BALI survey finds members keen to engage with BNG

The vast majority of BALI members are interested in getting involved with the government’s biodiversity net gain (BNG) policy, according to our new survey on the topic.

BNG is essentially an obligation on developers to deliver more biodiversity than is lost through any building project, resulting in a 10% ‘net gain’.

And the government is currently consulting on how the policy could be better applied to small, medium, and brownfield sites.

To inform our response, we surveyed our members about their experience with BNG to date and appetite to become more involved over time.

We found that almost half of respondents have already engaged with BNG in a business capacity and over 80% have either some or extensive knowledge of the policy.

We also found that over 90% of respondents are interested in getting involved with BNG going forward, with a lack of skills and training acting as the biggest barrier to doing so.

Please click here to download a full briefing on the survey and findings.