NEW YORK, NY, FEB 2TH, 2026 - A first-of-its-kind tool, Aura is designed to empower commercial real estate stakeholders to measure, monitor, and report on biodiversity, ecosystem impact, and nature risk.
Developed in alignment with the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD), a global initiative whose first full framework launched this year, Aura uniquely combines remote satellite sensing with its on-site monitoring device. Unlike platforms that rely solely on remote data, Aura’s devices listen to and record real-time evidence of species presence, delivering a holistic, high-integrity dataset for compliance, ESG, and sustainability leaders.
“Real estate must now look beyond carbon and actively measure their footprint on urban nature,” said Alex McLean, Co-Founder & CEO of Alvéole. “Aura enables real estate owners and stakeholders to make nature visible and actionable, supporting long-term asset value and environmental resilience.”
Early adopters such as Fengate, one of North America's most active real asset and equity investors, and Empire State Realty Trust (ESRT), an NYC-focused REIT that owns and operates a portfolio of office, retail, and multifamily assets, showcase the impact of Aura across their portfolios.
As part of a pilot initiative, Fengate collaborated with Alvéole to deploy Aura’s hybrid nature monitoring across real estate assets in Canada, integrating AI-powered biodiversity insights directly into their TNFD-aligned reporting and investment strategy.
“Integrating nature into our decision-making is a new step forward in responsible real estate management,” said Della Wang, Director, Responsible Investment at Fengate. “Alvéole’s platform helps us understand our nature risks and opportunities, and provides the insight needed to operationalize TNFD principles and deliver tangible, measurable outcomes.”
Empire State Realty Trust brought Aura’s suite of on-site bioacoustic sensors and remote sensing technology to several of its buildings, which includes the iconic Empire State Building. Real-time, defensible biodiversity data directly informs ESRT’s sustainability disclosures and helps benchmark ecosystem health across their diverse property holdings.
“Our partnership with Alvéole and Aura pilot at our flagship Empire State Building has enabled us to better understand the urban biodiversity and ecological value that our properties provide, helps us to meet rapidly evolving reporting expectations, and contributes to our overall sustainability goals,” said Dana Robbins Schneider, SVP, Director of Energy and Sustainability at ESRT.
The new platform supports the LEAP approach (Locate, Evaluate, Assess, Prepare) recommended by TNFD, enabling property owners and managers to map assets against nature-related dependencies and impacts. Key features of Aura include:
- Instant AI-powered answers to TNFD, CSRD, GRESB, and biodiversity reporting needs.
- Site-by-site and portfolio-wide biodiversity scoring, benchmarking, and risk identification.
- Interactive dashboards surfacing nature hotspots and management priorities.
- Fully integrated ESG reporting tools aligned with emerging global standards.
- Investor-ready, defensible reports generated in real time.
- Proprietary on-site biodiversity monitoring devices, supplementing satellite and remote data for robust, defensible evidence.
- Actionable recommendations to enhance biodiversity, mitigate risks, and target interventions, based on what is and isn’t detected at each property.
Nature reporting remains voluntary but is rapidly becoming an industry baseline as investors demand robust, transparent environmental risk disclosures.With biodiversity loss accelerating and urban land use recognized as a top global driver, Aura empowers the real estate industry to quantify impacts, identify opportunities, and report outcomes. The platform provides not only compliance, but also strategic, actionable insight for sustainability and investor communications.
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