Sector relevance & value chain links
Sector relevance is the fastest way to translate a marine ecosystem into a boardroom conversation - and value chain links show where seagrass actually touches your business.
Does my sector have a credible reason to engage with seagrass restoration?
Start from the sustainability reporting frameworks and initiatives relevant to your company or which it already reports against (e.g., SBTi, TNFD). Are coastal or marine ecosystems material to your company's operations? Could they be? Below, browse the priority sectors factsheets ARTEMIS has mapped for more information.
PRIORITY SECTORS (BASED ON AN INITIAL ASSESSMENT USING THE ENCORE TOOL) - scroll further below to read individual sector factsheets
Is seagrass part of my company's value chain?
Does my company have impacts or dependencies on nature - including seagrass meadows?
- Biodiversity loss is increasingly tied to financial risk, supply-chain disruption and regulatory exposure - both mandatory and voluntary.
- EU frameworks (CSRD, Nature Restoration Law) already expect companies to consider their nature impacts and dependencies.
- Investors and clients are starting to ask nature-related questions, even where the link to seagrass is indirect - a credible answer is becoming table stakes.
Companies might have clear direct links or indirect links to seagrass ecosystems. Both cases have nevertheless credible reasons to act.
SECTORS WITH DIRECT LINKS TO SEAGRASS
Operations or revenue have direct dependencies and/or impacts on Mediterranean coastal ecosystems. Click a sector to open its factsheet.
SECTORS WITH INDIRECT LINKS TO SEAGRASS
No coastal operations, but supply chains, customers or portfolios have indirect dependencies/impacts on Mediterranean ecosystems. Click a sector to open its factsheet.
Tracing a supply chain into Mediterranean seagrass
Company X develops multiple feed products sourced from different locations, including the Atlantic (tuna). They are investigating their links to Mediterranean seagrass and whether the connection is material enough to act on.
Seagrass is a feeding habitat for tuna, and a nursery habitat for the fish and crustaceans tuna prey on during maturation. Combined with the migratory range of the target species and the share of Mediterranean juveniles in the sourcing region, the company can credibly argue that protecting Mediterranean seagrass supports its sourcing - even when it does not fish there directly.
The same logic extends to other sectors: many "no-link" stories collapse once you trace one or two trophic levels into the supply chain.
Identify the one or two reporting standards your team already uses, pull the ARTEMIS sector factsheet that matches your core business, and put both in front of the people who own your materiality assessment.
Then, for each of your business lines, work through these three steps:
- Check whether your operations, sourcing or portfolio have any direct link to Mediterranean coastal ecosystems.
- Assess the indirect links - are coastal ecosystems relevant to your supply chain, customer base, or financed activities?
- Reflect and conclude whether your sector is dependent on, or has relevant (material) impacts on, seagrass ecosystems - and document the answer for your next materiality or risk discussion.