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This section of the library presents study reports that discuss the role of business for valuation and conservation of biodiversity.
2000 - Biodiversity and Business in Latin America
This study by the International Finance Corporation (World Bank) provides an overview of South-American examples of biodiversity businesses, outlines the business and conservation rationale for investing in such businesses, and elicits the investment opportunities in biodiversity-linked markets. Title Biodiversity and Business in Latin America (...)
2002 - Business & Biodiversity: The Handbook for Corporate Action
For the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development, IUCN and WBCSD joined forces with Earthwatch Institute (Europe) to develop a new Handbook for Corporate Action that provides information on the business case for biodiversity, an overview of hot issues, and guidance on biodiversity management strategies. Title Business & Biodiversity: The (...)
2004 - Biodiversity offsets: Views, experience, and the business case
This report by IUCN and Insight Investment aims to to explore the potential and limitations of biodiversity offsets, i.e., conservation activities intended to compensate for the residual, unavoidable harm to biodiversity, based on expert interviews on existing regulatory regimes. Title Biodiversity offsets: Views, experiences, and the business case (...)
2006 - Comments on "Building Biodiversity Business"
Commenting on the IUCN/Shell report published in 2008, De Man points out that "business cases for biodiversity" should not divert attention from the fact that a majority of biodiversity related business opportunities, and in fact the most profitable ones, still provide incentives for its destruction rather than its conservation. Title Some Comments (...)
2007 - Integrating Biodiversity into Business Strategy
This report by Orée and the French Fondation pour la Recherche sur la Biodiversité (FRB) calls for regulatory efforts and constructive business projects based on an appropriate Biodiversity Accounting framework in order to reach “coviability” of biodiversity and business activity. Title Integrating Biodiversity into Business Strategy Authors Joël Houdet (...)
2007 - The Working Partnership: SMEs and Biodiversity
This report by the Probioprise project of Fauna and Flora International, EFMD, and the European Bureau for Conservation and Development identifies small and medium sized "pro-biodiversity" enterprises that conserve biodiversity because their core activities depend on it. Title A Working Partnership: SMEs and Biodiversity Authors Barney Dickson, (...)
2008 - Building Biodiversity Business
This study by IUCN and Shell on Building Biodiversity Business (2008) presents a variety of "business cases" for biodiversity in which economic incentives are (re-)oriented to make biodiversity conservation a profitable business in its own right. Title Building Biodiversity Business Authors Joshua Bishop, Sachin Kapila, Frank Hicks, Paul Mitchell, (...)
2008 - Corporate Ecosystem Services Review
The Corporate Ecosystem Services Review (ESR), developed by the World Resources Institute, Meridian and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, is a structured methodology for corporate managers to proactively develop strategies for managing business risks and opportunities arising from their company’s dependence and impact on (...)
2009 - Corporate Ecosystem Valuation: A Scoping Study
This report was prepared for the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) and identifies the extent to which common economic valuation techniques of biodiversity and ecosystem services are applicable and relevant for business, in particular as tools for business planning and management to improve financial performance and profits. (...)
2009 - Corporate Ecosystem Valuation: Building the Business Case
This report synthesizes within "10 good reasons" the opportunities emerging for businesses to use corporate ecosystem valuation to improve their planning, reporting and decision-making. Title [Corporate Ecosystem Valuation: Building the Business Case] Authors Institutions World Business Council for Sustainable Development Date October 2009 (...)
