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TNFD software: buying for a voluntary framework that is still moving
TNFD software is any tool that helps a company map where it operates and sources from, work through the TNFD’s LEAP assessment, and draft nature-related disclosures.
This page is the buyer’s guide for a framework that is voluntary and still changing: what kinds of product are sold, which platforms say so in their own words, and what to buy now. What a TNFD tool must hold is on TNFD reporting software.
What you are buying
What is TNFD software, and what is free?
The TNFD’s Recommendations and its LEAP guidance are free to download, and both were updated in October 2026; LEAP is now version 2.0.
What a tool adds is location: LEAP starts by locating a company’s interface with nature, which means mapping sites and sourcing areas against nature data.
So TNFD software is usually one of three things: a nature-data and mapping tool, an ESG platform with a nature module, or a disclosure tool that holds the narrative.
| Kind of product | What it does for TNFD | Fits when |
|---|---|---|
| Nature-data and mapping tool | Places sites and sourcing areas against biodiversity and water data | The Locate phase of LEAP is the hard part |
| ESG platform with a nature module | Holds nature metrics beside climate and other topics | Nature is one topic among many |
| Disclosure management software | Assembles the fourteen disclosures in the report | The report is the output that matters |
| TNFD’s free guidance and a spreadsheet | Runs LEAP by hand for a few sites | A first, scoped assessment |
The platforms, in their own words
Which platforms say they support TNFD?
1 of the 73 vendors in this site’s registry use these words about themselves on the pages read 11 October 2026 and 30 September–1 October 2026, listed alphabetically, which ranks nothing.
Few vendors in this site’s registry name TNFD on the pages read, which says more about the registry’s scope than about the market; specialist nature-data providers sit largely outside it.
Vendors whose own words mention TNFD, nature-related issues or biodiversity · 1 of 73 vendors · read 11 October 2026 and 30 September–1 October 2026
| Vendor | What its own site says | Published price |
|---|---|---|
| ASUENE | Trained on 500+ company engagements, generates audit-ready disclosure responses for CDP, SBTi, CSRD, CBAM, IFRS S2, and TNFD. | Enterprise level · TBD |
Each cell is the vendor’s own description of itself, linked to the page it is on. Alphabetical order ranks nothing.
A vendor not listed may still do the job: put the question to it in writing.
Where a platform does name TNFD, its quote shows exactly what it offers, and the TNFD does not publish a list of approved software.
Ask any vendor to run the Locate phase on two of your own sites, because that is where nature tools differ most.
Who says what about nature
Vendor’s own words
Who says what about nature
Alphabetical
Order of work
How do you build a TNFD software shortlist?
Scope before you shop: LEAP lets a company start with its most material locations, so a first assessment need not cover everything.
Shortlist on the data each tool brings for those locations.
| Step | What to do | What it settles |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Choose the sites and sourcing areas for a first LEAP run | Scope, and therefore cost |
| 2 | Download TNFD’s free Recommendations and LEAP v2.0 | What the disclosure and assessment ask |
| 3 | Ask two vendors to run Locate on your chosen sites | The nature data each brings |
| 4 | Check how each tool will follow the ISSB proposal | Readiness for a Practice Statement, if adopted |
| 5 | Price three years, with the data licences | The cost tool beside the next section |
| 6 | Confirm the maps and evidence can be exported | The assessment stays yours |
Price
What does TNFD software cost?
The TNFD’s Recommendations and LEAP guidance are free; tools and the nature datasets behind them usually are not.
Most platforms that mention nature publish no price, and the vendor table shows a price only where the vendor publishes one.
Ask whether third-party data licences are inside the quote, because nature datasets are often licensed separately.
The calculator beside this sets a three-year quote against the staff time a first assessment takes.
Your three-year cost · your numbers only
Three-year total £0
Arithmetic on the figures you type, from the vendor’s written quote.
Added entities are counted for an average of one and a half years each. This page states no vendor price and estimates none.
Nothing is stored or sent.
In the demo
What should you ask in a TNFD software demo?
These are buying questions; what a TNFD tool must hold is on TNFD reporting software.
Send the vendor two real site addresses before the demo.
TNFD software demo questions · tick the ones you need
The pass tests are our reading of the cited provisions.
Nothing you tick is stored or sent.
What is moving
When is TNFD software worth buying?
No UK rule requires TNFD reporting, so the trigger is a stakeholder asking, or a decision to get ahead of the ISSB’s work.
The ISSB has decided to propose nature-related requirements as an IFRS Practice Statement, which it describes as non-mandatory, and the IFRS Foundation announced on 6 October 2026 a consultation closing on 19 February 2027.
A sensible buyer pilots now on a few locations and commits to a platform once the Practice Statement’s final form is known.
Read the detail and references
The ISSB’s work plan records its April 2026 decision to propose requirements in the form of a Practice Statement, and its July 2026 permission to ballot an exposure draft with a 120-day comment period.
The IFRS Foundation’s 6 October 2026 announcement scheduled a launch webinar for 22 October 2026 and gave 19 February 2027 as the close of the consultation.
