May 2025
Incorporating Biodiversity into Sustainability Reporting
Are you ready to incorporate biodiversity into your sustainability reporting?
This resource paper is intended to help companies understand the evolving role of biodiversity in sustainability reporting and provide practical starting points for integration.
Key Findings
Growing global concern — Biodiversity loss has become an urgent issue for businesses worldwide.
Business blind spots — Many companies have largely unexplored interactions between their operations and biodiversity, leaving them exposed to risks.
Guidance available — G&A has developed an overview of frameworks, tools, and certifications to support biodiversity integration into strategies and reporting.
Summary
Over the past several years, research and reporting from governments, NGOs, universities, corporations, and investors have revealed rapid biodiversity decline across a wide range of metrics. For many businesses, biodiversity remains a hidden dimension of risk and impact. By failing to account for these factors, companies may face reputational, regulatory, and operational challenges.
What You’ll Learn
This resource paper introduces the most prominent biodiversity reporting frameworks, key steps for assessing dependencies, impacts, risks, and opportunities, and available tools and certifications. It is designed to give companies clarity and confidence to begin integrating biodiversity into sustainability agendas, helping them take meaningful first steps toward more resilient and responsible business practices.
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