Chemicals and Natural Capital

What the Quantis Research Means for Investors: Addressing one of the five key drivers of nature loss.

What this research shows

  1. A scalable system exists  

    ZDHC helps make hazardous chemistry risk measurable using shared standards, tools and independent verification. For investors and other stakeholders, this moves chemical management and wastewater performance away from self-reported claims and towards more structured evidence that can be compared across suppliers and tracked over time.

  2. Impact reductions up to 80-96%  

    Modelled scenario reductions where upstream chemical substitution and wastewater performance are improved. Guardrail: These are scenario-specific results, not industry averages.

  3. Hotspotting focus  

    Overlaying ZDHC data with WWF Water Risk Filter data identifies where improved wastewater management delivers the greatest nature benefit in high-toxicity stress regions.

Chemical pollution is one of the least quantified

Chemical pollution is one of the five key drivers of nature loss and it remains one of the least quantified. Most corporate nature strategies focus on carbon, land use, and water. Chemical impacts on ecosystems, workers, and communities are routinely underpriced, under-measured, and under-managed...

Investor-usable metrics

The research links outcomes to a concise set of indicators that underpin reporting and stewardship:

CTUe

Freshwater Ecotoxicity

CTUh

Human Toxicity

Metrics

Eutrophication

Volume

Water Use

kg CO 2 eq

Climate Change

How investors can use this research

Ask whether the company and its key suppliers align to MRSL, Wastewater Guidelines. Check if top 20 suppliers have ClearStream reports.

Ask whether the company and its key suppliers align to MRSL, Wastewater Guidelines. Check if top 20 suppliers have ClearStream reports.

Ask whether the company and its key suppliers align to MRSL, Wastewater Guidelines. Check if top 20 suppliers have ClearStream reports.

Ask whether the company and its key suppliers align to MRSL, Wastewater Guidelines. Check if top 20 suppliers have ClearStream reports.