, successive third-party audits and a formal, enforceable decision.
Biodiversity, investment decisions and the status of the approaches used
IRICE publishes position papers intended for clarify the uses, statuses and actual scope of the approaches used When biodiversity is taken into account in binding decisions: investment, financing, public action, ESG compliance, or regulatory reporting. These notes are neither educational documents nor activist positions.
They aim to stabilize a common framework for interpretation based on evidence, independence and enforceability, intended for investors, communities, CSR departments and public authorities.
They aim to stabilize a common framework for interpretation based on evidence, independence and enforceability, intended for investors, communities, CSR departments and public authorities.
The note below formalizes IRICE's position on the place of biodiversity in the real estate and financial decision-making process, and on the status of the approaches currently being used in the market. Download the position paper
Why are these notes useful to decision-makers?
- Clarifying the status of
Labels, certifications, standards: the levels of guarantee are not equivalent. - Strengthening ESG risk prevention:
IRICE's work helps to distinguish what is based on evidence from what is based on declaration. - Supporting a readable and coherent public decision:
The actors have technical, normative and institutional reference points.
Access the reference data used in our analyses
The Effinature and BPS reference frameworks, used as a methodological framework in these notes, are available free of charge via the dedicated form.
Institutional conclusion
IRICE provides the sector with a readable and evidence-based doctrine.
These notes inform communities, project owners, investors and authorities about the requirements needed to structure a reliable, measurable biodiversity policy aligned with international standards.
These notes inform communities, project owners, investors and authorities about the requirements needed to structure a reliable, measurable biodiversity policy aligned with international standards.