Input DataOverview

Input Data

The data Darwin uses for biodiversity assessment: organisation structure and data points.

What data does Darwin use?

A Darwin assessment is built from two complementary layers of input data:

  • Organisation — the structure being assessed: the organisation units that make up the company and the sites where it operates. This defines who and where.
  • Data point — the activity data attached to those entities: financial, product, commodity and pressures data, positioned along the value chain. This defines what the organisation does and how strongly it interacts with nature.

Both layers share the same models. The organisation structure determines how each data point's results are consolidated into company-level scopes, while the data points carry the activity that is converted into biodiversity impacts and dependencies.