It’s time to do the right thing
We’re helping market leaders deliver net zero, using nature-based solutions
We are a UK based biodiversity consultancy helping our clients set, meet and communicate their biodiversity goals.
We handle biodiversity projects from end to end – from boardroom ideals, right through to physical delivery, getting boots muddy on the ground.
At Biora we always have been – and always will be - about biodiversity. But first and foremost we are a people business, with excellent technical staff, building strong, long-term relationships with valued clients.
We work closely with our clients and co-consultants to make their corporate strategies and environmental strategies deliverable, measurable and reportable.
Over the past 14 years we’ve built a dedicated team whose work dovetails seamlessly - biodiversity consultants, licensed ecologists, landscape design, arboriculture, communications and graphics professionals – all working together to produce biodiversity net gains.
Our team has spent the past 14 years working to protect biodiversity and to halt its serious decline across the UK. Along the way we’ve managed one of the largest brownfield regeneration schemes in Europe and built a strong community of talented, committed sustainability professionals. We choose to work in this sector because our work matters. Here’s why:
BIODIVERSITY PLUS
It all begins with an idea. We can take that idea and turn it into a fully fledged Biodiversity Strategy, deliver it on the ground - and tell your story along the way.
We’ve spent the past 2 years innovating in biodiversity consulting - developing a suite of services specifically tailored to organisations that want to do the right thing. We call this Biodiversity Plus and it’s a simple six stage process - from boardroom through delivery, to (hopefully) winning a few awards.
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What do you want to achieve? Why do you feel now is the right time to do this - what’s driving you? We can help you brainstorm and define your biodiversity pledge at the very highest level, bringing all your key stakeholders into the conversation.
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Where are you now? We can audit your current position, identifying and assessing any nature-positive/ ecological works you’ve already undertaken. Our specialist licensed ecology team can survey your site in fine detail, to determine which priority conservation species you may already have on your sites.
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We’ll workshop with your key stakeholders to determine everyone’s needs and aims. We can break down silos and bring your Communications, Social Media and HR team into the conversation from the earliest stage. We’ll work hard to ask for and listen to everyone’s views at this stage.
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Armed with your ambition, ecological data and your stakeholder needs, we’ll work with you to devise a Biodiversity Strategy that is tailored specifically to your organisation – either to focus on one specific site - or to cover multiple sites across the UK and even internationally.
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Once you know your strategy, you’ll need to create some biodiverse spaces. Our specialist biodiversity design team will take everything we’ve learned to create those for you. We’ll bring our designs to life using a variety of visualisation techniques, so you can share them with all your stakeholders.
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Finally our licensed ecological groundworks partners physically deliver biodiversity enhancement works on the ground – creating woodlands, sowing wildflower meadows, planting green roofs and walls, creating new wetlands. We’ll photograph your journey for sharing along the way and even help you tell your story.
DARGAVEL VILLAGE, RENFREWSHIRE - 11-year project, managing all aspects of ecology as 4-square mile former ammunitions factory became a new village.
BIODIVERSITY STRATEGY, NW ENGLAND - Creating a Biodiversity Strategy to sit within a wider Sustainability Strategy, spanning 12 distinct sites.
CO-HOUSING SCHEME, STAFFORDSHIRE - 3-year project, managing all aspects of ecology for biodiversity-led co-operative residential scheme.
SOLAR FARMS, NORTH OF ENGLAND - ALC soils surveys for multiple solar farm applications across the North of England.
BSI SOILS COMMITTEES - Our co-founder Dr David Hackett chairing national soils policy committee, following 6 years co-writing policies on committees.
CHESHIRE HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS - 6-year project, managing all aspects of licensed ecology for over 1000 new homes across multiple sites.
Our work doesn’t just help nature.
We work collaboratively with our clients’ key stakeholders - and we bring their HR and Communications teams into the conversations too.
Because the biodiversity enhancements we create for them have profound implications -for their organisations, their staff, clients, customers, supply chains - and for the communities that support them.
What People Are Saying
“This ecological management system is the only way we could have managed such complex ecological issues across a site of this size, with this level of contamination. It simply would not have been possible to discharge all planning conditions, remediate the full site in phases and build this new village without it.”— BAE Systems
“We have instructed Biora on a number of both small and large development projects and they have blended an extensive knowledge across all ecology areas with a prompt turnaround and helpful attitude.
A “go to practice” providing high technical expertise mixed with a dose of pragmatism.”— Knights PLC
“Over the years we have come to the conclusion that not many ecologists understand development – however, Biora definitely ‘get it'. Pragmatic, proactive, reliable, experienced and, as with all the best consultants, they are problem-solvers and excel in making the complex appear very simple. Biora are a fantastic team to work with and we would have no hesitation in recommending them to any of our clients.” — Studio KMA
“Prospect Homes have worked with Biora on several projects over the last couple of years. Their consultants deliver expert ecological advice which allows us to make informed decisions. The team is really friendly and extremely responsive. It’s always a pleasure working with Biora and we would happily recommend their service.” — Prospect Homes
“Leek Cohousing Ltd and ctd architects would have no hesitation in recommending Biora for project development sites that require specialist consultancy advice on ecology and biodiversity, especially for planning application submissions and other aspects of landscape, habitat and environmental research.” — Leek Cohousing
“UBU Environmental Limited have utilised the professional services of the Biora group in relation to investigating the reclassification of end of waste, specifically in relation to the repurposing of soil based materials generated through our roadsweeping recovery process. The team at Biora have guided UBU though both the technical and marketing strategies identified within this investigation, and has also facilitated introductions with like-minded people and organisations. This has raised the profile of UBU and massively increased the likelihood of a successful outcome.” — UBU Environmental
14 years’ heritage
We’ve seen our industry change hugely since we established Biora back in 2008
Since then we’ve provided ecology for over a thousand planning applications. We’ve written the national British Standards Institutes policies for more biodiverse soils and been closely involved in the emerging natural capital movement.
In 2021, for the first time, we can give our clients real, tangible metrics for the biodiversity value of their sites - thanks to our expert Biodiversity Net Gain 3.0 metrics team.
“If you can’t measure it, you can’t improve it” - Peter Drucker