Natural Capital Primer.

Understanding the full spectrum of natural capital

The Natural Capital Primer is an interactive learning tool designed to educate government, business, and academic professionals on the elements and concepts of natural capital. The platform also breaks down the complex relationship between nature, business, and sustainability through digital storytelling.

Discover how natural capital affects and is affected by everything we do.

Natural Capital Primer.

Effective action, driven by knowledge.

55% of global GDP directly depends on natural capital. Understanding and managing natural capital is crucial for achieving sustainability, conserving biodiversity, addressing climate change, and ensuring the well-being of future generations.

Key concepts and elements.

Outlines the foundational concepts of natural capital and highlights the relationship between nature, business, and society.

Role of natural capital.

Showcases business dependencies and impact on natural capital through industry use cases such as manufacturing, tourism and retail.

Accessible learning experience.

A meticulously designed interactive learning tool with a human-centric approach ensuring usability for diverse audiences.

Developing the Natural Capital Primer.

The brief.

The brief. 

Although natural capital is gaining prominence in global initiatives, navigating the different definitions and applications of natural capital can be difficult. Macdoch Foundation’s vision was to create an accessible, easy-to-understand web platform that breaks down the key concepts, elements, and dependencies on natural capital in accessible language to reach wider audiences and shift people’s attitudes towards nature. 

Our role.

Our role.

We simplified the concepts of natural capital and created an engaging learning experience to help people understand its significance and harness its value. We wanted users to walk away feeling empowered to drive action that will benefit us and the planet.

Delivered with impact.

Vizzuality played a key role in simplifying complex natural capital concepts while maintaining their scientific integrity. Our design, science, and content teams united to make the information accessible and engaging, creating a truly interactive experience through a combination of visual, audio, and moving design elements. By using visual storytelling, especially in the ‘Industry use cases’ and ‘Day in the Life’ pages, we broke down intricate ideas in a relatable way. Additionally, we incorporated key insights and quizzes as learning checkpoints to reinforce understanding and inspire users to apply their knowledge and drive impactful change.

Demystifying natural capital to empower global conservation initiatives:

  • Simplifying scientific information
  • Using digital storytelling to elevate learning experiences
  • Illustrating business dependencies on natural capital

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