Where nature data meets capital markets.
A Financial Signal for Nature.
Nature Signal is the financial infrastructure layer that puts nature on the balance sheet.
We translate fragmented environmental and livelihoods data into a single decision-ready financial label for nature health, resilience and risk.
Nature Signal enables corporates and financial institutions to diagnose the state of nature and make more accurate capital decisions that price nature risk and reward nature improvement outcomes.
Nature is becoming a new financial variable.
Nature loss is becoming financial risk
$44T of GDP depends on nature
Regulation is forcing disclosure
TNFD, ECB & NGFS are accelerating adoption.
No infrastructure layer exists
Financial systems cannot price ecosystem risk today.
From ecosystem data to Nature Signal.
We convert biodiversity, land, water, livelihoods and supply chain data into a decision-ready Signal, allowing capital to move toward nature resilient outcomes.
Nature Risk
Degraded ecosystems
Higher exposure
Higher pricing risk
Nature Stable
Resilient ecosystems
Managed exposure
Lower volatility
Nature Gain
Improving ecosystems
Preferential capital
Long-term resilience
How it Works
Enabling capital to be a mechanism for ecosystem improvement
Platform architecture
Data layer
Satellite
Water
Biodiversity
Supply chain
Intelligence layer
AI risk synthesis
Scenario modelling
Portfolio aggregation
Financial layer
Pricing signals
Underwriting
Capital allocation
Reporting
Built for decision makers across the economy
One Signal. Multiple decision-makers.
FMCG | agri-business
Manage supply chain resilience and identify sourcing risk
Banks | investment management
Price nature risk into lending, portfolios, and capital allocation.
Insurance
Assess forward-looking ecosystem risk and improve underwriting decisions.
What institutions can do with Nature Signal
Sourcing
Identify supplier and commodity exposure.
Lending
Integrate nature risk into pricing and limits.
Underwriting
Classify nature exposure for premium and risk concentration.
Portfolio management
Optimise Nature Risk -Stable - Gain across holdings.
Nature improvement planning
Prioritise interventions that shift assets toward Nature Gain.
Co-designed with Industry
Nature Signal is initially focused on Asia Pacific, where nature-dependent supply chains and agricultural commodities create some of the world’s highest exposure to ecosystem and biodiversity risk.
We are building the platform directly alongside industry partners to ensure the outputs are always commercially relevant, scientifically robust, and immediately actionable within real-world sourcing, lending, underwriting, and investment workflows..
Our initial partnership focus includes:
Agriculture & Commodities
FMCG Supply Chains
Banking & Financial Institutions
Insurance & Risk Markets
Scientific & Academic Communities
We are selectively engaging strategic co-pilot partners as we build the next generation of nature-risk intelligence.
Help shape the future of nature-risk intelligence, resilience, and capital allocation.
About us
Nature Signal is a profit-for-purpose company building the infrastructure that enables capital markets to price nature risk and reward nature-positive outcomes.
Our mission is to make nature a core financial variable in global markets.
David Shelmerdine AO
Chairman
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David is the Chairman of Nature Signal, founding director of ClimateWorks Centre and Managing Director of Laradoc.
Past President of Gold Standard Foundation in Geneva and Deputy Chairman of The Myer Family Investment Company, he has governed major sustainability and investment initiatives globally.
David was appointed Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) in 2025 for distinguished service to conservation and environmental sustainability.
Neil Salisbury
Board Director & Advisor
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Neil is a seasoned entrepreneur with 30 years of experience in climate, nature, energy, and commercialisation.
He has launched several businesses in ESG, climate, and nature sectors.
He is the founder and Chair of NatureC0, an enterprise fellow at Melbourne University, co-founder and director of Archipelago Energy, and an advisory board member of the Climate Futures Institute at Melbourne University.
Previously, Neil was the founder CEO of Point Advisory, acquired by KKR-backed ERM in 2022.
Vanessa Gibbons
Chief Executive Officer
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Vanessa is an award-winning CEO recognized for her ability to lead and inspire teams to reach new heights and deliver breakthrough impact.
With 20 years experience across Australia, New Zealand, Asia Pacific, and the Middle East, Vanessa has led market expansion and commercial scaling initiatives for some of the world’s most influential technology and sustainability pioneers, including Microsoft, Sony, Kantar, Carta, and Climate Impact X.
Her experience spans carbon markets, project finance, and green product innovation.
She has advised boards, institutional investors, and policymakers on climate finance, carbon market investments across complex, multi-jurisdictional environments.
Beyond the office, Vanessa is an investor in several early-stage startups across green energy transition, sustainable consumer goods and gender fintech.
Nature will become a priced financial variable
Credit markets prices credit risk.
Carbon markets priced emissions.
Nature markets will price ecosystem risk.
Nature Signal is building the infrastructure layer enabling that transition.