Context
The organisation or site, activities, period and assessment purpose define the starting point.
Our Methodology
Understand how your assessment takes shape.
Our approach connects your organisational context with relevant questions, supporting evidence, defined assessment rules and a clearly described result.
The assessment approach
Six connected parts.
Relevant questions
The product, edition and applicability rules determine the questions within scope.
Responses and evidence
Your account of current practices is considered alongside relevant records and known gaps.
Evaluation
The selected method determines how responses or reviewed findings are evaluated.
Review and interpretation
The result identifies the scope, evidence and level of review it has received.
Improvement
Findings help you identify priorities, actions and areas for later reassessment.
Relevance without guesswork
Your activities shape what is examined.
Different sectors, organisation sizes and operating activities can require different assessment depth. The selected edition and recorded context guide the scope; uncertainty may require clarification or a broader review.
A requirement outside a narrower edition is not the same as a requirement assessed and passed. Missing practice or missing evidence is also different from genuine non-applicability.
Understanding results
Different outputs answer different questions.
Reported maturity
Quick Scan uses recorded responses to summarise reported practices and answer coverage. It is not an independently verified rating.
Evidence-supported findings
Defined criteria and evidence requirements guide the review. Supporting evidence can limit the conclusions a reviewer can reach.
Scope-specific analysis
Carbon calculations, climate-risk work and reporting-readiness outputs have their own inputs, methods and qualifications.
The role of evidence
A document is part of the picture.
Relevant evidence needs to match the assessed activity, organisational boundary and reporting period. A policy, an operational record and independently corroborated information can support different levels of confidence.
Higher evidence requirements are not satisfied by document presentation alone. Reviewers consider relevance, implementation and the conditions of the applicable criterion. Important gaps remain part of the result.
AI and human judgement
AI-assisted guidance supports the process. Defined rules still govern the result.
AI-assisted functions can explain questions, help organise proposed responses and summarise selected documents. You check and confirm that a proposed answer reflects your facts and records.
Official calculations follow the defined assessment rules. Evidence judgements and authorised decisions follow the applicable human review process. AI-generated assistance does not establish document authenticity, replace formal review or independently award certification.
Reference foundations
Established sources, used for their relevant purpose.
Reference mappings explain the source basis for topics; they do not constitute endorsement or demonstrate full conformity with each referenced framework.
IFRS Sustainability and GRI
Reference families inform relevant reporting-related topics. The basis and edition applicable to an engagement are identified in its scope.
GHG Protocol and relevant ISO sources
Accounting and management-system references inform relevant topics. A NatureSynth assessment is not automatically an ISO certification or an independently verified inventory.
TNFD and labour and human-rights sources
Relevant nature, workforce and responsible-business references help frame the issues considered.
A clear basis for decisions
Understand the findings. Plan your next step.
NatureSynth combines a defined assessment scope, relevant criteria and evidence requirements to help your organisation understand current practices and prioritise improvement. Each result identifies the assessment edition and level of review involved.
Your report explains what was assessed, what supports the findings and how the results can be used. For a regulatory submission, procurement decision or other external requirement, we help you clarify the assessment or assurance route needed before the work begins.
Trust, review and recognitionDownloads
Methodology publications
Choose a guide for your next step. Each publication includes its version and the context needed to understand it.
Public Methodology
How context, evidence, review and limitations shape the assessment.
Your next step
Have a technical question?
Discuss your assessment goals, evidence requirements and how you plan to use the results.