A new report, which is the result of a unique collaboration between business and academia, highlights the challenges and opportunities for businesses in factoring biodiversity into their decision-making. This business-focused synthesis report, Biodiversity and ecosystem services in corporate natural capital accounting, was produced jointly by the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL), Kering, a world leader in apparel and accessories, and the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment working with the Natural Capital Project.
It is the result of a unique partnership between business and academic researchers convened by CISL’s Natural Capital Leaders Platform. The Platform is a global network that has worked with over 100 companies wishing to understand and manage their impacts and dependencies on natural resources and ecosystems. The work is informed by experts from conservation, academia and industry who came together for a two day workshop in June 2016 to explore how improved biodiversity metrics and methodologies can be developed, tested and then deployed for use in investment and corporate sectors.
