BSI Flex 705 V1.0 Nature Markets Community Engagement and Benefits

Provides practical, proportionate, good practice for suppliers of nature projects on how to engage and deliver benefits for local communities.

Strengthening project integrity and local outcomes

Covers key engagement steps from community mapping to consensus building and legitimacy
Guides fair impact assessment, mitigation, and benefit sharing
Enables consistent monitoring and evaluation of impacts, engagement, and benefits
Supports clear communication, transparency, and accountability across projects
Designed for use by suppliers of nature-based credits
Valuable for local communities, intermediaries, buyers, investors, and wider market actors