ISO 17298-2025 Biodiversity Management System
ISO 17298-2025 Biodiversity Management System
Biodiversity commitments become a governed management system: dependencies assessed, impacts prioritised, actions planned and performance reviewed.
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By document type
| Category | Files |
|---|---|
| Manuals | 2 |
| Procedures & SOPs | 12 |
| Forms & Records | 22 |
| Checklists & Audit Tools | 9 |
| Registers, Logs & Matrices | 1 |
| Training & Awareness | 3 |
| Guides & Work Instructions | 5 |
Key documents
| Reference | Document | Format |
|---|---|---|
| AGS-BMS-MAN-001 | Biodiversity Management System Manual | Word |
| AGS-BMS-PRO-006 | Biodiversity Action Plan Development | Word |
| AGS-BMS-PRO-004 | Dependencies, Impacts, Risks & Opportunities Assessment | Word |
| AGS-BMS-FRM-011 | Biodiversity Action Plan | Word |
| AGS-BMS-FRM-007 | Biodiversity Impact Assessment | Word |
| AGS-BMS-FRM-009 | Prioritisation (Materiality) Matrix | Word |
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Overview
ISO 17298:2025 sets requirements and guidance for a biodiversity management system: a structured, continually improving way to manage impacts on species, ecosystems and genetic diversity, and dependencies on nature. It applies wherever activities, products or services interact with biodiversity — land use, agriculture, extractive industries, infrastructure, tourism and finance. The documentation runs from the system manual and process interaction map to procedures for context, interested parties, legal and knowledge watch, assessment of dependencies, impacts, risks and opportunities, and action planning.
The standard follows the ISO High-Level Structure and the Plan-Do-Check-Act cycle, and the working documents apply the methods practitioners are expected to use: the mitigation hierarchy of avoid, minimise, restore and, where appropriate, offset; DPSIR indicator definition; and a materiality matrix that ranks dependencies and impacts before objectives are set. Sharing that common structure, it runs alongside ISO 14001 and supports reporting against the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, natural-capital approaches and nature-related disclosure expectations from investors and regulators.
What this system covers
- Scope, boundaries and context — where the biodiversity approach applies and what policies already exist
- Dependencies and impacts — ecosystem services dependency and biodiversity impact assessment, with a risk register
- Prioritisation and materiality — ranking what matters before ambition and objectives are set
- The mitigation hierarchy in practice — avoid, minimise, restore and offset carried into a biodiversity action plan
- Indicators and monitoring — DPSIR indicator definition and the measurement evidence behind each claim
- Interested parties — stakeholder identification, consultation records and planned communication
- Legal and knowledge watch — biodiversity regulation tracked alongside evolving scientific knowledge
- Audit and review — internal audit, management review, nonconformity and certification-readiness gap checks
Who it's for
Sustainability and environment managers, HSE leads and consultants whose land use, sourcing or infrastructure footprint has become a question from investors, lenders or a regulator — and ISO 14001-certified teams needing a biodiversity system of their own. The end state: assessed dependencies, prioritised impacts, a live action plan, monitored indicators and an audit trail ready for internal audit or third-party assessment where a scheme exists.
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