New or amended ISSB material does not apply in the UK unless it is endorsed for UK use.
The TNFD’s own 2026 status report describes adoption so far.
Nature disclosure dates
ISSB decision
Nature disclosure dates
UK use
Spreadsheet or software
Is a spreadsheet enough for TNFD?
For a first LEAP run on a handful of sites, a spreadsheet and the TNFD’s free guidance can do the job.
It struggles at the Locate phase, which needs spatial data, and when many sites or sourcing regions are in scope.
The worksheet beside this compares a quote with the hours the manual route takes.
Platform against the way you work now
Current process £0 a year · quote £0 a year
Fill in all three to see the break-even hours.
Arithmetic on your own inputs.
The quote’s implementation, uplift and exit terms are in the three-year worksheet on the carbon reporting software page.
Nothing is stored or sent.
After signature
How does a TNFD software roll-out run?
Follow LEAP’s own order: a tool earns its keep in Locate and Evaluate, where data matters most.
Neither the TNFD nor the ISSB sets an implementation time; agree a dated pilot on named sites with the vendor.
Keep the site list and evidence outside the tool, so the assessment survives a change of vendor or of standard.
For the board
TNFD software is a pilot purchase until the ISSB’s nature proposal settles.
Start with a few locations, keep the data portable, and commit once the Practice Statement is final.
Takeaways
TNFD software, in five facts
| What is true | What to do |
|---|---|
| TNFD reporting is voluntary in the UK | Buy for a stakeholder ask or a pilot |
| LEAP reached version 2.0 in October 2026 | Check the tool follows the current version |
| The ISSB proposes a non-mandatory Practice Statement | Watch the consultation, closing 19 February 2027 |
| The TNFD publishes no list of approved software | Test on your own sites |
| The TNFD’s guidance is free | A first run can start without a platform |
Next: what a TNFD tool must hold is on TNFD reporting software, and the framework itself on TNFD.
Frequently asked
TNFD software, answered
What is TNFD software?
A tool that helps a company map its locations, run the TNFD’s LEAP assessment and draft nature-related disclosures, keeping the evidence for each.
Is TNFD mandatory in the UK?
No. The TNFD Recommendations are voluntary and no UK rule requires them.
Is there free TNFD software?
The TNFD’s Recommendations and LEAP guidance are free to download.
Tools and nature datasets are usually paid.
Which software supports TNFD?
The table on this page lists every vendor in this site’s registry whose own words mention TNFD, nature-related issues or biodiversity, alphabetically and quoted. This site has tested none.
Does the TNFD approve software?
This site has found no TNFD list of approved software; treat any TNFD claim as one to test.
What is LEAP?
The TNFD’s assessment approach: Locate, Evaluate, Assess and Prepare.
Version 2.0 was published in October 2026.
Will the ISSB make nature reporting mandatory?
The ISSB has decided to propose nature-related requirements as an IFRS Practice Statement, which it describes as non-mandatory.
Any ISSB material needs UK endorsement before it applies in the UK.
When does the ISSB nature consultation close?
The IFRS Foundation gave 19 February 2027 as the close of the consultation, announced on 6 October 2026.
Should we buy TNFD software now?
A pilot on a few locations is a sensible start; a full platform decision can wait for the final Practice Statement.
What does TNFD software cost?
Most nature tools publish no price.
Ask whether third-party data licences are included.
What is the difference between TNFD software and TNFD reporting software?
This page is the buyer guide.
What a TNFD tool must hold is set out on the TNFD reporting software page.
Sources
Primary sources
Every figure, date and status on this page traces to the instrument’s owner.
Secondary commentary is never the source for a number.
- TNFDRecommendations of the TNFD (October 2026 update)
Fourteen disclosures under four pillars.
- TNFDGuidance on the LEAP approach, v2.0 (October 2026)
Locate, Evaluate, Assess, Prepare.
- TNFDTNFD 2026 Status Report
Adoption so far.
- TNFDTaskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures
The TNFD’s home page.
- TNFDISSB decision on nature-related standard-setting
The TNFD’s account of the ISSB decision.
- IFRS FoundationISSB work plan: nature-related disclosures
Practice Statement decision and due process.
- IFRS FoundationLive from COP17: ISSB nature-related disclosures consultation (6 October 2026)
Launch webinar 22 October 2026; comments to 19 February 2027.
- IFRS FoundationNature-related disclosures: FAQs
What a Practice Statement is.
- IFRS FoundationISSB Update, April 2026
The decision on form.
- IFRS FoundationISSB Update, July 2026
Permission to ballot; 120-day comment period.
- Financial Reporting CouncilSustainability reporting developments FAQ
The UK position.
- Department for Business and TradeUK SRS S1 General Requirements (PDF)
Sustainability-related risks beyond climate.
- DefraLocal Nature Recovery Strategies
English spatial nature data a tool may draw on.
- NGFSConceptual framework on nature-related financial risks
The central-bank view of nature risk.
- European CommissionRevised ESRS adopted, 3 July 2026
The EU’s biodiversity standard sits in the ESRS.
- GRIGRI Standards
GRI’s biodiversity disclosures.