Dunya Analytics reported a week of product expansion and rising external recognition as it sharpens its focus on nature, biodiversity, and plastics-related risk analytics. Founder and CEO Megan Pillsbury was nominated for the Women in Green Business Awards 2026, underscoring the firm’s role in the U.K.’s green economy and boosting its visibility in ESG and nature-positive data services.
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The company was also named a finalist in the Delaware EDGE Grant competition, positioning it among innovative firms in nature-based and environmental data solutions. Participation in the program offers potential non-dilutive funding and access to a broader network of policymakers, partners, and prospective customers, signaling growing validation of its business model.
On the product side, Dunya expanded its nature-risk platform by integrating the World Database on Protected and Conserved Areas via the Integrated Biodiversity Assessment Tool. This collaboration adds data covering more than 300,000 sites in 245 countries, enabling clients to screen business locations for proximity to protected areas and aligning outputs with TNFD and CSRD disclosure requirements.
Additional upgrades included incorporation of Key Biodiversity Area data to enhance visibility into sensitive ecosystems and support regulatory reporting under emerging nature-related frameworks. These enhancements position the platform to address tightening biodiversity, land-use, and compliance expectations, particularly in Europe, and may increase its relevance to corporates and financial institutions managing nature-related risks.
Dunya also advanced its plastics and chemical risk offering through the “Plastics Under Scrutiny” webinar series, developed with Climate Court and Pack2Earth. The sessions examined plastics litigation, PFAS exposure, and transition pathways to bio-based materials, targeting sustainability, ESG, legal, compliance, procurement, and R&D stakeholders and framing plastics as a potential future liability hotspot.
From a go-to-market perspective, the firm proposed an interactive nature-risk workshop for SOCAP26 to give investors hands-on experience with its tools, aiming to deepen engagement with impact and ESG-focused asset managers. Overall, the week’s developments reflect steady progress in product depth, market education, and external validation, reinforcing Dunya Analytics’ positioning in the ESG, nature-risk, and plastics liability analytics market.