'Biodiversity' at its simplest, refers to the variety of species inhabiting Planet Earth. It is essential to the well-being of the planet. There is now a scientific consensus around the current ongoing crisis in biodiversity arising from both climate change and human activities. Experts believe we are in the middle of a mass extinction of biodiversity with devastating consequences for our planet.
Accounting for Biodiversity explores the need for companies to actively protect, conserve and improve biodiversity within their sphere of operation. The 14 chapters written by a...
'Biodiversity' at its simplest, refers to the variety of species inhabiting Planet Earth. It is essential to the well-being of the planet. There is...
This work explores the financial, business risk, ethical, cultural, and emotional rationales underlying the need for companies to actively protect, conserve and improve biodiversity within their sphere of operation. We then investigate the ways in which companies are embracing their biodiversity responsibility through a variety of biodiversity initiatives, with an overarching emphasis on the ways in which they are accounting for biodiversity, in other words, how they are communicating their actions to their diverse stakeholder groups.
This work explores the financial, business risk, ethical, cultural, and emotional rationales underlying the need for companies to actively protect, co...