Biodiversity in business decisions

Biodiversity is key in maintaining the health of our planet and all its inhabitants. It is also key for the resistance of many industrial sectors, such as #food and #beverages, #Fashion, and #tourism.

Here are some resources for you to learn more about sustainability in the private sector:

• Ingredients sourced with respect for people and biodiversity: You can help protect the Earth by choosing brands that source natural ingredients with respect for people and biodiversity. Read examples of some of the ingredients that UEBT member companies are cultivating or collecting with respect for people and biodiversity.
• The Integrated Biodiversity Assessment Tool (IBAT) is a multi-institutional programme of work involving BirdLife International, Conservation International, IUCN and UNEP-WCMC.
• Business and Biodiversity Indicators: Many businesses are aware of the importance of measuring their impacts and dependencies on biodiversity, but how to apply existing frameworks and tools in a business context is often a challenge.
• Species Threat Abatement and Recovery (STAR) Metric: The STAR* measures the contribution that investments can make to reducing species extinction risk. It can help national and subnational governments, cities, civil society, the finance industry, investors, and companies to target their investments and activities to achieve conservation outcomes and contribute to global policy aims.
• LAND360: A science-based approach to systems-level landscape management of natural capital.
• Exploring Natural Capital Opportunities, Risks and Exposure: Select from a Sector or Sub-industry (based on the Global Industry Classification Standard) to explore dependencies and impacts on natural capital.
• Textile Exchange's Biodiversity Benchmark: The fashion and textile industry now has an opportunity to establish a leadership position in how it tackles biodiversity and nature loss. Nature is in the spotlight more than ever before, and understanding where and how companies impact nature – and what they can do about it – has become increasingly important. Both in terms of operational decisions, and in the pursuit of the systemic, transformational shifts we need to drive nature-positive change.
• Integrating nature into business & finance: Nature positive outcomes happen where business innovation and conservation science meet. From single sites to global systems, we provide the tools, data, and guidance for companies to manage how they interact with and impact on the natural world.
• Biodiversity risks and opportunities in the apparel sector: There is an increasing recognition among businesses that depend on natural resources for their raw materials that the risks associated with their operations and their dependency on biodiversity and ecosystem services can have major implications both for their financial and operational performance. Negative impacts on biodiversity and ecosystem services from unsustainable business operations pose a number of risks to corporate performance. 
• Natural Capital Tools Guide for Companies: This guidebook provides WWF networks, their partners and all economic actors in general with information on tools dedicated to natural capital.

Do you know other tools and frameworks? Post on the comments and help biodiversity in businesses thrive!