Overview
A New Kind of Restoration Company
NatureCo is Ireland’s first nature restoration development company, created to address a growing gap between ambition and delivery. Across Ireland, policy frameworks are strengthening, capital is mobilising, and demand for credible nature outcomes is accelerating. Yet restoration at landscape scale remains difficult to deliver, constrained by fragmented responsibility, inconsistent measurement, and a lack of investable structures.
NatureCo exists to solve this problem. We design, finance, and deliver landscape-scale ecological restoration projects that combine scientific integrity with commercial discipline. We have passed the point where pilots, pathfinders and demonstration projects are enough. Our focus is on delivering repeatable and scalable projects which can create impact at a level that is meaningful and relevant.
Where We Operate
NatureCo works at the intersection of:
By integrating these disciplines, we turn restoration from aspiration into execution.
Environmental Science
Ensuring ecological integrity and long-term outcomes grounded in science
Land Stewardship
Working with landowners and communities to produce permanence and stability
Ecological Engineering
Translating science into real-world intervention
Nature-based Finance
Structuring projects to attract public and private capital
What We Deliver
Restoration,
Built to Scale
NatureCo develops restoration projects that respond to ecological need while aligning with public policy and market demand. Each project is designed to deliver measurable environmental outcomes, long-term stewardship, and confidence for public and private partners alike.
Our emphasis is on creating additionality, permanence, scale and credibility — creating restoration infrastructure that can be replicated across landscapes and regions.
We develop projects that:
- Restore degraded ecosystems at the landscape scale
- Align with national policy and EU restoration targets
- Are structured to meet ESG and emerging private market requirements
- Deliver measurable, verified ecological outcomes
- Create long-term environmental, social, and economic value
Our focus is not on pilots, demonstrations or once-off interventions. It is a repeatable, scalable restoration infrastructure.
Who We Work With
NatureCo works with:
- Public bodies and seeking delivery capacity
- Impact investors and ESG-led corporates seeking credible nature outcomes
- Landowners and communities committed to long-term stewardship
- NGOs and research partners aligned on impact and integrity