Endorsed by 130 businesses and financial institutions with combined revenues of $1.1 trillion, the Business for Nature's new statement, published today, sets out five high-level policy recommendations that can help accelerate the implementation of the #BiodiversityPlan to drive corporate #nature action. We also support this statement and its objectives, particularly to: ✅ Make sure business and finance protect nature and restore degraded ecosystems ✅ Ensure sustainable resource use and management to reduce negative environmental impacts ✅ Value and embed nature in decision-making and disclosure Our revised #Biodiversity Standard (#GRI101), aligned with the goals and targets of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, is there to help organizations better understand which decisions and business practices lead to biodiversity loss, where in their value chain impacts occur, and how they can be managed.
📣🌱 This is our window to secure a #NaturePositive economy for all by 2030. With less than 100 days until the UN Biodiversity #COP16, we’ve published a business statement outlining five high-level policy recommendations for governments to accelerate the implementation of the #BiodiversityPlan to drive corporate #Nature action. The statement, endorsed by 130 businesses and financial institutions with combined revenues of $1.1 trillion, calls on governments to adopt policies to: 🌎 Make sure business and financial actors protect nature and restore degraded ecosystems 🌎 Ensure sustainable resource use and management to reduce negative environmental impacts 🌎 Value and embed nature in decision-making and disclosure 🌎 Align all financial flows to transition to a nature-positive, net zero and equitable economy 🌎 Adopt or strengthen ambitious global agreements to address key nature loss challenges It’s time for governments to create an enabling regulatory framework and put nature at the heart of decision-making. 🔗 Find out more: bit.ly/BizCOP16
