Building Biodiversity Business

Building Biodiversity Business
Author: Joshua Bishop
Publsiher: World Conservation Union
Total Pages: 164
Release: 2008
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: IND:30000123270187

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The challenge of building biodiversity business is not trivial. Biodiversity is still largely neglected by private finance. There is a need to develop new business models and market mechanisms for biodiversity conservation, and to persuade the public and policymakers that biodiversity (or component ecosystem services) can be conserved on a commercial basis. Based on extensive consultation and analysis, the authors of this new report conclude that there are numerous pro-biodiversity business opportunities that can generate positive financial returns as well as real biodiversity benefits.

The Business of Biodiversity

The Business of Biodiversity
Author: Mark Everard
Publsiher: WIT Press
Total Pages: 210
Release: 2009
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9781845642082

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These days, the business and sustainabilityA agenda is fast-moving. Business finds itself absolutely on the front line of the battle being waged between humankind (as the dominant species on the planet) and the rest of the living systems and creatures with which we share the planet. This will be seen in retrospect as a collective aberration of monstrous proportions (we are, in effect, making war on ourselves), but it is taking us a very long time indeed to wake up to the consequences of this aberration. The Business of BiodiversityA nails that mis-prioritisation with splendid eloquence. Once business people come to see that biodiversity still represents the primary resource for all our business activitiesA, then the business case for embedding biodiversity right at the heart of corporate strategy grows stronger by the day. By the same token, the societal case for putting biodiversity at the top of the agendaA rather than treating it as an irritating afterthought becomes overwhelming.

Biodiversity Finance and the Economic and Business Case for Action

Biodiversity  Finance and the Economic and Business Case for Action
Author: OECD
Publsiher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 124
Release: 2019-12-06
Genre: Electronic Book
ISBN: 9789264597044

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This report sets the economic and business case for urgent and ambitious action on biodiversity. It presents a preliminary assessment of current biodiversity-related finance flows, and discusses the key data and indicator gaps that need to be addressed to underpin effective monitoring of both the pressures on biodiversity and the actions (i.e. responses) being implemented. The report concludes with ten priority areas where G7 and other countries can prioritise their efforts.

The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity in Business and Enterprise

The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity in Business and Enterprise
Author: Joshua Bishop
Publsiher: Routledge
Total Pages: 298
Release: 2013-06-17
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9781136497131

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This book is a product of the TEEB study (The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity). It provides important evidence of growing corporate concern about biodiversity loss and offers examples of how leading companies are taking action to conserve biodiversity and to restore ecosystems. This book reviews indicators and drivers of biodiversity loss and ecosystem decline, and shows how these present both risks and opportunities to all businesses. It examines the changing preferences of consumers for nature-friendly products and services, and offers examples of how companies are responding. The book also describes recent initiatives to enable businesses to measure, value and report their impacts and dependencies on biodiversity and ecosystem services. The authors review a range of practical tools to manage biodiversity risks in business, with examples of how companies are using these tools to reduce costs, protect their brands and deliver real business value. The book also explores the emergence of new business models that deliver biodiversity benefits and ecosystem services on a commercial basis, the policy enabling frameworks needed to stimulate investment and entrepreneurship to realize such opportunities, and the obstacles that must be overcome. The book further examines how businesses can align their actions in relation to biodiversity and ecosystem services with other corporate responsibility initiatives, including community engagement and poverty reduction. Finally, the book concludes with a summary and recommendations for action.

Business and Biodiversity

Business and Biodiversity
Author: David Stone,R. David Stone,Kristina Ringwood,Frank Vorhies,World Business Council for Sustainable Development
Publsiher: Iucn-World Conservation Union
Total Pages: 72
Release: 1997
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: STANFORD:36105023440279

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This guide explains how and why business should be involved in the biodiversity debate. It explains the main principles of the Convention on Biological Diversity and describes some of the Convention's potential implications. It also examines the many links between biodiversity and the private sector and highlights the need for a new, more rational approach to the manner in which biological resources are used and managed.

Biodiversity the next challenge for financial institutions A scoping study to assess exposure of financial institutions to biodiversity business risks and identifying options for business opportunities

Biodiversity  the next challenge for financial institutions   A scoping study to assess exposure of financial institutions to biodiversity business risks and identifying options for business opportunities
Author: Ivo Mulder
Publsiher: IUCN
Total Pages: 78
Release: 2007
Genre: Electronic Book
ISBN: 9782831709949

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Design for Biodiversity

Design for Biodiversity
Author: Kelly Gunnell,Carol Williams,Brian Murphy
Publsiher: Routledge
Total Pages: 274
Release: 2019-07-25
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 9781000705126

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The built environment has the potential to have a major impact on biodiversity, not least with the increasingly demanding requirements to design more energy efficient and airtight buildings, leaving less space for species to inhabit. The construction industry has an important role to play in ensuring that buildings are designed and refurbished in a way in which biodiversity can be enhanced. Through written guidance and architectural drawings, this book advises on how to incorporate provision for biodiversity within developments. With sections on different building-reliant species, general principles for design, ready-made products that be incorporated into designs, and legislation, policy and regulations, this book is an invaluable resource for all architects, ecologists and anyone involved in designing or briefing for biodiversity in buildings.

Biodiversity Offsets Between Regulation and Voluntary Commitment

Biodiversity Offsets Between Regulation and Voluntary Commitment
Author: Marianne Darbi
Publsiher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 363
Release: 2020-05-20
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9783030255947

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We are witnessing an alarming, global biodiversity crisis with an ongoing loss of species and their habitats. In response, a number of tools and approaches – including some that are contested – are being explored and promoted. Biodiversity offsets are one such approach, and deserve critical examination since the debate surrounding them has often been oversimplified and lacking practical evidence. As such, this study presents a refined typology including seven types of biodiversity offsets and taking into account different contexts, governance arrangements and drivers. It draws on a detailed analysis of theoretical concepts to explain the voluntary implementation of biodiversity offsets using an internet-based (netnographic) research approach. Furthermore it builds on a broad global explorative base of 72 practical examples and presents in-depth case studies for each type. The results reveal a number of global tendencies that allow recommendations to be made for different locations, contexts and stakeholders. They also encourage the expansion of this research field to respond to the pressing needs of policy and practice.