The ENCORE Insights: Country Dashboard is an interactive tool designed to illustrate how national economies and specific industry sectors depend on nature. By linking nature dependency ratings with global economic data, the dashboard provides a transparent view of macroeconomic risks arising from nature degradation. Finance professionals, particularly those in central banking and regulation, can use this resource to identify sector exposures and assess how environmental disruptions might impact national economic stability.

Organisation behind the tool

The dashboard is a project of ENCORE (Exploring Natural Capital Opportunities, Risks and Exposure), developed and maintained by Global Canopy. The initiative is supported by funding from the European Union and connects to the wider ENCORE ecosystem, which includes contributions from various partners within the sustainability and natural capital sectors.

What the tool does

The tool provides several key functions for analysing nature-related economic dependencies:

• Country Profiles: Dedicated pages for each covered nation showing which economic sectors rely most on ecosystem services such as water supply, pollination, and flood mitigation.
• National Indicators: High-level data points highlighting the relationship between nature and the national economy.
• Interactive Visuals: Exportable charts and maps that illustrate sector-specific exposures to nature degradation.
• Transparent Methodology: Access to the underlying ENCORE-based calculations and definitions, including integration with EXIOBASE economic flow data.

Target audience

The primary users include regulators, central banks, and financial policymakers. It is also intended for finance professionals, researchers, and advocacy groups seeking to understand and communicate the material links between nature and economic health.

Relevance to finance professionals

Finance professionals can apply the dashboard’s insights across several areas:

• Risk assessment – Identifying macroeconomic risks and sector-level exposures to hazards resulting from nature loss.
• ESG analysis – Quantifying how specific industries depend on ecosystem services for use in sustainability reporting and analysis.
• Investment context – Understanding long-term environmental trends and how they may influence national economic performance or sovereign risk.
• Policy and advocacy – Using real-world case studies and comparable data to support nature-positive financial regulations.