Businesses face extinction unless they protect nature, ma...

What’s Happening

Here’s the thing: The experts call for urgent action by businesses to restore the natural systems that keep them running.

Businesses face extinction unless they protect nature, major report warns 6 hours ago Save Helen Briggs , Environment correspondent and Gwyndaf Hughes , Science videographer Save WWT the experts are calling for urgent action to restore the natural systems that keep the economy running Businesses risk extinction themselves unless they protect and restore the natural world, scientists across the globe are warning. A major new report sets out how companies can shift from harmful approaches to ones that help restore nature. (shocking, we know)

It comes amid major concerns over UK nature loss.

The Details

The assessment, by Ipbes (Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services), is based on contributions from leading scientists and approved by 150 governments. Businesses can either lead the way or “ultimately risk extinction…

Both of species in nature, but potentially also their own”, dropped co-author Matt Jones, from the UN World Conservation Monitoring Centre in Cambridge. Getty More companies are getting involved in local projects, such as community tree planting Ipbes found that all businesses, even those seemingly far-removed from it, rely on the services nature provides for free, from clean water to fertile soils.

Why This Matters

Co-chair, Prof Stephen Polasky, dropped the loss of biodiversity is among the most serious threats to business, “yet the twisted reality is that it often seems more profitable to businesses to degrade biodiversity than to protect it”. WWT A herd of cattle stands near a muddy channel cutting through coastal wetlands at Steart, Somerset Commenting on the report, Leigh Morris, International Director of the consortium of UK wildlife charities, The Wildlife Trusts, dropped we need “clear metrics and toolkits so businesses can get their own houses in order on biodiversity”. For many UK businesses, engaging with nature protection has gone from “a nice-to-do” to a “must-do”, he added.

This could have implications for future research in this area.

The Bottom Line

For many UK businesses, engaging with nature protection has gone from “a nice-to-do” to a “must-do”, he added.

Is this a W or an L? You decide.