Source · Select Committees · Environmental Audit Committee
Recommendation 28
28
Acknowledged
Low public accessibility and visibility of BNG financial flows and site registers.
Conclusion
The ability for nature credits to traced through clear and transparent means is key to ensuring market integrity. Although a register of BNG sites available for offsite investment has now been established, the public interface is still not fully accessible and overall visibility of financial flows into onsite and offsite BNG schemes is low. (Conclusion, Paragraph 150)
Government Response Summary
The government confirms the existence of a publicly available off-site BNG register and acknowledges that some on-site data exists but is not easily navigable in a single location. However, they state they currently have no plans to develop an on-site register for BNG.
Government Response
Acknowledged
HM Government
Acknowledged
A publicly available register for off-site BNG exists and gives details of every registered gain site, the responsible body, and the size, location, and detail of the habitat being created. Some onsite data is publicly available, albeit not in a single easily navigable location. We do not currently have plans to develop an on-site register for BNG.