Report 613
Mainstreaming international biodiversity goals for the private sector
(2018)
Smith, T., Addison, P., Smith, M. & Beagley, L.
This report outlines fourteen case studies to demonstrate the translatability of business actions on biodiversity across multiple contexts. The examples are drawn from information that is freely available, or that was volunteered to the project through a call for examples.
Summary
Five international goals for
biodiversity, which encompass features of multiple Multilateral Environmental Agreements (such as the
Convention on Biological Diversity) and the Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs), have
been established to direct governments and inspire wider society to
take steps towards the conservation of biodiversity. The goals
represent clear statements about
what aspects of biodiversity require immediate action to reverse
the ongoing global decline of biodiversity and frame biodiversity
not solely as a conservation issue by
embedding biodiversity across multiple areas of social and economic
development.
The ultimate aim of this work is to help the international biodiversity goals become significantly more
visible and relevant to everyday business activities. This report
is aimed at businesses already undertaking actions for
biodiversity, helping make the links between their actions and
international policy clearer; and for businesses commencing their
journey in exploring relevant actions that they could undertake to
address their impacts and dependencies on nature and contribute to
the international biodiversity goals.
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ISSN 0963-8091
Please cite as: Smith, T., Addison, P., Smith, M. & Beagley, L., (2018), Mainstreaming international biodiversity goals for the private sector, JNCC Report 613, ISSN 0963-8091