{"id":3441,"date":"2026-03-05T20:04:23","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T19:04:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ecoacsa.com\/?p=3441"},"modified":"2026-04-14T13:34:04","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T11:34:04","slug":"el-sector-energetico-espanol-avanza-en-la-integracion-de-la-naturaleza-en-la-gestion-estrategica","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ecoacsa.com\/en\/el-sector-energetico-espanol-avanza-en-la-integracion-de-la-naturaleza-en-la-gestion-estrategica\/","title":{"rendered":"The Spanish energy sector advances in integrating nature into strategic management"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Seven of the leading companies in the Spanish energy sector \u2014EDP Espa\u00f1a, Endesa, Enag\u00e1s, Iberdrola, Naturgy, Redeia y Repsol\u2014 <\/strong>have been working jointly since 2018 to advance the integration of nature into corporate management and strategic decision-making across the sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a result of this process, the companies present the report <em>\"Natural Capital and the Spanish Energy Sector: Integrating and Valuing Nature in Corporate Management\u201d<\/em>, which consolidates a practical and shared approach to identifying and prioritising the sector\u2019s most relevant impacts and dependencies on nature, from a natural capital perspective and with a clear business-oriented focus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The report provides a collaborative framework that enhances efficiency, coherence and comparability across the Spanish energy sector. It helps to better understand how energy activities interact with biodiversity and ecosystem services, and how these interactions may translate into business-relevant dependencies, impacts, risks and opportunities, thereby supporting alignment with the main reporting and disclosure frameworks. <strong>dependencies, impacts, risks and opportunities, <\/strong>thereby<strong> <\/strong>supporting alignment with the main reporting and disclosure frameworks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Drawing on the <strong>LEAP approach<\/strong> <strong>(Locate, Evaluate, Assess, Prepare)<\/strong> developed by the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD), the work focuses on the <strong>Locate<\/strong> and <strong>Evaluate<\/strong>stages, considered critical to building a robust and consistent foundation that can subsequently support the identification and management of nature-related risks and opportunities. The analysis explicitly incorporates the territorial dimension, recognising that the materiality of impacts and dependencies is closely linked to the environmental sensitivity of the areas where energy infrastructures operate. <strong>dimensi\u00f3n territorial<\/strong>, reconociendo que la materialidad de los impactos y dependencias est\u00e1 estrechamente vinculada a la sensibilidad ambiental de los entornos en los que operan las instalaciones energ\u00e9ticas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Among the report\u2019s main conclusions are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>the agreed identification of <strong>activities, sub-activities, technologies and lifecycle stages<\/strong> with the greatest potential to interact with nature;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>the development of <strong>common technical criteria<\/strong> to prioritise sector-relevant impacts and dependencies;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>a shared methodological approach to characterising <strong>environmentally sensitive locations;<\/strong>;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>and improved <strong>traceability and comparability<\/strong> in companies\u2019 internal assessments.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-white-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-white-background-color has-background\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>The exercise <strong>does not replace company-specific corporate analyses,<\/strong>but rather acts as an <strong>enabling framework<\/strong>, <strong>laying the foundations for more informed decision-making through the development of shared technical and territorial criteria that progressively integrate nature into corporate strategic management. <\/strong>This framework allows companies to advance with greater efficiency, technical rigour and internal coherence while respecting their specific operational and regulatory contexts. It also transparently acknowledges <strong>key methodological limitations<\/strong>, along with <strong>and identifies areas for improvement and future development<\/strong>, providing companies with a <strong>realistic and progressive roadmap<\/strong> to further integrate nature into their analysis, management and reporting processes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a context marked by the evolution of the European regulatory framework \u2014with the <strong>Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (<em>CSRD<\/em> by its English acronym)<\/strong><strong> <\/strong>and the European Sustainability Reporting Standards (<strong><em>ESRS<\/em><\/strong><strong>)<\/strong>, particularly <strong><em>ESRS E4<\/em><\/strong><strong> on biodiversity and ecosystems<\/strong>\u2014 the work of the Natural Capital and Energy Working Group (GTCNE) highlights the <strong>complementarity between regulatory and voluntary frameworks<\/strong>. The sectoral approach developed contributes to aligning internal assessment processes with disclosure requirements, supporting the application of the <strong>double materiality principle<\/strong> and strengthening the quality of sustainability information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Beyond the technical outcomes, the process highlights <strong>business collaboration as a driver of transformation<\/strong> and collective learning, helping to reduce methodological ambiguity, build a shared technical language and establish solid foundations for the progressive integration of nature into corporate decision-making. This demonstrates how knowledge sharing and consensus-building can accelerate the strategic integration of nature within the business community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This work of the Natural Capital and Energy Working Group, lead by the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/naturalcapitalfactory.com\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/naturalcapitalfactory.com\">Natural Capital Factory<\/a><\/strong>, <em>the Spanish hub <\/em>of the Capitals Coalition, with technical support from the consultancies <strong>Azent\u00faa and Ecoacsa<\/strong>, reinforces the role of the energy sector as a key actor in the transition towards <strong>a more resilient, competitive and ecologically compatible economy.<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-white-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-white-background-color has-background is-style-wide\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-vivid-green-cyan-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-dabcaf125c2753753edd02bd44efa712\">V\u00eddeo de la jornada<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Integrating nature into the energy transition: A common framework for the sector\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IubKsLA_PYw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-white-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-white-background-color has-background\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\"\/>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-white-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-white-background-color has-background\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-font-size has-medium-font-size\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-vivid-green-cyan-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/ecoacsa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2603_Capital-natural-y-energia_fase2_.pdf\">Download the report<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Siete de las principales empresas del sector energ\u00e9tico espa\u00f1ol \u2014EDP Espa\u00f1a, Endesa, Enag\u00e1s, Iberdrola, Naturgy, Redeia y Repsol\u2014 han trabajado de forma conjunta desde 2018 para avanzar en la integraci\u00f3n de la naturaleza en la gesti\u00f3n empresarial y la toma de decisiones estrat\u00e9gicas del sector.<\/p>\n<p>Como resultado de este proceso, las empresas presentan el informe \u00abEl capital natural y el sector de la energ\u00eda espa\u00f1ol. Integraci\u00f3n y valoraci\u00f3n de la naturaleza en la gesti\u00f3n empresarial\u00bb, que consolida una aproximaci\u00f3n pr\u00e1ctica y compartida que permite identificar y priorizar impactos y dependencias relevantes del sector energ\u00e9tico en su relaci\u00f3n con la naturaleza, desde una perspectiva de capital natural y con un claro enfoque aplicado al negocio.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3442,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,9],"tags":[48,26,56],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ecoacsa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3441"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ecoacsa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ecoacsa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ecoacsa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ecoacsa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3441"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/ecoacsa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3441\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3479,"href":"https:\/\/ecoacsa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3441\/revisions\/3479"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ecoacsa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3442"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ecoacsa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ecoacsa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3441"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ecoacsa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}