Biodiversity risks and regulations
Closing in on
Is your business ready to navigate the complexity of ecosystems in a changing regulatory landscape?
Biodiversity is the variety of all life and the intricate interactions between organisms and their environment. As society and as companies, we all depend on the health of our ecosystems and must act to protect and restore them. But where do you strategically begin working with biodiversity?
By closing in on the complexity of biodiversity itself and related regulatory frameworks, organisations can focus their efforts, set targets and act. Similarly, by identifying biodiversity-related risks and taking early action, you can build resilience and turn business risks into innovation-driven opportunities.
With our global biodiversity expertise and proven track record, we help you develop a biodiversity strategy, gain science-based insights and inspiration to progress, and meet your corporate sustainability goals.
Let’s close the gap on biodiversity.
$10.1 trillion of annual business opportunities
and 395 million jobs could be generated by 2030 from nature-positive transitions across three socioeconomic systems:
- Food, land, and ocean use
- Infrastructure and the built environment
- Energy and extractives
(World Economic Forum, 2024)
Ready to navigate biodiversity complexity?
Every business’s biodiversity journey is unique. What actions should you take to cut through complexity?
Principal Ecologist, Lis Nelis, shares her insights and recommendations.
Watch the video to learn more
Three steps in the transition to a nature positive future
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Make the business case
Determine which issues matter materially to your business by locating and assessing your impacts and dependencies on nature, both onsite and in the supply chain, and evaluate the risks they pose.
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Develop the roadmap
Measure your biodiversity baseline, agree biodiversity ambition, and set science-based targets. Review and monitor progress to ensure your efforts are impactful, focused, yet adaptable.
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Look at the market
Investigate opportunities to invest in nature-based solutions to environmental and social issues that positively influence your value chain.
Act now to gain biodiversity advantages
Taking early action on biodiversity creates opportunities that make your business attractive to investors, customers, and employees.
Take a minute to watch Lars Tappert, Biodiversity Lead, explain which actions to take.
Turn biodiversity risk into opportunity
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Collaborate with value chain
Working in partnership with your supply chain and other stakeholders on sustainability issues can improve company performance on economic, environmental, and social metrics.
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Innovate processes and procedures
New technologies and new ways of thinking increase the possibilities of production and process innovation. Introduce circular economy principles to avoid and reduce impacts and dependencies on nature.
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Communicate using science-based evidence
Substantiate claims and content with science-backed strategies and data to avoid mistakes, reputational issues, and greenwashing risks.
Our biodiversity and ecosystems specialists work with clients and projects around the world and across industries. Explore the challenges we help our clients solve through nature-positive solutions.
Lis Nelis
Principal, Ecology and Biodiversity
+1 206-336-1659
United States of America
Lars Tappert
Managing Consultant, Biodiversity & Ecosystems
+49 89 978970182
Germany
Samantha Deacon
Global Lead, Biodiversity and Ecosystems
+44 7740 162333
United Kingdom