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Navigating biodiversity impact in the supply chain just got simpler! SupplyShift, in collaboration with our partner Pure Strategies, Inc., is proud to unveil our new Biodiversity Assessment. 📍 Identify #biodiversity hotspots 📊 Gauge supplier maturity ✔️ Align with ESRS & comply with #CSRD Discover how the Biodiversity Assessment can benefit both your business & the planet. https://bit.ly/3LU59HC

Navigating biodiversity 🌎 impact in the supply chain just got simpler! SupplyShift, in collaboration with our partner Pure Strategies, Inc., is proud to unveil our new Biodiversity Assessment. 📍 Identify #biodiversity hotspots 📊 Gauge supplier maturity ✔️ Align with ESRS & comply with #CSRD Discover how the Biodiversity Assessment can benefit both your business & the planet. https://bit.ly/3LU59HC

In order to reverse nature loss by the global target of 2030, companies need to spend an estimated $600-800 billion annually. So, how can we leverage this much-needed investment in nature? How can we direct finance towards crucial initiatives protecting and restoring biodiversity? The emerging biodiversity credit market offers us a way to achieve restoration and protection of nature at scale, but it requires building a market based on trust and integrity. Together with Blue Marine Foundation and goodcarbon, we have produced a comprehensive report: ‘Credit where Credit’s Due: Identifying the Core Principles of a High-Integrity Biodiversity Market.’ The report identifies three core principles for financing much-needed initiatives dedicated to protecting and restoring biodiversity: ▪ Clear communication on the biodiversity assessment methodology and outcomes ▪ Integrated community engagement and participation ▪ Fair and equitable pricing   🍃 Read the full report 👇 https://lnkd.in/exnf-BBi

How can we accelerate business action on biodiversity loss and create transformational change to align with Nature Positive goals?   In this new thought paper 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐮𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐚𝐦𝐞: 𝐑𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐬, 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐞 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 we explore the role of policy and regulation in catalyzing business action on nature and creating an enabling environment for achieving the goals and targets of the Global Biodiversity Framework.   Based on this research, we have found that policy reform is needed to align our systems of governance with Nature Positive thinking. This is essential to guide business’ contributions to halting and reversing biodiversity loss. Many of our current rules and regulations are not capable of steering our society toward Nature Positive: they operate within a Do No Harm paradigm at best.   We delve into good examples of Nature Positive policies, explore how we can reform existing policy and regulations to better align with Nature Positive, and identify the principles that can guide us towards creating an enabling environment for nature restoration.   Check out this latest SUSTAIN thought paper here: https://lnkd.in/eeuPhnm6 Johan LAMMERANT Wouter Dieleman Jolien Verhelst Eli Morrell Daan Jochem Groot Martin Lok Eve Gleeson Sebastian Bekker Arcadis Capitals Coalition UNEP-WCMC ShareAction #biodiversity #gbf #nbfp #nbsap #policy #eucap #farmtofork #csrd

A convergence of interests? Working in the nature #conservation area, it is great to witness a significant surge in #companies integrating #nature into their core strategies. Even though many companies recognize the private sector's vulnerability to biodiversity loss given that nearly half of the global GDP relies on nature-dependent economic activities, it surely helps that regulators gradually make it mandatory for businesses to #report on their #biodiversity and #ecosystem #impacts and dependencies. For decades IUCN has offered #data, #methodologies & #metrics to #assess the global state of nature, #species & #ecosystems for instance via the #RedList of Threatened Species. We collaborate with our Scientific Commissions & other partners to offer this #information as #openaccess to the #publicsector and packaged as a service to the #privatesector via Integrated Biodiversity Assessment Tool (IBAT) While businesses aspire to identify a single, comprehensive #metric to assess their impact and #dependencies on nature, the complex nature of biodiversity requires a nuanced approach. And we would argue that a #sciencebased, verified approach that is #inclusive & recognizes the rights of #indigenouspeoples and local #communities is the only way forward. So let’s join forces to realistically assess our impacts on nature & protect our natural world. #ESG #reporting #accountabilty

#InTheCoalitionSeries What is needed to align #governance with #NaturePositive thinking? 🌳 We are celebrating this new Thought Paper by Nature^Squared and Arcadis, in which policy plays a prominent role in creating the enabling environment. Link below 👇

🐌🌳 Biodiversity - how your business can make it work 🦎 We sat down with Flora Ji from Shell and Neil Strong from Network Rail to discuss how, as a business, you can consider biodiversity. Two very different organisations with different requirements and aims, and alongside myself, our data scientist Philip Rooney and ESG Lead Robert Spencer, we tackled quite a few questions that I know many businesses will be asking. Check it out and let us know how your business is doing for #biodiversity 👇 #biodiversitycrises #nbs #naturerecovery #naturepositive #naturalcapital

We are all interconnected with nature, and our well-being is directly impacted by the services we receive from biodiversity and ecosystems. It is crucial that we pay attention to how much we extract and how much we preserve and restore. Our economy, legal framework, and existing market rules including demand / supply, costing and incentive design play a key role in balancing our dependence on biodiversity.

🌍 Dive into the world of measuring biodiversity impact with this video! 🌿 Curious about the challenges corporations face in assessing their impact on nature? Join the conversation by sharing your experience and opinions in the comments below! In this video, I share my perspective and conclusions drawn from reading an article published by The Guardian about measuring impact on biodiversity. I provide a list of specific challenges behind measuring the impact on species and ecosystems resulting from corporate operations. 📹 Watch the video now and add your voice to the discussion! I would love to read your recommendations to solve these issues! 🌿 Your perspective matters! 💬🌎 ➡️ For more information on how The Guardian has been measuring its organization’s biodiversity footprint, you can read the full article here: https://lnkd.in/dNEHcUWB #biodiversityimpact #sustainablebusiness #environmentalresponsibility #datadrivendecisions #biodiversity #theguardian

Partnership News! 🌿 We are happy to announce that, in addition to our involvement with the Biodiversity Credit Alliance (BCA), we are now also members of the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) Forum! Our team of dedicated scientists is committed to advancing our ability to track soil health and functional biodiversity. But we know this is just the beginning. We need to develop reliable and comparable metrics for soil health and biodiversity that allow for consistent comparisons year over year, across countries, and corporate footprints. The TNFD and the BCA shape the discussions around this topic. Why is the topic of measurability so important? Robust metrics are essential for driving political action, holding actors responsible for soil degradation and assessing which initiatives are effective in protecting soil ecosystem functions. The Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) presents a significant opportunity for companies to start uncovering their biodiversity data. However, when it comes to metrics, the topic of soil degradation is not a mandated reporting topic under the CSRD. We aim to change that by participating in discussions on what, when, and how to measure. We want soils to be a fundamental part of biodiversity reporting - because below ground biodiversity constitutes the basis for above ground biodiversity. Join us in advocating for our soils! 🌍💚 #Sustainability #Biodiversity #TNFD #SoilHealth #Transparency #CorporateResponsibility #EnvironmentalMetrics #SustainableFuture Bruno Steinkraus Dr. Hannah Schragmann Berenice Di Biase Matthias Schaks Isabella Staudinger