Back to Tools Catalogue Home » Tools CatalogueESVD Foundation for Sustainable Development The Ecosystem Services Valuation Database (ESVD) contains almost 10.000 datapoints on monetary values and is thereby the largest open-access database with standardized monetary values for all ecosystem services and all ecosystems globally. The data in the ESVD comes from over 30 years of peer-reviewed academic research and official reports on the monetary valuation of ecosystem services. It can be used to support better informed decision making, ensuring that the value of nature is taken into account. Read more at Ecosystem Services Valuation Database | Foundation for Sustainable Development |Environmental Research (esvd.info) Visit Tool Explore this tool's alignment to sectors, biomes and LEAP Please note: visualisations are updated daily View as text LEAP Phases covered Locate the interface with naturePrioritisation according to the integrity and importance of relevant ecosystemsIdentification of priority nature-risk locations by sector, business unit or value chainEvaluate priority dependencies and impactsIdentification of relevant environmental assets and ecosystem services by priority locationImpact analysisAssess material risks and opportunitiesRisk and opportunity identificationAcknowledgement of current nature-related risk management effortsAdditional risk mitigation and risk and opportunity managementRisk and opportunity materiality assessment Sector(s) Renewable & Alternative Energy DevelopmentAlternative EnergyBiofuelsFuel Cells & Industrial BatteriesSolar Technology & Project DevelopersWind Technology & Project DevelopersForestry & PaperForestry ManagementPulp & Paper ProductsHealth Care & Medical technologyBiotechnology & PharmaceuticalsBiotechnology & PharmaceuticalsMedical TechnologyMedical Equipment & SuppliesTechnology, Communications & ITTechnologyElectronic Manufacturing Services & Original Design ManufacturingHardwareSemiconductorsSemiconductorsInfrastructure, Energy Utilities & Real EstateInfrastructureEngineering & Construction ServicesUtilitiesWind PowerSolar PowerHydro PowerGas Utilities & DistributorsWater Utilities & ServicesElectric Utilities & Power GeneratorsCoal/Fuel/Gas PowerNuclear PowerReal EstateHomebuildersWaste ManagementWaste ManagementAgriculture, Food & BeveragesBeverageAlcoholic BeveragesNon-Alcoholic BeveragesFood & Beverage RetailFood Retailers & DistributorsTobaccoTobaccoFoodAgricultural ProductsMeat & Poultry & DairyProcessed FoodsMeat ProductsFisheriesAquacultureLivestockEnergy Extractives, Mining & Minerals ProcessingMetals & MiningIron & Steel ProducersMetals & MiningOil & GasOil & Gas - Exploration & ProductionOil & Gas - MidstreamOil & Gas - Refining & MarketingOil & Gas - ServicesCoalCoal OperationsConstruction MaterialsConstruction MaterialsConsumer GoodsConsumer Goods RetailMultiline and Specialty Retailers & DistributorsApparel & TextilesApparel, Accessories & FootwearConsumer Discretionary ProductsAppliance ManufacturingBuilding Products & FurnishingsHousehold & Personal ProductsToys & Sporting GoodsConsulting, Business, & Environmental ServicesConsumer ServicesEducationHospitality & RecreationLeisure FacilitiesHotels & LodgingFinancial institutions, service providers and Investment managersCorporate & Retail BankingCommercial BanksInsuranceInsuranceCapital MarketsAsset Management & Custody ActivitiesInvestment Banking & BrokerageTransportationAutomobilesAuto PartsResource Transformation & Industrial ProcessesChemicalsChemicalsIndustrialsAerospace & DefenseContainers & PackagingElectrical & Electronic EquipmentRT-EEIndustrial Machinery & Goods Biome(s) OceanShoreline systemsCoastal inlets and lagoonsMaritime vegetationArtificial shorelinesMarine shelvesOpen ocean watersBrackish tidal systemsArtificial marine systemsSubterranean cave and rock systemsSubterranean tidalLandSavannas and grasslandsDeserts and semi-desertsIntensive land-use systemsArtificial subterranean spacesTropical-subtropical forestsTemperate-boreal forests and woodlandsShrublands and shrubby woodlandsFreshwaterRivers and streamsArtificial wetlandsSubterranean freshwatersArtificial subterranean freshwatersVegetated wetlands View as interactive sunburst graph Are you the tool owner and looking to make a correction or add additional information to this tool? Submit an update